promising comedy. opens 22 Oct, more here.

cute photo spread. via fashion is spinach.

Eva

such a nice name.

Have you

seen sculptures like these just outside the singapore art museum and SMU campus? they are huge(!) and so so adorable. works by taiwanese artist li chen now on till 04 Dec.

Nine

gorgeous book covers designed with coloured tissue paper. via see saw designs.

This is cute

things you can do with sticky notepads. see all 28 uses for everyday items.

Kate and Jo

kate of little doodles has a new idea called the wingtipper. and in a similar vein, jo discovered this brilliant book that had 50 parisians sketching maps to places important in their everyday lives. the artist/author then followed these maps, and took pictures of the destinations. see some of the pages here.

World book

how long has it been since you've spun/looked at one? it's so much fun revising geography when you don't have to be tested on it(!). thanks to black eiffel.

Happy holidays

top, have you seen this spread of victoria beckham on elle? via Lost. bottom, a spanish farmer in the U.S. who has pioneered ethical foie gras. wonderful news if the idea of truffled foie gras potato tempura sounds good to you. a little heavy on a holiday, but this newsweek article takes an incredulous stand: that the presence of nuclear bombs might just make us safer. see what the journalist has to say over here, and what his opposers think.

Shop update: New arrivals

this time every year, the world divides into two halves: the ones who get their autumns and winters, and the ones - like us - who don't. but that in no way is any reason for us to go through our eternal summer any less stylishly.

while there was time yet, we made orders for plenty of gorgeous, lightweight blazers and cover-ups: designed for maximum style and protection against autumn winds, these same blazers are perfectly made for our very chilly air-conditioned offices.

they come ultra-cropped, tuxedo-like, military styled and in the most classic, polished forms. we can't think of a better companion for our many new dresses - party/work, sheath/A-line, or otherwise - in store!

new Sep/Oct '09 collection out on Friday 18 Sep.

above, the one photograph that says it all for us. by the sartorialist.

Shop update: Very possibly the new black

we are so convinced that grey is the new black - it goes with every colour! - we've specially ordered from our dearest dr denim a very chic series of grey jeans: colours range from washed-out grey to a very elegant dark-wash grey, in your favourite Mauser and Jaime styles. sizes range from 25 - 30, at $149 each. the new jeans will be put out at soon lee tomorrow Friday 18 Sep.

love everything about this look from urban outfitters.

picture on top: james bond wouldn't have thought of this. in picture 2, a school bus in india - education in all shapes and sizes. via ffffound.

5 seconds of your time

5 Sec Faces is a street photography project between fleecircus and danny santos that aims to capture the different personalities that make up the face of Singapore.

an ongoing project that happens every weekend, the two roam the streets of singapore with an illustration board for a makeshift background, look for strangers with distinct faces, then ask "can I take your picture? it'll just take 5 seconds".

see the pictures here, and give your 5 seconds to this fun project if you get stopped!

Wu Guanzhong

canvas reprints of artist wu guanzhong's works have been for sale at SAM. what a fantastic idea! the acclaimed chinese artist made a significant donation to our national museum just last year - we can now get to choose from a selection of this donation for $180-$280.

Apartment therapy

a home in sweden specially styled to be put on the market. imagine the kind of prices this apartment would fetch over here(!). via emmas who found this through design fragment.

what a clever idea to sell wallpaper. by decor maison, via emmas.

theoretically impractical but what fun(!): a string of giant pearls that really is designed as a lamp. the 'JewelXLery' lights up only when in motion, and switches off when still. created by rosalie, via yatzer.

amazing origami by sipho mabona, via share some candy.

a book on bob dylan and the folk music scene in 1960s greenwich village, written by suze rotolo. sounds to us like a great weekend read. more about the book over at melly's.

Shop update: New book

constant references, uncountable inspirations. how can we not stock The Sartorialist book at our stores? now available in paperback format, SGD$48.15, at both soon lee and rockstar.

funny. from here, via random inspiration.

Big breakfast

more fun breakfast pictures over here, thanks to vic.