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Best dressed with a purpose
When Manila’s best dressed recently gathered at Shangri-La The Fort, it was an evening of glamour with a wonderfully generous twist.
Vietnamese, Panamanian first ladies bond over ethnic textiles at Hà Nội cultural event
Although the two countries sit on different continents, tens of thousands of km apart, similarities can be found between the culture of Panama's indigenous communities, including the Mola art of the Guna people, and the use of colours, patterns and techniques in the traditional costumes of Việt Nam's Mông, Dao, and Thai people.
Filipino Music Awards 2026: BINI wins Artist of the Year, SB19 bags 3 awards
BINI won the Artist of the Year honor while SB19 bagged three trophies at the Filipino Music Awards 2026 on Tuesday at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.
Paramount completes US$110 billion Warner Bros merger, creating Hollywood giant Skydance
It will now be home to dozens of TV networks and two major subscription streaming services, Paramount+ and HBO Max
Sparkle stars grace Filipino Music Awards 2026
Several Sparkle stars attended the Filipino Music Awards 2026 on Tuesday at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.
Arm wrestling match in Davao ends in fractured arm
What started as a friendly arm wrestling match among cousins during a family reunion ended in a painful injury after one of them fractured his arm.
‘It’s not a secret’: the rise of Thai chic as fashion brand Amr de Saison hits Hong Kong
Once overlooked by the global fashion industry, Southeast Asian couture and craftsmanship are now stepping into the spotlight as labels from Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and neighbouring countries start to gain widespread admiration. “People always say it’s like a kept secret,” says Verawat Chinpilas, 38, co-founder and creative director of Thai fashion brand Amr de Saison. “But, no, it’s not a secret. You just weren’t looking.” Founded in Bangkok in 2022, Amr de Saison blends relaxed everyday...
Meet luxury’s movers and shakers at BTLuxe Edit conference
Tickets go on sale now for BTLuxe’s symposium on luxury
Mastermind review: Louis Koo plays detective in ludicrously bad Hong Kong mystery thriller
1/5 stars A fine line separates a labyrinthine murder thriller from an infuriatingly fragmented mess. With Mastermind, emerging Hong Kong writer-director James Hung Ling-ching (The Seventh Lie) crosses it with reckless abandon, delivering a detective mystery with such irredeemably awful plotting that genre fans will rarely have felt so insulted. Set over a single, relentlessly storm-soaked night in H City – a fictional, dystopian metropolis of 5 million starved of proper rule of law – the film...
Bali or Europe? Retired Hong Kong couple builds an ‘alpine’ retreat in the mountains
“At the moment, it’s about 23 degrees Celsius [73 degrees Fahrenheit],” says new hotelier Cheryl Kwok, looking out of her window on a recent overcast afternoon. “The rainy season is just about to start, so we’ve got a little drizzle. At night, it might drop to 14 or 16 degrees.” It may come as a surprise that Kwok, a native Singaporean and former Hong Kong resident, is based in Bali. The island is not exactly known for sweater weather or heated swimming pools, but that is precisely what she...