The Ring White Collar Boxing Show
The Ring’s White Collar Boxing Show returned to The Marquee for a second time, with a larger audience, more professional fights, and more glitzy half-time entertainment from SLAP Dance Studio and 555 BeatBox Initiative. Through a live auction, $51,500 was raised for the Food from the Heart nonprofit organisation. Sergii Potapenko was named the Night’s Best Fighter. The after-party continued until past 2am with DJ Krumbs spinning.
A STELAR Launch
A select group of ladies were invited by STELAR, an international brand with offices in London and the workshops/artisans based in Bali, to its private preview at Sandra and Julian Chang’s cosy home. It was jointly hosted by Lorna Watson, founder of STELAR, and Suguna Madhavan. The products use materials sourced from local, ethical or organic sources. Each piece comes with a unique elegant physical tag with a code which when keyed in on the website will connect the owner to the artisan who made the bag. This is to demonstrate the brand’s commitment to transparency.
The House Of Progress
Audi unveiled its House of Progress exhibition at the ArtScience Museum. a+ guests were treated to an interactive experience that included sound in sync with visual projection, touch-screen TVs, wind tunnels, kinetic energy, and a digital matrix LED video telling the brand’s electrification story. Additionally, visitors participated in an interactive game that required them to locate the answers to five questions regarding the exhibition through five “escape room” areas. For each correct response, they received a token they could plant.
Day and Night
To celebrate the launch of its new British Tales fragrance, Solaris, and the relaunch of Luna, Penhaligon’s divided The Fat Prince restaurant into Day and Night rooms. Aside from champagne and canapes, guests enjoyed two delectable and potent speciality drinks, Cosmic Sun and Waning Moon, inspired by the two fragrances Solaris and Luna. An engraver was on hand to personalise guests’ purchases. They also received bespoke typewritten poetry by published poet Adam Tie, and a wristlet spritzed with their favourite scent.
Sarcoma Awareness & Research
Over 60 guests attended a sarcoma awareness jazz soirée at the Singapore Polo Club to support the Sarah-Grace Sarcoma Organisation Singapore Kick Sarcoma campaign. As a polo match played in the background earlier that evening, they enjoyed oysters, canapes, and wines under the stars while being entertained by saxophonist Lemuel Lee. A small live auction raised $21,000 for the organisation. In collaboration with its sister counterpart at The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra (funded by the Australian arm), Kick Sarcoma raises funds for sarcoma research at KK Hospital. Through its support of NUH’s immunotherapy programme, Kick Sarcoma also provides some support for sarcoma patients.
Sea Meets Shore
Online retailer Vermillion and collective Home Rituals curated a multi-sensory living space devoted to self-care, sustainability, and beautifully made joyous items. They gathered high-end lifestyle brands and works of art from all around Asia for the first pop-up exhibition at Raffles Hotel Arcade. In between nibbling on food and beverages sponsored by Da Paolo, guests were encouraged to interact with the designers, touch and feel the objects, and shop.
Celebrating KWANPEN
Founded in 1938, KWANPEN, the Singapore-based manufacturer and retailer of crocodile leather goods, celebrated its 85th anniversary at its flagship boutique in MBS. The evening’s pièce de résistance was the special edition Raffles 1819 handbag crafted from shiny black Porosus crocodile leather and adorned with diamond- encrusted hardware. According to Jonathan Kwan, director of special projects and grandson of founder Kwan Pen Seng, “The metal bar is supposed to resemble one of the pillars of Raffles Hotel, while the two flanking pieces of hardware represent family and business, respectively.”
