Five years and 99 episodes later, Dani and Nadya reflect upon the journey of In the Vitrine. They reminisce while scrolling through the Instagram posts that document each recording, recalling the scripting of early chats, and observing a few themes that have re-emerged. They think about the value of talking with each other regularly, especially through the pandemic, and how their time in the vitrine has supported, in one way or another, their research interests in fashion.

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Dani and Nadya ask ChatGPT for "help" to record this episode, and ruminate on the advantages and potential pitfalls of using artificial intelligence in thinking through, talking about and working in fashion. They discuss the use of data to artificially—but effectively—drive virality. They also consider the continued, even heightened value of human intelligence to navigate artificial intelligence.

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Dani and Nadya talk about their recent exercise routines, and what they have worn over the years to move their bodies. From shorts to leggings, and from cotton to polyester, they look at the various options available to facilitate—and encourage—movement. They also look at athleisure offerings from smaller, niche businesses in Singapore, such as GLOWco, with the tagline "modesty in action" and Ika Dancewear,  and compare them to similar product categories from bigger, more established sportswear companies.

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Daniela and Nadya reunite in the vitrine, and realise it has been a full two months since the previous episode. Here, they speak about Daniela taking part in PRESSPLAY with the National Library Board and Nadya working during Singapore Art Week. They ponder future identities, and Daniela introduces the idea that the future is already here; the futurists tell us that we only have to look for signals of what will be ways of the future. What is traditional can also be contemporary, even futuristic, and what is avant-garde can eventually become the norm. Time is relative! Wishing everyone a good Year of the Dragon.

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Daniela and Nadya chat about all the things they have been to and seen in the past couple of weeks, which turned out to be quite a lot! They include Next in Vogue in Singapore (@voguesingapore), 'Gaba Kebaya' by @kebaya.societe, ACM (@acm_sg) Conversations: Fashion as Business, the PHx Fashion Conference (@phxfashiongroup) in Manila, and the 'Madame Song: A Life in Art and Fashion' at M+ (@mplusmuseum) in Hong Kong. As they talked, they considered the importance of telling one's stories to pave the ways for others to do the same.

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Dani and Nadya reunite to talk about a few regional fashion brands that they enjoy. They reflect on how their love for fashion, especially for niche brands, brings them to cool places/neighbourhoods when they travel. They also discuss the differences between shopping online and in physical stores. Dani wears @ngaiofficial and Nadya wears @whimsigirldsgn.

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Nadya recently read 𝘈 𝘝𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘯 by British Vogue editor Edward Enninful, and Daniela has been reading 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘢: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺 by Amy Odell, about American Vogue editor Anna Wintour. They discuss the texts, including the impact that an individual can have on the fashion system. In addition, Nadya has binge-watched 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘴 on Apple TV. She shares her takeaways, centred on enduring friendships and busting myths.

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It’s been two months since our last episode! We talk about how we wrapped up the summer, and started the new semester, including exhibitions we visited! We chat about ‘Andrew Gn: Fashioning Singapore and the World’ at the Asian Civilisations Museum to ‘Her Kebaya’ at the Peranakan Museum, and ‘along the lines of—‘ by Berny Tan, curated by Kirti Upadhyaya at HEARTH by Art Outreach. We also preview The Digital Multilogue on Fashion Education, in particular a walking tour of Kampong Glam to explore fashion beyond malls and skyscrapers by Daniela, Weiqi Yap, and Pixie Tan.

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Dani talks about developing concepts for the costumes for A Closed System, an animated short film by Ken Kwek. She shares the process, from research to concept board, and her thoughts on the role that costumes can play in driving the plot forward. Nadya reflects on participating in the first Singapore Independent Media Fair, where FAM Marketplace was launched.

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Dani talks about visiting The Original, an exhibition at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT in Tokyo. Together with Nadya, they talk about the subtle nuances among terms that describe being “influenced” by the original, based on thought-provoking wall text at the show, from referencing to paying homage, and from reproducing to copying.

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Dani and Nadya chat about two fashion shows they recently attended in Singapore. The first is Tirados 01 - ANINO by Josh Tirados supported by @An_Asylum at Figment Club House. The second is Transition, the first in-person fashion show featuring the work of graduating students from the School of Fashion BA(Hons) Fashion Design & Textiles programme, which took place on the sky bridge at LASALLE College of the Arts. They talk about the unique performative experience that is the fashion show, and what it can mean for participants behind the scenes, on the catwalk, and in the audience.

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Dani and Nadya chat about what they have been working on and inspired by. There was Women in Design: A Global Conversation and Showcase at Middlesex University, and the inaugural Women in Design Week in March, which ITV launched in the previous episode. Dani talked about attending a talk by Carla Fernández as part of Printing Fashion Festival organised by M.A. Fashion Studies of Parsons Paris. Dani also recounts experiments on natural dye for workshops she's going to facilitate with students for Fashion Revolution Week. And Nadya reflected on a special conversation between Tory Burch and LASALLE alumna Oon Shu An at LASALLE last week.

