Singapore indie brand Slow Rituals has detailed plans to expand its self-care product range into hair care, and is targeting local partnerships for more sustainable sourcing, packaging, and distribution.
Founded in Myanmar with its second base here in Singapore, Commune Wear is a handcrafted footwear label that prides itself on making high-quality leather shoes at affordable price points. Together with a second-generation, family owned-cobbler business in Thailand that has spent decades perfecting the processes of handcrafting leather, the label is known to produce footwear that provides all-day comfort thanks.
Growing up, Jacey Chae witnessed how hard her parents worked, running a private womenswear boutique that made custom designs from engagement party pieces to congressmen wives’ daywear. So she told herself not to get involved in fashion. “I’ve always been a good writer and painter,” she tells. “Naturally I thought about going into journalism or advertising, and never once fashion.”.