Browsing “Thrifted”

“My favourite part of hairdressing is seeing people happy with the hair colours or the hairstyles I give them. I love the freedom people have to switch up their look.”

“I want to pursue a career in fashion, but the industry in Singapore is very small and competitive. So I'll get a job here first to save up, then find a job overseas.”

“The motto that I live by is: Happy can already! We can spiral for one hour, two hours, but let's not make it one week, let's do other things!”

“I’m a dancer, and my crew, Bawz, and I were recently in Vietnam competing in a dance competition called the Summer Jam Dance, in which we won the championship title!”

“I take inspiration from visual kei bands, which are Japanese bands with extravagant stage costumes, so I usually dress in that style. And, because I also like vintage apparel, I mix in vintage shirts and boots.”

“One of my favourite books is The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. It’s a heart-wrenching retelling of a Greek mythology about two best friends. Once, my mum got woken up by me crying when I was reading it at 3 in the morning, and she was like, “What’s wrong with my child?”.”

“I love travelling—one of my favourite places to visit is Melbourne, Australia, though I don’t get to travel there as often as I’d like to. I just love the vibes, the people, the thrift scene, and the local art and design markets there.”

“I’d like to open a museum some day. I’m not sure what I want to showcase, but I want it to be a contemporary and alternative space unlike most museums.”

“I like a peaceful life, but I always feel the need to change things up every now and then because I get bored. I’m trying to work on projects around the world, so I can move somewhere new every two years or so.”

“My irrational fear is dying in a lift, or being stuck alone in an elevator in free-fall.”

“I think that grooming should be more of a lifestyle,” Ellie says. “So it wouldn't be a ‘hassle’, but more 'oh yes, I woke up like this’.”

Aiwei might possibly the coolest teacher at the design school she’s teaching at; she’s definitely one of the coolest people we know.