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Happy International Women's Day! Dani and Nadya talk about Women in Design Week 2023 – Voices for a Creative Future, presented by Faculty of Design, LASALLE College of the Arts, from 13 to 17 March 2023. Find out about the talks, workshops and other activities that are taking place, where female creatives will share and discuss their creative journeys and pursuits. Click the link in our Instagram profile to sign up, or visit widweeksg.com.

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The Peranakan Museum reopened after four years, and Nadya and Dani were in attendance to take in the beautiful displays and festivities. In this episode, they talk about the artefacts that caught their eye, especially on the third floor, which is dedicated to fashion and decorative textiles. They also discuss the curatorial choices that captured their imagination.

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Nadya and Dani welcomed 2023 by plunging headlong into the whirlwind that was Singapore Art Week 2023. In this episode, they focus on ‘The Salesgirl who Became Boss’, a video installation and window display by Dani for ‘Pictures in the Mind’ with DECK, and Nadya’s participation in the UBS ‘Silent Insights’ series at ART SG. Wishing everyone a
🐰appy Year of the Rabbit, with good health and an abundance of wealth!

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For the final ITV episode of 2022, Dani and Nadya first talk about their weekends. Dani was at the Kuala Lumpur Art Book Fair with Magazine for Young Girls, and Nadya was at the ANCER (Asia Pacific Network for Cultural Education and Research) conference at LASALLE College of the Arts, then the talk with Doug Aitken, co-organised by MACK and STPI. They wrap up their chat by discussing what 2022 has brought for each of them, and the value of In The Vitrine.

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Bodybuilding conjures up images of well-defined muscles slick with oil. We talk first about why it’s been on our mind, from Dani seeing models in a Shushu/Tong photo story to Nadya watching Killer Sally on Netflix. Nadya reflects on exercise culture in the 1980s and thinking about how hard bodies can be echoed in the artificial forms of mannequins.

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Dani has worked with Josiah Chua on CAPSULE 2009, an exhibition of garments and other materials from Singaporean designers and brands in the 2000s, who launched their labels at or around the time of the fashion incubator Parco Next Next. Nadya reflects on the key takeaways from the accompanying talk between Dani and Josiah, moderated by Weiqi Yap at Fashion on Display, and how the project as a whole advances the conversation on Singapore’s fashion identity. CAPSULE 2009 runs for a final weekend, on 22 and 23 October 2022, from 1pm to 7pm.

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Watch Nadya try to articulate her observations from people-watching at Art Jakarta and Frieze Seoul! And Daniela talks about incorporating somatic practices into the design process with her students. Hear about both the visual and the haptic in our first episode since the new academic year begun.

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Dani and Nadya reveal a new photo taken at Sajeev Photo Studio to commemorate 80 episodes of In the Vitrine! They then talk about three exhibitions they visited together: 'The World is Flat After All' at Supper House, as well as '#SGFASHIONNOW' and 'Batik Kita' at the Asian Civilisations Museum. What did they discover at these shows, and how did they make them think about fashion and curation? Watch to find out!

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Nadya and Dani talk about two exhibitions they visited recently which they had looked forward to, and made them think. Nadya went to ‘Queer: Stories from the NGV Collection’ at the National Gallery Victoria in Melbourne, where she learnt a lot from looking at the exhibits in multiple mediums, including dress, and reading the rich accompanying texts. And Dani unpacks her experience of ‘Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear’ at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, bringing us through the choice of mannequins, the role of Asian menswear and even a section dedicated to drag. They conclude by thinking about the pros and cons of big-scale exhibitions, and the power of curation to tell stories.

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Dani talks about her Creative Residency with the National Library in Singapore. Together with Stephanie Jane Burt for A Stubborn Bloom, they explored teenhood and its various tropes in Singapore in the 1990s through their own experiences, complemented by materials at the library. They will soon be releasing a video titled 'Elizabeth's Diary', their creative response to the research, serving up Y2K looks and responding to what they found in the archives.

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Dani and Nadya discuss Fashion on Display, a new, pioneering “independent fashion curation studio and experimental gallery dedicated to exhibiting dress” in Singapore, created by Weiqi Yap. They talk about their anticipation of the intimate space, and taking in its first exhibition ‘Dressing for the Dream Space’, which displays outfits of four museum-goers and other artefacts from their visits. A show not to be missed, and a venue Dani and Nadya will be frequenting in its year of operation!

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Dani and Nadya discuss Fashion on Display, a new, pioneering “independent fashion curation studio and Nadya discusses “Unravelling Threads: Tracing and Transforming Violence and Trauma through Fashion”, a two-day online conference organised by Dr Rebecca Arnold and Dr Lucy Moyse Ferreira in a collaboration between The Courtauld Institute of Art and London College of Fashion. She discusses with Dani ideas from the conference, from the healing properties of fashion to the potential of fashion – and time – to be violent.

