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In the Vitrine

Join fashion researchers Dani and Nadya in the vitrine, where they chat about the business, culture and pleasures of historical and contemporary fashion in Singapore, Asia and beyond. Hear their views on fashion in the region as both an industry and a part of everyday life, and its place within the global fashion system. daniinthevitrine@gmail.com nadyainthevitrine@gmail.com

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Episode 79 | ‘Queer’ & ‘Fashioning Masculinities'

In the Vitrine ·

2022/07/12

Nadya and Dani talk about two exhibitions they visited recently which they had looked forward to, and made them think. Nadya went to ‘Queer: Stories from the NGV Collection’ at the National Gallery Victoria in Melbourne, where she learnt a lot from looking at the exhibits in multiple mediums, including dress, and reading the rich accompanying texts. And Dani unpacks her experience of ‘Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear’ at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, bringing us through the

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Episode 78 | Elizabeth's Diary and Teenhood in Singapore

In the Vitrine ·

2022/06/10

Dani talks about her Creative Residency with the National Library in Singapore. Together with Stephanie Jane Burt for A Stubborn Bloom, they explored teenhood and its various tropes in Singapore in the 1990s through their own experiences, complemented by materials at the library. They will soon be releasing a video titled 'Elizabeth's Diary', their creative response to the research, serving up Y2K looks and responding to what they found in the archives.

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00:14:32

Episode 77 | A Visit to ‘Dressing for the Dream...

In the Vitrine ·

2022/05/27

Dani and Nadya discuss Fashion on Display (@fashionondisplay), a new, pioneering “independent fashion curation studio and experimental gallery dedicated to exhibiting dress” in Singapore, created by Weiqi Yap (@coqillage). They talk about their anticipation of the intimate space, and taking in its first exhibition ‘Dressing for the Dream Space’, which displays outfits of four museum-goers and other artefacts from their visits. A show not to be missed, and a venue Dani and Nadya will be frequenting

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00:12:50

Episode 76 | The Potential of Fashion to be Violent...

In the Vitrine ·

2022/05/25

Dani and Nadya discuss Fashion on Display, a new, pioneering “independent fashion curation studio and Nadya discusses “Unravelling Threads: Tracing and Transforming Violence and Trauma through Fashion”, a two-day online conference organised by Dr Rebecca Arnold and Dr Lucy Moyse Ferreira in a collaboration between The Courtauld Institute of Art and London College of Fashion. She discusses with Dani ideas from the conference, from the healing properties of fashion to the potential of fashion – and

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00:13:29

Ep 75 | Fashion Revolution Week Singapore

In the Vitrine ·

2022/04/22

Dani talks about her first encounters with Fashion Revolution (@fash_rev), and volunteering with the global initiative in this year's edition, which is themed 'Money Fashion Power'. Fashion Revolution Week Singapore (@fash_rev_sg), taking place from 18 to 24 April has a line-up of events online and in person. Nadya and Dani talk about a panel discussion titled “Who Owns Culture?” organised by Anisa Johnny (@anisajohnny), which featured panelists such as our colleague Martin Bonney

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Ep 74 | Mens(?)Wear: Fluidity and Gender in Fashion...

In the Vitrine ·

2022/04/07

Dani speaks about a recent symposium she attended organised by Dr Monica Titton entitled ‘Tailoring Suits, Shaping Bodies’, and missing Grace Wales Bonner given the time difference. On the occasion of the opening of ‘Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear’ at V&A Museum, Dani and Nadya wonder about their interactions with menswear in academia and for their own wardrobes. Recalling their fascination with writings such as Paul Jobling’s ‘Advertising Menswear’ and Masafumi Monden’s ‘Japanese

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00:12:35

Ep 73 | The Non Season and Reminiscing Orchard Road

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2022/02/24

Episode 73 | The Non Season and Reminiscing Orchard RoadThis episode is focused on The Non Season, taking place from 17 February to 10 April. Organised by Hyphen BB, it features fashion, art and lifestyle activations on Orchard Road, to explore how Singapore may operate outside conventional seasons. Dani is holding a visible mending clinic, while Nadya is moderating a talk about alternative structures in fashion and art. They also reminisce the role that the iconic shopping strip played in their

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00:14:58

Ep 72 | Seeing the Body in Yip Cheong Fun Photographs

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2022/02/11

Nadya reflects on her presentation ‘Framing the Body: Yip Cheong Fun and Singapore Photography in the 1960s and 1970s’ as part of the ‘Addressing Images’ series at the Research Forum at Courtauld Institute of Art, where she looked at the body’s role within the images, which have not yet been analysed in detail, and the embodied experience of looking at them. Daniela talks about the photographs that stood out to her, and Nadya speaks further about how notes from the audience, including from Rebecca

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00:14:18

Episode 71 | Fashion at Intersections with...

In the Vitrine ·

2022/01/28

We reflect upon interdisciplinary projects where fashion intersects with art through our Singapore Art Week experience as both visitors and participants. From among the 130 projects, Dani zooms in on Brian Gothong Tan's 'The Swimming Pool Library' project with T:>Works and Fyerool Darma's ' L♤ND$¢♤PΞ$' at Yeo Workshop. She also talks about her work with Mash-Up collaborating with Butterknife Folk at Funan SG. Nadya speaks about the A&M Salon talk she moderated at SAW Dialogues that discussed the

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00:09:38

Episode 70 | Super Freak Boutique and Mending Cafés

In the Vitrine ·

2022/01/03

Dani speaks about setting up a mending station at Super Freak Boutique, and the conversations she had with the owners of clothes that were brought to her. Nadya muses about the connections that the act of mending can engender, and Dani talks about the existence of mending cafés elsewhere, where one can teach or learn the skills to prolong the life of a garment. Bonus! Dani shows a beautiful example of visible mending onscreen.

