Episode 22: 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.

Episode 21: 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.

Episode 20: 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.

Episode 19 | 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?

Episode 18: 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!

Episode 17: 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.

Episode 16: 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.

Episode 15: 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.

Episode 14: Time Travel: Met 2020 & The Prairie Look

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.

Episode 13: 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.