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Dani talks about her first encounters with Fashion Revolution (@fash_rev), and volunteering with the global initiative in this year's edition, which is themed 'Money Fashion Power'. Fashion Revolution Week Singapore (@fash_rev_sg), taking place from 18 to 24 April has a line-up of events online and in person. Nadya and Dani talk about a panel discussion titled “Who Owns Culture?” organised by Anisa Johnny, which featured panelists such as our colleague Martin Bonney, Ifeoma Ubby, Hillary Wan, as well as Aqilah Zailan of Studio Gypsied, who has written about her work on FAM. Join Dani this weekend at Mender’s Studio and What’s the Stitch? A Garment Analysis Workshop at Open Studios at Cineleisure.

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Dani speaks about a recent symposium she attended organised by Dr Monica Titton entitled ‘Tailoring Suits, Shaping Bodies’, and missing Grace Wales Bonner given the time difference. On the occasion of the opening of ‘Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear’ at V&A Museum, Dani and Nadya wonder about their interactions with menswear in academia and for their own wardrobes. Recalling their fascination with writings such as Paul Jobling’s ‘Advertising Menswear’ and Masafumi Monden’s ‘Japanese Fashion Cultures: Dress and Gender in Contemporary Japan’, and the early influence of blogs such as The Sartorialist. To round up, they consider the increasingly gender fluid trajectory that menswear is taking in recent years.

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This episode is focused on The Non Season, taking place from 17 February to 10 April. Organised by Hyphen BB, it features fashion, art and lifestyle activations on Orchard Road, to explore how Singapore may operate outside conventional seasons. Dani is holding a visible mending clinic, while Nadya is moderating a talk about alternative structures in fashion and art. They also reminisce the role that the iconic shopping strip played in their teenagehood, from hanging out at Heeren to people-watch to shopping the latest trends at Far East Plaza.

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Nadya reflects on her presentation ‘Framing the Body: Yip Cheong Fun and Singapore Photography in the 1960s and 1970s’ as part of the ‘Addressing Images’ series at the Research Forum at Courtauld Institute of Art, where she looked at the body’s role within the images, which have not yet been analysed in detail, and the embodied experience of looking at them. Daniela talks about the photographs that stood out to her, and Nadya speaks further about how notes from the audience, including from Rebecca Arnold’s in the latest episode from Rebecca & Beatrice’s weekly fashion podcast, have given her new ideas about the photographers and their work.

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We reflect upon interdisciplinary projects where fashion intersects with art through our Singapore Art Week experience as both visitors and participants. From among the 130 projects, Dani zooms in on Brian Gothong Tan's 'The Swimming Pool Library' project with T:>Works and Fyerool Darma's ' L♤ND$¢♤PΞ$' at Yeo Workshop. She also talks about her work with Mash-Up collaborating with Butterknife Folk at Funan SG. Nadya speaks about the A&M Salon talk she moderated at SAW Dialogues that discussed the intersection of art with food and design, including fashion.

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Dani speaks about setting up a mending station at Super Freak Boutique, and the conversations she had with the owners of clothes that were brought to her. Nadya muses about the connections that the act of mending can engender, and Dani talks about the existence of mending cafés elsewhere, where one can teach or learn the skills to prolong the life of a garment. Bonus! Dani shows a beautiful example of visible mending onscreen.

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What is considered luxury today? Dani and Nadya chime in on the Chanel advent calendar chatter, and wonder about how the democratisation of fashion has affected the business of heritage luxury brands. They also discuss art student Zou Yaqi’s ability to gain access to freebies in Beijing using a counterfeit Hermès bag, and Telfar’s working model to redefine the consumption of a luxury bag.

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Dani speaks about presenting 'Home Economics with A Stubborn Bloom' in the sixth edition of Objectifs’ 'Women in Film and Photography' programme, which looks at the theme of inheritance. This brings us to talk about garment care, including mending as an act of affection to give garments a new lease on life, and how it contributes to the story and enjoyment of them.

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Dani and Nadya catch up on what they have been doing in the past couple of weeks: a talk that Dani gave with A Stubborn Bloom about home economics at the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall, looking at artist Ian Tee’s reworking of textiles to make his works as a part of the initiative ‘Walk Walk Don’t Run’ by Grey Projects and an exhibition titled ‘The Tailors and the Mannequins: Chen Cheng Mei and You Khin’ at a new project space ‘Dalam Southeast Asia’ at the National Gallery Singapore. They find fashion discourses popping up in spaces that do not cater strictly to fashion, and dream about how that might change in the near future.

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The Digital Multilogue on Fashion Education took place from 1 to 2 October, and we speak about Daniela’s presentation, ‘Situating Fashion Studies in Southeast Asia: Practical Methods’ in the ‘Towards Inclusion’ panel. We then contemplate the new Vaccinated Travel Lanes (VTL) that Singapore has opened up with 11 other countries (and more to come!) and what post-pandemic packing and travel will look and feel like. And we remember our favourite travel outfits we cannot wait to bring in our carry-on luggage once again.

