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TATLER HONG KONG In an exclusive interview, former Gurkha-turned-mountaineer Nimsdai “Nims” Purja, star of the hit documentary 14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible gives updates on his latest project, the Big Mountain Clean-Up, which saw him and his team removing rubbish from Mount Everest’s “death zone” this spring. TATLER INDONESIA Rosa Vivien Ratnawati is the minister of environment and forestry from the department of solid waste, hazardous waste and hazardous substances management. In this issue, she talks about how to manage waste in Indonesia and how to be an impactful leader, especially in male-dominated fields such as politics. TATLER MALAYSIA September’s cover star is Datin Sri Linda Chen, fashion retailer Bonia’s stylish marketing and communications director, who talks about her career journey, how her evolution as a person informs her current…
You know it when you see it, but can you deconstruct it: what is style? There are many quotes out there by history’s most enigmatic (from Shakespeare to Coco Chanel) on the subtlety of what style is, and mostly, the F-word (fashion, that is) gets referenced into rivalry. The general consensus is: fashion is trendy, style is classic; or that fashion is the future while style is forever. I think style can be all of the adjectives: big, small, black, pink, et al and at Tatler, we want to celebrate the bigger picture in this month’s Style issue. With On The Map (p.76) by digital writer Zue Wei Leong, we speak to Malaysian fashion designers who are scaling style peaks all over the world. Fashion brand motoguo continues to break…
ARIANNA PIANCA Swiss-Italian stylist Arianna Pianca started her career in Milan, before refining her skills in London and New York. Since 2018, Pianca has lived in Zürich, where she works with many different clients, consults for smaller local brands and collaborates with large international houses. For Tatler this month, she styled the main fashion feature, which was shot in Switzerland (p.82). NOÉMI OTTILIA SZABO Noémi Ottilia Szabo is a photographer from Switzerland, where she shot this month’s main fashion feature (p.82). Her career started ‘accidentally’ after a fashion stylist discovered her work on Instagram. Since then, she has grown her portfolio while building a career working for international brands and publications. “My main sources of inspiration are my model, the light and the location I’m shooting in. It’s different on…
A prominent member of the Tatler community, Valerie Ong is the CEO of KIP Group, taking over the role from her father Dato’ Eric Ong in 2018. The multi-hyphenate is also a devoted daughter, style enthusiast, wine connoisseur, and world traveller. This year, she takes on another exciting role: wife. Tatler gets an exclusive inside look at her marriage solemnisation ceremony and wedding with Travis Loh. For the intimate ceremony to register their marriage on May 25, the happy couple worked with planner Hanngevent and decorator Wishing Tree to transform their garden into a luxurious space for the event, complete with a chic and modern backdrop and elaborate floral arrangements, including a display of their initials ‘V’ and ‘T’ decked out in pastel-coloured roses. Ong was a vision in white…
In Joshua Fitton’s menswear collections over the years, there has always been a constant: a man trying to find his place in the world—or a place where he can belong. No matter the theme, the story was always about a man who goes through different phases in his life; a voyager at sea, both in his inner and outer worlds. For his latest collection, ‘Moon Safari’, Fitton forgoes his usual repertoire of tailored suits, putting emphasis on the textures and moods of different textiles instead, including many intricately hand-carved leather patches. “It’s not about an actual location that you can go to,” explains Fitton. “I wanted the collection to be a journey from within, rather than a physical one where you have to go somewhere. While I have featured safari-themed…
Thirty minutes into his first day at art school, eight-year-old Delwin Cheah was asked to be sent back home because the teacher “couldn’t handle him”. They told his parents that not only was Delwin the “worst artist” under their brief tutelage but had “no potential” for a career in art as a young boy diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome. Fast forward 11 years later, and Delwin now has under his belt a slew of achievements. His latest solo exhibition in June 2022 at the Pinkguy fine art gallery in Kuala Lumpur titled ‘Freedom—Oxygen of the Soul’ comprised 12 colourful paintings, some of which are three-dimensional horses sculpted using Faber-Castell’s adhesive tack-its. Delwin’s newest series is an outward expression of his worldview: one where the world is still beautiful, and humans can…
