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Singapore’s Magnificent Seven: Former ‘King of Jackets’ Thomas Wee says fans won’t let him retire
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Call it cattiness, but the self-taught designer and couturier, who once held the title “King of Jackets”, has earned the right to his sass.
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SINGAPORE – Whether he is 17 or 77, Thomas Wee tells it like it is.
Young designers today lack a trained eye for details – in the sweep of a hemline, a sleeve drape, construction sans a single stitch, he says. “Trims and appliques are, if I may say, insecurity. Today’s designers cannot maintain a consistent silhouette.”