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We speak about our recent nostalgic TV watching with Daniela going through ‘The Office’ (2005-2013) and Nadya ‘Body of Proof’ (2011-2013). Could we see them as the new period dramas, given the decline of office wear as we know it given shifting circumstances with the ongoing pandemic? We segue into ‘Spin’ (1999-2000), a Singapore television show centring on the group of teenagers that we both watched when we were young teens ourselves, and how it contributed to an understanding of ourselves and others.

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In this episode, Dani and Nadya speak about how Singapore magazines Female, Her World and Men’s Folio celebrate the nation’s birthday by highlighting efforts in the local fashion industry. Dani highlights the front cover fashion choices and stories in Female that look back at the early 2000s. They also discuss the publications’ heartening inclusion of the work and viewpoints of fashion educators and fresh graduates.

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In this episode, we talk about the Tokyo Olympics 2020 where uniforms not only convey national identities but also build brand identities, such as Team Liberia’s wardrobe beautifully designed by Telfar. We consider the equal importance of aesthetics and function in designing uniforms for athletes at this international event, and ruminate on the unconventional, such as diver Tom Daley’s knit-a-thon.

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We talk about two works relating to dress and the body by Hamkah Latib and Chok Si Xuan in the group exhibition 'only losers left alive (songs for lovers for the end of the world)' at Yeo Workshop. Nadya considers gaps in writing on Singapore photography in the 1960s that could be filled by looking at the body, in her presentation for the show 'Yip Cheong Fun: Common Interest' at Art Agenda @ 63 Spottiswoode. Similarly, Daniela reflects upon potential connections between dress and the body with Singapore history through the public lecture by Dr Loh Kah Seng on women working in factories in the same decade, in accompaniment to the showcase 'Modern Women of the Republic: Fashion and Change in China and Singapore' at Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall.

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In this episode, we explore @WearWhatOnSet, dedicated to documenting the outfits of production crews in Singapore. While selected for functionality, these "uniforms" also incorporate pops of individuality, which are echoed in the tongue-in-cheek captions for each post. We also talk about two of our favourite workwear brands: Chota House Collective and Labour and Wait.

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In this two-part episode, we welcome guest speaker Kae Hana, fashion educator at MDIS Singapore. She shares with us the organic materials she and her students have been experimenting with to make "fabric", including nettle and banana peel. Tune in to view delicious, mesmerising examples of kombucha scoby leather and (almost) edible bioplastics.

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In this episode, we introduce the digital presentation of the LASALLE College of the Arts School of Fashion Class of 2021. This year, the graduation show continues to explore a blend of physical and digital modes of presentation. The projects explore themes around sustainability, gender and cultural heritage. The full show is available on lasallesof.com, designed by @cpluscandco. Congratulations to all graduates!

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In this episode, we introduce Nadya's new portal Fashion & Market (FAM), the sibling site to @artandmarket. We speak about pieces we are excited about unveiling and what to look forward to on the platform. Hop over to @fashionandmarket for material and visual stories, dialogues, analysis, news and reviews about fashion from Southeast Asia.

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In celebration of Fashion Revolution Week @fash_rev_sg, and inspired by 'Worn Stories' on Netflix, we talk about our intimate relationship with well worn clothes in our wardrobe. We segue into a discussion about the exhibition, 'The Migrant Workers Community Museum' held last month at @the_substation and meander into the informal paths that objects can take that imbues them with meaning from person to person.

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Expanding from a talk that Nadya gave for the UNSW ASEAN Society Cultural Immersion programme recently, we think about how contemporary fashion labels such as Kaarem (Vietnam), Sejauh Mata Memandang (Indonesia), Ghostboy Club (Malaysia) and Randolf Clothing (Philippines) reimagine traditional silhouettes such as the ao dai, kebaya and the cheongsam, and fabrics such as batik for the consumer today.

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We discuss the visual appeal of Simone Rocha's work and our conflicting desires to own something from the H&M collection while acknowledging the potentially detrimental effects of fast fashion. And we think back to our participation at the Singapore Art Book Fair through @artandmarket and @a_stubborn_bloom.

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We're back! We speak about pandemic dressing taking "a dark turn", and how we are "hate-wearing" some items in spite of ourselves. Nadya talks about an accidental burn that is challenging the way she dresses, and Dani introduces the thought-provoking post-divorce closet of Sara Berman.

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The annual exhibition showcasing work from Year 2 students in the BA (Hons) Fashion Design and Textiles and BA (Hons) Fashion Media and Industries programmes in the School of Fashion at LASALLE College of the Arts goes digital with 'Phantasm'. Guest Rohaizatul Azhar, who oversaw the project together with fellow lecturer Furqan Saini, guides us through the immersive experience, and highlights particularly moving projects.

