STORY YIP JIEYING PHOTOS WILSON PANGArt as life: There are 15 Gentle Monster flagship
stores around the world, each with its own unique artsy
concept. The Singapore showroom’s theme is ‘Samsara’,
which means ‘cycle of life’ in Sanskrit. We feel like we
have stepped into a surreal Museum of Modern Art in
the store space — an abstract, kinetic knitted camel
moves repetitively within a giant ‘loom’, which represents
the idea of reincarnation. You must be thinking, buy
sunglasses so cheem for what? Because fashion is not
just frivolity, okay?
Wig out: This is not Lady Gaga’s dressing
room or RuPaul’s wig stand. The zone is named
the ‘Lion’, which references philosopher Friedrich
Nietzsche’s existential theory about a camel,
a lion, and a child (Google it if you're into
philosophy). Check out the lion’s paw on the floor
and the ‘tails’ hanging on the wall like props
from American Horror Story. Creepy cool.8 DAYS | 59Worship at
fashion’s altar: This
life-sized ‘throne’ is the
most Insta-worthy spot
in the house. Sit on the
ink black bench (with your
Gentle Monster sunnies on,
of course) and you could
rule with your own super-
stylish, marble version of
the Iron Throne.