Inside Harper’s BAZAAR Singapore’s BAZAAR Bite Club With Rimowa
To mark the start of our 25th anniversary year, we gathered friends, creatives and familiar faces for our inaugural BAZAAR Bite Club.
By Aaron Kok - published
There are many ways to start a 25th anniversary celebration. A grand ballroom? Sure. A black-tie dinner? Very nice. But for Harper’s BAZAAR Singapore, the first toast to our milestone year began somewhere far more relaxed: around good food, better drinks and a room full of people we love to hang out with.
From top: Welcome to BAZAAR Singapore’s first-ever BAZAAR Bite Club, hosted at Offtrack. BAZAAR Singapore’s creative director Windy Aulia with Senior Marketing & Communications Manager (APAC) of Rimowa, Kenny Loh. Delicious bites at the ikura station, where guests could customise their own noodle bowls.
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Last Thursday night, we hosted the first-ever BAZAAR Bite Club, co-hosted with Rimowa at Offtrack. Conceived as an intimate gathering for friends of BAZAAR, the evening brought together a tight, lively mix of creatives, tastemakers and familiar faces from our pages, including Aimee Cheng-Bradshaw, Iman Fandi, Feroze McLeod, Hashy Yusof, Lullaboy and more.
The evening began with Harper’s BAZAAR Singapore’s creative director Windy Aulia welcoming guests and marking the start of what will be a big year for the magazine.
Windy Aulia kicking off the night with a short note to welcome the evening’s attendees.
In his speech, he shared the idea behind our 25th anniversary tagline, “Where Fashion Lives”, sharing that for BAZAAR Singapore, “fashion has never existed only on the runway. It lives in the way we dress, of course, but also in how we dine, travel, decorate our homes, gather with friends and move through the world. For the past 25 years, BAZAAR has been there through all of it, covering fashion, beauty, watches and jewellery, celebrity, culture and lifestyle with the same sharp eye and curiosity.”
That spirit made Rimowa a fitting partner for the first edition of BAZAAR Bite Club. After all, fashion is a journey, and few brands understand the art of movement quite like Rimowa. The German brand recently welcomed two vivid new hues, orange and magenta, into its Essential and Groove ranges.
Clockwise from top left: Guests who swung by for some tipple and nosh included Aimee Cheng-Bradshaw, Jesper Chai, Iman Fandi, Krison Sum, Putri Adif, Estelle Fly, Benzo, Hashy Yusof, and Zim.
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Both colours are rooted in a sense of creative expression and joy, with orange bringing a bright, energetic pop and magenta offering a deeper, more playful kind of sophistication. Guests had the chance to see the new pieces up close, including the colour-matched Essential suitcases and Groove bags, which felt right at home in a room full of people who know the power of a good accessory.
Of course, no Bite Club would be complete without the actual bites. Offtrack set the mood for the evening with its easy, music-led atmosphere, while guests tucked into a menu that included roti served with dashi mascarpone dip, moreish garlic noodles topped with parmesan cheese, kueh pie tee topped with ikura and more. Cocktails flowed, conversations moved across the room, and between the plates and the playlists, the night found its rhythm.
From top: The night unfolded as a celebration of connections and community, as guests including Krison Sum catching up with BAZAAR’s digital director Annabelle Fernandez; Pubumésu Putri Soediono-Horsburgh, Feroze McLeod, Parveen Hassanbhai; and Ryan Foo, Jeremy Kieran Ng and Zhang Minhua.
There was also a photo booth, because what is a gathering of stylish people without a little evidence? Guests stepped in for portraits and snapshots throughout the evening, making sure the night lived on beyond the group chats. Another crowd favourite came courtesy of Pearlyn Siew of Transmission Wellness, who offered aura readings for guests. It quickly became one of the most talked-about corners of the party, with guests comparing colours and energy readings between bites.
More than anything, BAZAAR Bite Club is about bringing people together for a night that feels stylish, social and spirited. Our very first edition of the event was a cosy night of connections, and a chic reminder that fashion does not only live in clothes but also in the people we meet, the rooms we enter, the trips we plan, the stories we share and the communities we build.
From top: Estelle Fly, Shawn Paul Tan and Lullaboy at the photobooth, while Benzo and Delson Yii had their aura read by Pearlyn Siew of Transmission Wellness.
And if this first Bite Club was any indication, then stay tuned, because there are many more exciting things to come as we fete our 25th anniversary in the months to come.