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Take a trip down memory lane with us through the work of photographer James Van Der Zee working in Harlem in the 1920s, the rich @myanmarphotoarchive, and 'Rediscovering Forgotten Masters of Thai Photography', a project by Manit Sriwanichpoom. We also discuss the important matchmaking work of Sanjeev Photo Studio in Singapore and the provocative images of contemporary artist Hassan Hajjaj.

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In our second vodcast-podcast offering, we talk about the history of Halloween, and how it gives us an outlet to dress unlike ourselves. We also discuss the possible boo-boos that could occur when we reduce the characters we play to stereotypes that may be offensive, even if unintentionally so. In addition, we look at how horror inspires even as it repulses, and the fashion designers who have used it to put out intriguing collections and presentations.

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Or the one where we do a vodcast! We talk about our visit to the new(-ish) permanent Fashion and Textiles Gallery at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore, and what we learnt from our tour with curator Jackie Yoong. From the evolving motifs on the imperial robe to the changing cut of the qipao to the contrast between shoes worn by Han and Manchu women, we share our highlights.

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The highly anticipated launch of Vogue Singapore has caused a flurry of excitement in the local fashion community. We look at the issue through the lens of fashion historians: decades from now, how will its contents reflect what's going on today? And at present, how does it inspire readers? We discuss the challenges of building upon the Vogue legacy and straddling the print and digital media. We also talk about what we enjoyed in the inaugural issue, and what we hope to see in future ones.

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What is the allure of shopping on AliExpress and Taobao? From scouring the platforms to procuring trendy items at wholesale prices, the digitalisation of shopping has created direct links between the producers and factories direct to consumers. For enterprising individuals, this has also provided the opportunity to flip products to eager consumers who are willing to pay more for well-chosen ready stock that is creatively styled and marketed. We discuss the idiosyncrasy of these channels and their prevalence in today's Asian consumers.

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What is it about logos that we love? From Calvin Kleins to Chanel to Gucci, we dig beneath the surface of names and monograms to figure out why people shell out the big bucks to be branded, so to speak. From Dapper Dan’s pioneering sartorial ways to the rise of cult streetwear labels such as Supreme, we think about how logos can by turns be used for establishing one’s status to making an ironic statement. And we round up the dialogue with a look at the complexity and allure of the counterfeit brand-name goods market.

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Hanging out IRL with friends since the pandemic has taken on new meaning! A recent outing to the new gallery ART NOW at Raffles Hotel offered the material for this episode, where we talk about students’ final-year projects on display, the challenges of mounting a fashion-meets-art exhibition, and recent fashion-meets-technology wearables that we have encountered, such as for the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip (#notsponsored!) and the Apple Watch.

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Spurred by a rerun of “The Teenage Textbook” (1998) on Netflix, we discuss the uniform and how it is experienced and viewed by the wearer as well as the observer. Do all Thai students wear the same uniform and what is it about the Japanese schoolgirl uniform that has propelled it to both fame and infamy in popular culture? Will we move to gender-neutral school uniforms before long? We also reminisce about our secondary school uniforms and try to pinpoint why it is that uniforms invite transgressions.

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What’s in national dress? For Singapore, this is a question that has evaded a satisfactory answer since we became independent in 1965. Do we privilege the cheongsam, the sarong kebaya or the sari? And what about dress for men? We talk about the difficulties of making a national dress that ticks all the boxes in a port-city that has embraced immigrants from around the region, and consider whether we should look back at history, to the present or into the future to come up with something sartorially meaningful and visually appealing. We discuss iconic garments that have represented Singapore internationally including the Singapore Airlines Sarong Kebaya uniform which French couturier Pierre Balmain updated and re-constructed in 1972, as well as the meme-worthy and questionable 2018 Miss Universe Singapore costume.

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We say goodbye to Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto, who from the early 1970s offered over-the-top theatrical designs in the spirit of basara, encouraging freestyle dressing with an emphasis on stylish extravagance. We marvel at his stadium-sized traveling fashion show, Kansai Super Show such as Hello! Russia in 1993 and subsequently in Vietnam, India and back home in Japan, which were spectacles incorporating music and dance. And we look back at his iconic designs for long-time collaborator, singer-performer David Bowie.

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In this episode of In the Vitrine (ITV!), we talk about Music Television (MTV) and how it has given us important ideas about identity and dress. Did "video kill the radio star", as the first MTV music video by The Buggles purported in its title in 1981? How have visual realisations of songs encouraged experimentation with one's identity, and in what important ways have the music and fashion industries influenced each other, such as through the Video Music Awards (VMAs)? We discuss all this and more through our favourite music videos offered by a varied group of artistes from Cyndi Lauper, Boy George and Annie Lennox to TLC, Lady Gaga and Britney Spears.

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We talk about intimates, from corsets to the Wonderbra to bralettes. How have history and popular culture factored into our decisions for what to wear underneath our clothes? We also explore the persistent innerwear-as-outerwear trend in fashion as inspired by and memorialised in the music industry, remembering Madonna's Blonde Ambition tour conical bra designed by Jean-Paul Gaultier, Sisqo's Thong Song, and the styles of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera.