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Ep 69 | Redefining Luxury: Chanel’s Advent Calendar,...

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2021/12/18

chatter, and wonder about how the democratisation of fashion has affected the business of heritage luxury brands. They also discuss art student Zou Yaqi’s ability to gain access to freebies in Beijing using a counterfeit Hermès bag, and Telfar’s working model to redefine the consumption of a luxury bag.

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Ep 68 | Garment Care and Mending as an Act of Affection

In the Vitrine ·

2021/11/24

Dani speaks about presenting 'Home Economics with A Stubborn Bloom' in the sixth edition of Objectifs’ 'Women in Film and Photography' programme, which looks at the theme of inheritance. This brings us to talk about garment care, including mending as an act of affection to give garments a new lease on life, and how it contributes to the story and enjoyment of them.

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00:11:58

Ep 67 | Encountering Fashion in Other Spaces

In the Vitrine ·

2021/11/03

Dani and Nadya catch up on what they have been doing in the past couple of weeks: a talk that Dani gave with A Stubborn Bloom about home economics at the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall, looking at artist Ian Tee’s reworking of textiles to make his works as a part of the initiative ‘Walk Walk Don’t Run’ by Grey Projects and an exhibition titled ‘The Tailors and the Mannequins: Chen Cheng Mei and You Khin’ at a new project space ‘Dalam Southeast Asia’ at the National Gallery Singapore. They find

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Episode 66 | The Digital Multilogue on Fashion...

In the Vitrine ·

2021/10/13

The Digital Multilogue on Fashion Education took place from 1 to 2 October, and we speak about Daniela’s presentation, ‘Situating Fashion Studies in Southeast Asia: Practical Methods’ in the ‘Towards Inclusion’ panel. We then contemplate the new Vaccinated Travel Lanes (VTL) that Singapore has opened up with 11 other countries (and more to come!) and what post-pandemic packing and travel will look and feel like. And we remember our favourite travel outfits we cannot wait to bring in our carry-on

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Ep 65 | The Office, Body of Proof, and Spin

In the Vitrine ·

2021/09/22

We speak about our recent nostalgic TV watching with Daniela going through ‘The Office’ (2005-2013) and Nadya ‘Body of Proof’ (2011-2013). Could we see them as the new period dramas, given the decline of office wear as we know it given shifting circumstances with the ongoing pandemic? We segue into ‘Spin’ (1999-2000), a Singapore television show centring on the group of teenagers that we both watched when we were young teens ourselves, and how it contributed to an understanding of ourselves and

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Ep 64 | Happy 56th Birthday, Singapore: Female, Men’s...

In the Vitrine ·

2021/08/26

In this episode, Dani and Nadya speak about how Singapore magazines Female, Her World and Men’s Folio celebrate the nation’s birthday by highlighting efforts in the local fashion industry. Dani highlights the front cover fashion choices and stories in Female that look back at the early 2000s. They also discuss the publications’ heartening inclusion of the work and viewpoints of fashion educators and fresh graduates.

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Ep 63 | Athletic Fashion at the Tokyo Olympics

In the Vitrine ·

2021/08/11

Episode 63: Athletic Fashion at the Tokyo Olympics In this episode, we talk about the Tokyo Olympics 2020 where uniforms not only convey national identities but also build brand identities, such as Team Liberia’s wardrobe beautifully designed by Telfar. We consider the equal importance of aesthetics and function in designing uniforms for athletes at this international event, and ruminate on the unconventional, such as diver Tom Daley’s knit-a-thon.

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Ep 62| Dress and the Body in Three Recent Exhibitions

In the Vitrine ·

2021/07/22

Episode 62: Dress and the Body in Three Recent Exhibitions We talk about two works relating to dress and the body by Hamkah Latib and Chok Si Xuan in the group exhibition 'only losers left alive (songs for lovers for the end of the world)' at Yeo Workshop. Nadya considers gaps in writing on Singapore photography in the 1960s that could be filled by looking at the body, in her presentation for the show 'Yip Cheong Fun: Common Interest' at Art Agenda @ 63 Spottiswoode. Similarly, Daniela reflects

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Ep 61 | @WearWhatOnSet and Workwear

In the Vitrine ·

2021/06/25

In this episode, we explore @WearWhatOnSet, dedicated to documenting the outfits of production crews in Singapore. While selected for functionality, these "uniforms" also incorporate pops of individuality, which are echoed in the tongue-in-cheek captions for each post. We also talk about two of our favourite workwear brands: Chota House Collective and Labour and Wait.

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Ep 60 | Kae Hana and Kombucha Scoby Leather at MDIS...

In the Vitrine ·

2021/06/08

Episode 60: In this two-part episode, we welcome guest speaker Kae Hana, fashion educator at MDIS Singapore. She shares with us the organic materials she and her students have been experimenting with to make "fabric", including nettle and banana peel. Tune in to view delicious, mesmerising examples of kombucha scoby leather and (almost) edible bioplastics.

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