After the bridal gown, the wedding cake—no matter the size or flavour—is the eternally anticipated thing on a couple’s big day. The tiered masterpiece holds its own from afar and makes its rounds on social media like seasoned royalty. Pop in the hashtag #weddingcake on Instagram and there are over 7.4 million pictures for your personal consumption. The wedding cake is no less spectacular in Asian weddings. The cutting of the cake is a significant moment that happens during the wedding dinner and symbolises the couple’s first joint act as newlyweds. But what good is a cake if it doesn’t have th ..read more

Every year, event planner Raul Ávila is given a daunting task: to transform the interiors of the Metropolitan Museum of Art into an otherworldly spectacle for the annual Met Gala. For 2019’s “Camp: Notes on Fashion,” he created a 25-foot tall, flamboyant flamingo centrepiece comprised of 30,000 flowers. In 2018, he erected a rose recreation of a papal crown for “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.” And those are just examples of floral formations: In 2007, for “Poiret: King of Fashion,” he filled a gilded birdcage with live peacocks. Minor chaos ensued when on ..read more

Singapore’s dining scene has always been a dynamic tapestry, continually weaving new threads of culinary innovation and diversity. And as spring turns into summer, the city welcomes an exciting array of new establishments, each adding its unique flavour to the vibrant gastronomic landscape. From chic gastrobars to cozy diners, there’s something to suit every palate and preference. Aficionados of Korean cuisine are sure to be familiar with chef Louis Han, who first broke ground with the Michelin-starred restaurant Nae:um. His newest venture, Gu:um, is a casual, contemporary grill serving charco ..read more

As the Salone del Mobile design fair opens its doors in the suburb of Rho this week, it served as the smoke signal that Milan Design Week has officially begun. And just as compelling as the furniture displays presented in the convention halls of Fiera Milano are the various Fuori Salone projects springing up around the city—many of them coming courtesy of the world’s most esteemed fashion houses. This year, fashion had arguably a greater presence than ever before. Long-time Salone stalwarts such as Hermès, Ralph Lauren, and Loewe all debuted their latest collections across the city, but there ..read more

As tennis season reaches full swing, it’s clear that love is in the air on and off the court—from supportive partners cheering on grand slam stars in players’ boxes to our favourite celebrity couples watching the matches courtside. And this year, the game of romance will also be on the silver screen, as Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers is set to have its leading actors Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist play tennis pros, dynamic duos, and everything in between in a steamy, tennis-fuelled love triangle. Zendaya as Tashi Duncan in Challengers. @challengersmovie Mike Faist, Zendaya, and Jos ..read more

Bottega Veneta, led by the very thoughtful and ridiculously talented Matthieu Blazy, is launching its new collaboration with Italian furniture company Cassina. It is an homage to Le Corbusier’s LC14 Tabouret Cabanon stool or side table—a tribute blessed by the Fondation Le Corbusier—and it will be celebrated at Milan’s Salone del Mobile design week with an installation entitled “On The Rocks.” (Expect this to be all you see scrolling on Instagram in the coming days.) For Blazy, it’s the kind of project he relishes: a moment to, as he puts it, “create a dialogue beyond the context of fashion. A ..read more

We now know the most highly-guarded details about the 2024 Met Gala, to be held on the first Monday in May. The 2024 Costume Institute exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, titled “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,” will feature approximately 250 items drawn from the Costume Institute’s permanent collection, many of which are have been rarely seen in public before. Ahead of the hotly-anticipated event, Vogue is rounding up everything we know thus far. Below, everything you need to know about the 2024 Met Gala. When will the Met Gala 2024 take place? The 2 ..read more

Don’t be nervous about starting late. I had my daughter at 39 and my son at 44. Being an older parent, all the new mums I hung out with were 10 to 15 years younger than me. But I didn’t feel older—I felt just like them! My kids had given me a new lease on life and helped me embrace my inner child again. Imagine realising at 45 that there was so much more to life. So much more to learn and so much more fun to be had. I met my husband much later in life too. I’d always been a career-first kind of person, but I opened up to the idea of kids when I realised what an amazing father he was going to b ..read more

When Taylor Swift announced her new album called The Tortured Poets Department at the 2024 Grammys—just after she won the award for Best Pop Vocal Album for Midnights—the world was quick to begin speculating. In the midst of the worldwide Eras Tour, questions around what the new album would be about, and what its tracks would mean, swirled fast. Many of her fans naturally assumed it would be a breakup album, replete with referential tracks and metaphoric mentions to her ex-partner of six years, British actor Joe Alwyn. Alwyn once stated in an interview that h ..read more

Apple CEO Tim Cook is dipping a crispy belinjau chip into a delightful concoction of hot honey and fried shallots. “Wow,” he pronounces, twice. Dressed in a navy Dzojchen collared shirt and grey jeans, Cook goes in for another satisfying bite. We are in the halal Fluff Bakery along North Bridge Road one morning, alongside female entrepreneurs and content creators Faz Gaffa and Amiera Raushan. Gaffa and Raushan have concocted ‘Honey Embe’ for Cook, a sweet and spicy condiment born out of a collaboration between their two businesses. Gaffa works a full-time job as a Global Content Writing Lead f ..read more