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Amanda Chai

Style Correspondent

Amanda has been a journalist with The Straits Times since 2019. As correspondent on the style beat, her passion lies in dissecting the latest fashion and beauty trends, telling brand stories, and helping consumers shop smart. She co-led a multimedia project on greenwashing in the fashion industry that won Gold at the 2023 Society for News Design’s Best of News Design Creative Competition. On occasion, she pens features on youth and popular culture. Outside work, her two greatest loves are travel and thrift shopping - which is great for her beat, but not for her wallet.

Latest articles

Want to be a Lit Girl? 4 places to buy journals to kick-start your next analogue hobby

Louise Carmen's Honore Notebook, and Ruby Merlot's Orbit Journal.

Move over, It Girl. It’s the era of the Lit Girl: Have books become the new fashion trend?

SS26 New Dior Book Tote – Dracula by Bram Stoker (left) and Elle Fanning in Coach's Explore Your Story campaign.

New Bahru to add first international brands including Sushiro and Beams in Factory Block refresh

Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain Sushiro is one of 12 new tenants joining New Bahru.

Singapore’s Romi Beauty launches in Sephora Hong Kong

Romi Beauty Lip Treatment Repair Mask.

The thrill lasts seconds, the trash lasts forever: The billion-dollar toy trend fuelling throwaway culture

Stars like Blackpink’s Jennie shine, clothes dazzle in Chanel’s butterfly-inspired Paris show

Models present creations by designer Matthieu Blazy as part of his Fall/Winter 2026/2027 Women's ready-to-wear collection show for fashion house Chanel during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, March 9, 2026.

What Is With… TV shows romanticising controversial 1990s icons like Tyra Banks and Carolyn Bessette?

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CREDIT: DISNEY+

Law professor David Tan donates 82 designer jackets worth over $350k to S’pore’s National Collection

Law professor and collector of luxury jackets David Tan with some of the 80 of his 300 jackets that his donating to the National Museum, which plans to stage an exhibition of some of these jackets in 2027, photographed before the archival specialists arrived at his home to collect the jackets on Feb 24, 2026.

Shop the Mad Chinaman’s wardrobe: Why musician Dick Lee is auctioning off his prized silk shirts

As part of his annual CNY decluttering, Dick Lee is auctioning off a part of his wardrobe with auction house Hotlotz.

Shop festive blooms and cookies at & Other Stories

& Other Stories x Floral Magic pop-up within the Ion Orchard store.