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The 2020 Singapore General Election is upon us, and the candidates have 10 days to campaign. They have been putting out content online, as well as going from door to door to speak with voters. We scrutinise the role that dress plays in the optics of it all, inspired by a satirical response by @AWAREsingapore that questioned how an @AsiaOne article took to describing female politician's dress choices.

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We talk about the wonderful projects of our graduating students from the Diploma in Fashion, BA(Hons) Fashion Design and Textiles and BA(Hons) Fashion Media and Industries programmes at LASALLE College of the Arts, discussing them under four broad categories: inclusivity/diversity, Singaporeanness and other localities, retrofuturism and creative sustainability. Congratulations to the #classof2020!

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As we move to "Phase 2" in Singapore, we think about what fashion will be like after lockdown. The uncertainties persist, but we are reassured by the points in Vanessa Friedman's essay "This Is Not the End of Fashion" in The New York Times. In addition, Dani talks about her presentation "Making Replicas: Open Source Resources and the Potential for Remote Fashion Research' in the aptly titled digital fashion conference "The New Normal”: Sartorial and Body Practices of the Quarantine Era" organised by Russian Fashion Theory editor Liudmila Aliabieva, which explored the effects of the pandemic on fashion and fashion studies.

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Lenne Chai is a photographer and director who has been based in New York for the past year and a half, and is now back in Singapore in 'lockdown' due to the COVID19 pandemic. Lenne is known for dreamy, female-centric and romantic photography with a beautiful eye for composition and whimsy. We ask her about shooting AI influencer Lil Miquela, putting Singapore on the cover of Grazia Croatia and more personal projects such as "A Singaporean 377A Wedding" and her ongoing "People I Miss" series shot over FaceTime.

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Fashion houses are innovating (or making do?) to create visuals to continue selling their products in a time of social distancing. From taking selfies to working in a team over FaceTime, we discuss the pros, cons and longevity of these new modes of working that have produced the #GucciTheRitual series of at-home portraits and the Bella Hadid for Jacquemus Spring 2020 campaign, among others.

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We speak about Ryan Murphy's miniseries "Hollywood" on Netflix that tells a revisionist narrative of Tinseltown in the late 1940s. We discuss the important role of costumes in evoking the era and bringing the characters and story to life. These are sourced and created by Sarah Evelyn and Lou Eyrich, inspired by the work of costume designers Adrian, Orry-Kelly, Edith Head and Walter Plunkett working in this period , and with research by fashion historian Raissa Betaña.

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We share 34 accounts we like on Instagram. From unexpected street fashion to elevated selfies, and from photo archives to fashion news, we speak about the images and captions we enjoy and why. Do follow us as we meander through our choices, including a few non-fashion ones that have tickled our fancy. And do follow us @inthevitrine on Instagram!

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We speak about Lanvin’s quattrocento blue and Schiaparelli’s shocking pink, and segue into how the colours blue and pink have historically been gendered. We talk about Korean artist Jeongmee Yoon’s “The Pink and Blue Project”, and exhibitions that have focused on singular colours and their meanings, such as “Black in Fashion: From Mourning to Night” at the National Gallery of Victoria. We marvel at rare, naturally occurring colours in the Forbes Pigment Collection, and meander to think about signature packaging colours in the form of Tiffany and Co. blue and Hermès orange. We end off where we started: speaking about Millennial Pink, our favourite Pantone Colour of the Year (2016) in recent memory, and this year’s Classic Blue.

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We review two books: Contemporary Indonesian Fashion: Through the Looking Glass by Alessandra Lopez Y Royo, and Fashion and Postcolonial Critique, edited by Elke Gaugele and Monica Titton. We talk about their strengths and weaknesses well as what more can be written from an “insider” perspective. To that end, we highlight three Instagram accounts that do this well: @fashioningtheself, @dumplingcommons and @miromoda_. We also talk about a graduating student, Tess Eu @thelesangproject, who will have an essay on Singaporean Chinese mourning dress and rituals published in @biasjournal's 'Death' issue.

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With a new Vogue Singapore on the horizon, we take the opportunity to look at the history of the global magazine franchise. We talk about our favourite covers, including illustrated Vogue Italia options for January 2020, and the important work that editors-in-chief from Edna Woolman Chase to Diana Vreeland to Edward Enninful have accomplished. We also consider the intimate experience of reading the magazine.

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For the first time, we meet outside of the vitrine, so to speak, as we record remotely due to the circuit breaker in Singapore. We discuss work-from-home (WFH) fashion, and look back at the history of loungewear. We also look at fun home-based projects people have participated in on social media such as @quarantine_ss20, the #don'trushchallenge and the #pillowchallenge.

