Singapore’s Magnificent Seven: Kelvin Choo starts over with shirt brand after 25-year hiatus

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Designer Kelvin Choo at Takashimaya, pictured with shirts from his new brand "Shirts by KVCHY" on  Aug 1, 2025.

Designer Kelvin Choo's new line of women’s blouses is mostly pinstriped and classic, on the dressy side of casual.

ST PHOTO: SHINTARO TAY

SINGAPORE – He was a 27-year-old with no formal training when the Magnificent Seven was christened in 1990 – a stripling in the company of designers more than 10 years his senior.

Now 62, Kelvin Choo is starting over with his own brand after a 25-year hiatus. Only this time, sans the public feting of his early career, the speed and ease of which he confesses was “a little awkward”.

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