OP2 • THEEDGE SINGAPORE
| JUNE 2, 2008
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SAMUEL ISAAC CHUA/THE EDGE SINGAPORE
| BY AUDREY SIMON |
EDITOR/REGIONAL MANAGING DIRECTOR Tan Boon Kean (bktan@bizedge.com) SECTION EDITOR Audrey Simon (audrey.simon@bizedge.com) CONTRIBUTORS Dawn Lim, Dennis Mitchell, Jenny Tan, Jamie Nonis, Grace Chin
Shaping up Many of us wish there was a miracle product on the market that could alter the shape of our bodies. Well, there isn’t. While diet and exercise are still the best ways to get a toned body, we can help this process along with the Nivea My Silhouette Slimming and Reshaping Gel-cream ($45). Its main ingredients white tea and anis extract are known to burn excessive fat and prevent it from coming back. Available at all personal care stores and supermarkets.
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Timely partnership Ferrari and Offi cine Panerai have joined forces to create some unforgettable timepieces. The Ferrari 1/8th second 45mm watch is an outstanding piece with two counters, one showing minutes while the other shows the 1/8th function. The steel dial has a polished finish and brushed edges. This automatic mechanical watch runs on the Panerai Calibre OP XX1 movement. Check it out at all authorised retailers.
Mixed medium Yves Saint Laurent designer Stefano Pilati has gotten creative for his fall/winter 2008 collection. He has blended a mix of fabrics such as Donegal tweed, German felt and Tokyo couture silk with cotton poplin and polyester. Pilati has also used a graphic palette of black, grey, beige and white with slashes of bright colours such as turquoise and yellow. Check out the collection at all YSL boutiques.
Wearable art Gap, together with the Whitney Museum of American Art, has introduced some fabulous T-shirts designed by contemporary artists such as Chuck Close, Jeff Koons, Marilyn Minter and Skin coach Kiki Smith. The good news is that these Leading Korean T-shirts ($55 each) are now available in skincare and beauty Singapore. Get the limited edition tees brand Laniege has a before they are all snapped up, at new range of products Gap stores located at 01-18 to 23 for men. This range Wisma Atria and 01-129 to 130 aims to give men flawVivoCity. less, well-hydrated, moisturised skin using the COACH five-step system, which stands for Clarify, Organise, Active, Calming and Hydrating. The products are priced between $28 and $52 and are available at leading department stores.
Time to think Franck Muller watches can’t help but get you thinking about what was going on in the designer’s mind when he was creating them. Take, for example, the intriguing Cintree Curves Model 9880 that was presented at the World Presentation of Haute Horlorgerie (WPHH) at Franck Muller Watchland in Geneva. This timepiece from the Jumping Hours collection runs on a self-winding mechanical movement and features the date and moon phases on the dial. Available at the Franck Muller boutique at Delphi Orchard.
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By George Brand ambassador George Clooney invites Omega into his home in Italy
Swiss luxury watch manufacturer Omega recently visited its worldwide brand ambassador George Clooney at his home in northern Italy and came back with some snapshots. The Oscar-winning actor/director works and lives in Villa Oleandra, located on the shores of Lake Como in the village of Laglio. The Omega team also photographed Clooney in his private workspace located at an old factory connected to the villa by a footbridge. Clooney has a long, personal association with Omega. He remembers drawing Omega logos on his watches as a child, at the height of the US’ space programme. At the time of the first lunar landing in 1969, Clooney received his first Omega watch as a gift from an uncle. On his appointment as an ambassador for the company, Clooney’s father sent him an Omega watch that he had worn for 40 years.