Your horoscope for August 19-25
Spot-on horoscope for work, money, coupled & single life from famously accurate Guru’s fortuneteller. Let’s see how would you fare this week & beyond! Note: is for work, is for money, is for...
View ArticleDoodling dreams
In the wake of news about a certain multinational corporation shamelessly stealing intellectual property from independent designers who weren’t “big enough” to matter, we were reminded of why it’s...
View ArticleThyme inn
If you live around Sathorn-Narathiwat-Rama III, you probably have trouble explaining where that is to the uninitiated. And find it even tougher convincing them that bars and restaurants are...
View ArticleHollywood and all that jazz
FOR LUDWIG van Beethoven, music was a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. And for music lovers who get lost in the magic of his music, that sentiment rings true. This may be the reason...
View ArticleFuelled by sufficiency
A PROJECT CENTRED on His Majesty the King’s sufficiency economy and new theory philosophy, which focuses on the design of catchment areas in and around the Pa Sak River to prevent floods and provide...
View ArticleAll about aesthetics
THAILAND’S A-list celebrities turned out in force recently to toast Dr Puttipong Poomsuwan, or Doctor Boy as he is affectionately known, chief medical director of Aesthetic Innovation Centre (AIC),...
View ArticleStrike a chord
BANGKOK’S CLASSICAL music lovers are in for a treat at Bangkok’s 18th International Festival of Dance & Music. The Israel Camerata Jerusalem Orchestra will strike up under the baton of conductor...
View ArticleImagery with a colourful blast
HUAWEI states that it has reinvented smartphone photography with its new P9 Plus and that’s no idle boast as the phone’s camera has been designed in partnership with Leica. The P9 Plus has similar...
View ArticleCo-pilots
Sopana and Opras Lavichant of Pacifica Group. Somchai Poomlard On the spur of the moment, when Opras Lavichant walked past the Coach store on Madison Avenue and 57th Street in Manhattan, he had an...
View ArticleEarn yourstripes
You can try hiding under a rock, but it will still be impossible to avoid this season’s it-bag which made massive waves across Thailand when it was first spotted on Balenciaga’s runway back in March....
View ArticleBold in the cold
Note Panayanggool. Grand opening of Marimekko concept store Marimekko store, G floor, Siam Discovery HOST: Tanapong Chirapanidchakul, CEO of Tanachira Home, and ML Chanika Patpongpanich, brand manager...
View ArticleWhat's trending and happening this week
1 Fashionistas the world over know of Yves Saint Laurent, the man hailed as the father of French fashion. From now until Aug 30, learn about the legendary designer’s life and times at the Yves Saint...
View ArticleArtist finds a niche in Khao Yai
“Art” is a mirror of culture, society and a way of life of people in different geographical areas. Who they are and what they become can be narrated through art and sustain the human spirit and...
View ArticleMuseum takes aim at red light stigmas
Fighter for rights: Chantawipa Apisuk, director of the Empower Foundation. Her T-shirt says, ‘Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere’. (Photo by Pawat Laopaisarntaksin) It’s the oldest...
View ArticleMusic to the rescue
Next month, two music labels Genie Records and White Music, both under entertainment giant GMM Grammy, will feature their top acts: Genie Records’ Pack4 Turn Back Concert and White Music’s White Haus...
View ArticleLA make-up
Clad in black, Kat Von D creatively batted asymmetrical eye make-up with a different colour on the left and right eyelid. Her followers can copy the look by watching a tutorial on her official YouTube...
View ArticleTunes from out of space
The cosmic connection in music has spawned colourful characters and great musicians like Sun Ra and George Clinton. The innovative bandleader Ra said he’d been born in outer space, a claim also made by...
View ArticleFor King and country
Atip Anantawan, Wilaiporn Wannaklang and Pala Meechai. photo courtesy of Thai Muscle Physique Bronzed and fully ripped, three Thai bodybuilders walked away from the World Fitness Federation (WFF)...
View ArticleJet-setting Thais among early fashionistas
These pictures have never been unveiled before, until now. Forty-five rare photographs developed from wet- and dry-plate collodion in the collection of the National Archives of Thailand testify to the...
View ArticleRed hot
Psychological research shows that women are likely to be vulnerable to the “lipstick effect”, with them splurging on cosmetics no matter what. During a recession, they can cut spending on other items...
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