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As Singapore begins its month-long "circuit breaker" (read: partial lockdown), we think about the privilege of staying at home and the fashion resources we can access online to keep our spirits lifted, our curiosity burning and our hands occupied. We discuss the different resources that allow us to engage with fashion in different modalities including online exhibitions, behind-the-scenes videos, and downloadable designer garment patterns.

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We speak with Elsa Wong, Head of Visual Media at Youths in Balaclava, an independent fashion collective that was taken under Adrian Joffe's (Dover Street Market) wings and showed at Paris Fashion Week last season. Known for their underground, subcultural references and style, the collective was featured widely in online publications like Vogue, Dazed & Confused and Hypebeast. What are the roles of the 13 members? What are the advantages and challenges of working together in a fashion collective? What was their Paris showroom experience like? Tune in to find out all these and more!

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What are we watching as we practise #socialdistancing to #flattenthecurve? We talk about our current and all-time favourite fictional shows and how costumes figure in our choices. The list includes Kingdom, Grace and Frankie and Gilmore Girls, among others. Click to listen for more titles to binge on!

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"Collecting Comme" and "Japanese Modernism" are two wonderful exhibitions at the National Gallery Victoria (NGV) in Melbourne. We talk about our favourite Comme des Garçons pieces on display from such iconic collections as Body Meets Dress-Dress Meets Body in the Spring/Summer 1997 season. In the second show, we discover some wonderful interwar Japanese artists such as Ishikawa Toraji, Negishi Ayako and Taniguchi Fumie who portrayed the moga, the abbreviation of modan gāru, or the modern girl.

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We went to the Critical Fashion Studies conference at the University of Melbourne last week. Nadya gave the presentation “Cut, Arrange, Paste: Stolen, Ong Shunmugam and the Singapore Fashion Identity” and Dani “Re-adoptions of the Aesthetic of Use in Contemporary Fashion”. We speak about our panels, our favourite papers, and our experience in general at the conference.

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What do low-cost polyethylene bags from IKEA and MUJI have to do with fashion? And what about fanny packs worn prominently across one's chest? We trace these ironic anti-fashion fashion trends back to cult streetwear labels Vêtements and Supreme. We also muse about how bags come in all shapes and sizes today, from the impractically tiny (Jacquemus' Le Chiquito) to the practically oversized (Balenciaga's Cabas Shopper) and how we pick, choose and personalise from this plethora of options.

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This week, we are moved by the collision between dance and fashion. We begin with recent fashion shows that have incorporated dance and movement into their presentations. In particular, the beautifully frantic and urgent choreography in Marc Jacob's FW 2020 show by "the punk ballerina" Karole Armitage, the joyful dance in Issey Miyake's SS 2020 followed by the youthful abandon in Marni's SS 2020. We think about what makes a good inter-disciplinary collaboration between fashion and performance by recalling different examples throughout the 20th century that span ballet, opera and contemporary dance.

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Given the escalating Coronavirus situation in Singapore and elsewhere, we thought it appropriate to discuss all manners of facial masks, from the disposable ones at the hospital to reusable offerings from Off-White and Heron Preston. We recall the beaked bird-like mask worn by doctors to protect themselves from the plague in the 17th century. And to end, we marvel at the creativity of individuals fashioning approximations of hazmat suits with everything from plastic sheets to quilts to protect themselves from catching the virus.

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We speak about Dani's curatorial project, A Stubborn Bloom, with collaborator artist Stephanie J. Burt, and muse about femininity and the stories that clothes and cloth live to tell. We also talk about surfaces in Sofia Coppola's films as analysed in a book by Anna Backman Rogers.

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We speak about purchasing new clothes to wear in celebration of Lunar New Year, and admire the collaboration between Ong Shunmugam and graphic designer and illustrator Ella Zheng for the first OM Ed collection, which feature whimsical prints such as a juxtaposition of mandarin oranges and ninjas. And we chat about what it was like to attend the first Awkward Party and how it reminds us of potentially uncomfortable family gatherings we will attend in the upcoming festive season.

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In our first episode for 2020, we speak about the multi-step process of ritualised self-care at an onsen hotel in Hakone, Japan and at Turkish Hammams. We lightly delve into different cultural practices of bathing--public and private. How do we view and treat the undressed body – of our own and others – in different cultures, and what are the hygiene practices that people observe to not only keep clean but for additional mental and emotional health benefits?

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Jumping off from a panel discussion where Dani spoke about pre-loved fashion in Singapore organised by The Fashion Pulpit, we discuss the move towards a circular fashion economy and how consumers have a say in the industry's development. We also ruminate on counterfeit cosmetics and the reality of recycling plastic as seen in the Netflix series 'Broken'.

And that's all from us in the vitrine for 2019. Thank you so much for listening so far, and we look forward to speaking more next year!

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Riffing on a panel discussion about collaborations between artists and brand name corporations Nadya moderated at Culture Cartel in Singapore, we speak about collaborations in the fashion industry, from Alexander Wang for H&M in 2014 to the Dries Van Noten and Christian Lacroix partnership this year.

