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Gen Z Is Weaponising Asian Culture

The Drone Temple Was Predicted

Cao Fei spent three years in Southeast Asian farmland watching …

Apr 26, 2026 · 2 min
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Southeast Asia Raised $2.8 Billion in Q1

The Surge

Southeast Asian startups raised $2.8 billion in Q1 2026 — a 110% jump year-on-year, a 146% …

Apr 26, 2026 · 2 min
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Asian Pop Festival Is Building A Regional Circuit

The Lineup Is the Argument

Asian Pop Festival 2026 at Paradise City spans four stages and 41 …

Apr 26, 2026 · 2 min
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Asia Week New York Cleared $147 Million.

The Number

Asia Week New York concluded its 17th edition in late March, with 25 galleries and 6 …

Apr 26, 2026 · 2 min
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The Tariff Investigation Nobody In Fashion Is Talking About

What Was Announced

On March 11, the US launched a trade investigation into alleged excess industrial …

Apr 26, 2026 · 2 min
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The Man Who Built BTS Is Now Facing Arrest

What Actually Happened

South Korean police sought to arrest the K-pop mogul behind BTS on April 21. …

Apr 26, 2026 · 2 min
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Musinsa Bought Magazine B.

What Magazine B Is

Magazine B is not a fashion magazine. It is a brand monograph series — single …

Apr 26, 2026 · 2 min
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The Most Important Asian Art Show Right Now Is in Milan. It's About Drones.

The Temple Is Made of Fertiliser Bags

Dash opened April 9 at Fondazione Prada. It is the result of …

Apr 26, 2026 · 2 min
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Jennie Didn't Sign With Ray-Ban. Ray-Ban Signed With Jennie.

The Structural Detail Everyone Missed

For the first time in Ray-Ban’s history, a single …

Apr 25, 2026 · 2 min
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Singapore Is No Longer Waiting for Hong Kong's Permission

In 2024, Singapore became the fifth-largest global art importer, with a 74% surge in import values …

Apr 19, 2026 · 1 min
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The Jacket That Broke the "In China, For China" Playbook

Adidas designed the Chinese Track Top for its domestic market. It debuted at Shanghai Fashion Week …

Apr 19, 2026 · 2 min
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Inside the New Wave of Japanese Conceptual Art

There is a room in a former textile factory in Kyoto where the walls breathe. Not metaphorically. …

Apr 13, 2026 · 3 min
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Why Every Western Brand Needs a Singapore Play

Singapore is not a market. It is a position.

This is the distinction that most Western brands get …

Apr 12, 2026 · 2 min
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Quiet Luxury's Asian Chapter is Already Over

Somewhere around 2022, the fashion industry decided that Asia had finally grown up. The evidence was …

Apr 12, 2026 · 2 min
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Manila Is Building a Contemporary Art Centre. Southeast Asia's Moment Has Arrived.

For years, the conversation about contemporary art in Southeast Asia has been held elsewhere. In the …

Apr 11, 2026 · 2 min
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The Devil Wears Asia Now

In 2006, The Devil Wears Prada gave the world a complete mythology of fashion power. Miranda …

Apr 11, 2026 · 4 min
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The Founders Who Refused to Move to Silicon Valley

The advice used to be unanimous. If you were building a technology company and you were serious …

Apr 11, 2026 · 3 min
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Laopu Gold and the Return of Chinese Luxury on Chinese Terms

In the middle of one of the most difficult years for Western luxury in China, a category of brands …

Apr 11, 2026 · 2 min
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Is Bangkok a Fashion Capital Now?

Bangkok has always been easy to underestimate. It is too hot, too chaotic, too everything — too much …

Apr 11, 2026 · 3 min
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Korea Spends More on Luxury Per Capita Than Anyone Else on Earth. Here's Why.

The statistic lands differently depending on where you encounter it.

In a Morgan Stanley research …

Apr 11, 2026 · 3 min
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Louis Vuitton Is Building Worlds in Asia

There is a scene playing out across Asia’s luxury capitals that tells you everything about …

Apr 11, 2026 · 3 min
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The Producer Behind Three Number Ones You Don't Know

Park Joon-seo is thirty-one years old, lives in a studio apartment in Mapo-gu, Seoul, and has …

Apr 10, 2026 · 2 min
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What Hong Kong Cinema Is Building After the Silence

The golden age of Hong Kong cinema is one of the most documented creative explosions in film …

Apr 9, 2026 · 2 min
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The Chefs Making Regional Asian Food Impossible to Ignore

The problem with “Asian food” as a category is that it describes approximately as much …

Apr 8, 2026 · 2 min
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Inside China's New Creator Class and What They're Building

The word “influencer” does not translate well into Mandarin. The closest equivalent — …

Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min
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The Quiet Luxury Codes That Only Asians Understand

In 2023, the Western internet discovered quiet luxury. Neutral tones. No logos. Quality that …

Apr 7, 2026 · 3 min
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William Chan Runway Walk

The fashion industry has a complicated relationship with firsts. On one hand, it celebrates them — …

Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min
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Tokyo Is Now the World's Fifth Fashion Capital

Fashion has always had four capitals. The quartet — New York, London, Milan, Paris — has governed …

Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min
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BTS Wore Korean Armour to Their Comeback

There is a version of this story where BTS wears Gucci. Or Dior. Or any of the European houses that …

Apr 7, 2026 · 3 min
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Is Shanghai Is the New Paris?

Maison Margiela just staged its first show outside Paris — in a Shanghai shipping dock. Not a quiet …

Apr 6, 2026 · 1 min
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Seoul Is the New Milan: Inside the K-Fashion Takeover Reshaping Global Runways

For decades, the global fashion calendar has been dictated by four cities: New York, London, Milan, …

Apr 6, 2026 · 2 min
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The $40B Creator Economy Hiding in Southeast Asia

The global creator economy is worth, depending on which analyst you ask, somewhere between $100 …

Apr 6, 2026 · 2 min
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The Korean Brands Quietly Conquering London's Concept Stores

The buyer at one of London’s most respected concept stores describes the shift with …

Apr 5, 2026 · 2 min
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How Singapore Became the Holding Company Capital of Asia

When a Malaysian entrepreneur with businesses in five countries wants to create a holding structure …

Apr 4, 2026 · 2 min
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The Bangkok Art District the World Hasn't Found Yet

The international art world has a Bangkok story. It involves the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre and …

Apr 3, 2026 · 2 min
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Dupes, Counterfeits, and the Grey Market Reshaping Luxury in China

The handbag costs 380 yuan. It is sold through a seller whose location is unknown, to a buyer who is …

Apr 2, 2026 · 2 min