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We discuss Max Mara Creative Director Ian Griffith's design philosophy, what it meant for Nancy Pelosi to wear red coat from the Italian brand to the White House, and other instances of women in politics sending messages through dress, from Margaret Thatcher's handbags to Madeleine Albright's pins.

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Feel Brand New: We speak about makeovers, beginning with our thoughts on Queer Eye: We're in Japan! and moving to Extreme Makeover. We discuss the formulaic transformations in stories like Cinderella and films such as Mean Girls. In addition, we talk about how dress can not only alter appearances but how we feel, and reminisce about significant sartorial switchovers in our lives.

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We unpack the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2020 Theme About Time: Fashion and Duration and discuss intertextuality across fashion exhibitions, films and collections. We discuss grounds for the enduring prairie look trend, echoed in the costume design for the web television series The Handmaid's Tale that looks to a dystopian future and the upcoming film Little Women set in the past in Civil War America, both not coincidentally adapted from novels by female authors.

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Dani talks about going to the Cumulus: The Design After conference in Bogota, while Nadya speaks about the Why Not? (@whynot.works) community mixer back in Singapore. We discuss ideas that made us sit up and pay attention, such as biocouture, decolonisation in fashion studies and the call for anti-innovation in the industry, as well as the importance of bravely taking initiatives in the good company of like-minded people to bring about change.

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We discuss the capsule wardrobe as a practice in everyday life, a method for creating a designer collection and as a marketing strategy. From the Russian constructivists to Donna Karan's "Seven Easy Pieces" to individuals who wear a single colour, what are the challenges and benefits of keeping things "simple" sartorially?

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We review Mary Quant and Tim Walker: Wonderful Things at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Extrapolating from Nadya's in-person experience of the exhibitions, we gush about the visionary genius of Quant and the impact of youthquake fashion (and music) on Singapore in the 1960s. We also consider the challenges of staging a good fashion photography show and the potential perils of museum fatigue.

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We consider alternative ways of consuming fashion online and in brick-and-mortar stores. We share our experiences browsing and hunting for second-hand fashion in Singapore and on our travels to vintage fashion havens in Tokyo and Los Angeles. We end off speaking about renting and swapping.

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We weigh the pros and cons of digitally experiencing fashion month, and wax lyrical about our favourite shows and collections from Caroline Hu at Serpentine Gallery to Rick Owens at the Palais de Tokyo. We also discuss the protest at Gucci, J. Lo strutting at Versace, and the questionable stand on sustainability that Dior took with trees for replanting.

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We chat about how beauty is a part of the fashion image and experience, and the parallel conversations on sustainability, inclusivity and technology that take place in both industries. We refer to brands that have disrupted the industry such as Mary Quant back in the 60s, and more recently Fenty, Glossier and Huda Beauty. We also chat about our own encounters and habits when it comes to make-up, from playing with lipstick colours to wearing eyelash extensions.

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We discuss the late Peter Lindbergh's legacy, including his evocative photos for Comme des Garçons. We chat broadly about the fashion image from high fashion to exhibition catalogues, and from the runway to the streets, and refer to the work of photographers such as Tim Walker, Sølve Sundsbø, Darya Kobayashi Ritch, Niall McInerney, Bill Cunningham, Kim Weston Arnorld and Singapore's very own Lenne Chai. In addition, we think about controversies including behaviours and choices relating to photographed subjects.

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In this episode, we focus on a single technique: pleats! We refer to the work of pleating masters Mariano Fortuny and Issey Miyake, and discuss the merits and demerits of wearing and maintaining pleats through fashion history and in our own lives. We also ponder the prevalence of pleats in dress for various purposes, from the sari to the school uniform.

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This week, we talk about HORROR, taking as a starting point costumes we’ve seen in recent horror films and how fashion designers have leaned into the genre for the Fall 2019 season. We also dredge up childhood memories of being haunted by fearsome Asian characters such as the pontianak and the jiangshi we watched on television. To round up the discussion, we explore embodiments of terror in everyday dressing, from footbinding to modern-day killer heels, as well as the horrific realities of fashion production in the fast fashion industry.

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We talk about the use of plastic in fashion from 1950s to the present, our love-hate relationship with it in our own wardrobes, and consider the material’s ubiquity against the call for sustainability in the industry.

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This week, we discuss criticism and its value to fashion. Who gets to be a critic? What does she contribute? How has the fashion critic’s role evolved over time, and is there a place for criticism in the Singapore fashion industry?

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We discuss the “Guo Pei: Chinese Art and Couture” show at the Asian Civilisations Museum, what the number of hours taken to create an haute couture dress really mean and the general fashion exhibition landscape in Singapore.

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We discuss alternative fashion presentations in the presence and absence of fashion week, focusing on examples in Singapore and Shanghai. Mentions: Shawna Wu, Why.Not, Stolen, Ong Shunmugam, Labelhood, Caroline Hu, Ximon Lee.

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