Here’s a look at the most important happenings in fashion, beauty and the world at large that have changed the way we look, feel, dress and date in the last decade.
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1. Asian women represent
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Asian women represent
Former BAZAAR cover girls, Gemma Chan and Awkwafina’s rise herald not just an overdue racial representation of Asians in Hollywood, but also Asian women in particular. Chan and Awkwafina’s characters in 2018’s Crazy Rich Asians instantly stole the gaze of Tinseltown. On the small screen, Indian actress Priyanka Chopra’s character in Quantico became the toast of American television
at the height of the serial’s popularity in 2015.
2. Rainbow Connection
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2. Rainbow Connection
LGBTQ representation on the small screen has increased in the past 10 years, peaking in 2018 with the release of Queer Eye and Pose, which feature gay men and trans people, on American streaming giant Netflix. The two are among the most in-demand shows, and have made instant celebrity advocates of Jonathan Van Ness and Billy Porter
3. Crazy Rich Asians
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3. Crazy Rich Asians
Not since The Joy Luck Club in 1993 has a major Hollywood film featured an all-Asian cast in a contemporary setting. Based on Kevin Kwan’s bestselling novel of the same name, 2018’s Crazy Rich Asians cast a spotlight on our tiny red dot. It’s the highest‑earning romantic comedy in a decade, having grossed around US$238 million worldwide, and made global stars out of Henry Golding and Constance Wu.
4. App Fab – Tag, You're It
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4. App Fab – Tag, You’re It
It started as a simple visual diary in 2010,
but Instagram has since evolved into a
photo- and video-sharing platform where we get
our news, engage with friends, watch TV and shop.
5. App Fab – Modern Romance
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5. App Fab – Modern Romance
Finding the one can’t get any easier with dating apps such as Tinder (in 2012) and Bumble (in 2014). With the former,
you need only remember that left is bad, right is good.
And with the latter, women are in control,
being the first to initiate a conversation.
6. App Fab – Stream This
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6. App Fab – Stream This
Netflix brought convenience and self-sustainability
to 120 million users worldwide with original
TV shows and films ranging from
indie to box-office hits.
8. Wakanda Forever
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8. Wakanda Forever
This decade isn’t just the golden age of superhero movies. It also saw the first Black Marvel superhero take to the big screen in Black Panther, which featured a predominantly black cast. It won not one,
but three awards at the 2019 Oscars, paving the way for increased diversity and minority representation in films.
9. The Empress' New Clothes
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9. The Empress’ New Clothes
Who could forget when fashion’s baddest gal with the BDE, Riri, made her grand entrance in a majestic yellow Guo Pei couture creation? Dubbed The Omelette, the most talked-about dress that year catapulted the Asian couturier
into the global spotlight.
10. Fashionable Dresses – Jennifer Lawrence Falling In Dior Couture
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10. Fashionable Dresses – Jennifer Lawrence Falling In Dior Couture
American actress Jennifer Lawrence looked resplendent in one of Raf Simons’ early couture creations for Dior at the 2013 Oscars, but it wasn’t the dress that got everyone talking. It was the tumble she took in it while on her way up the stage to receive her Best Actress award for
Silver Linings Playbook—a moment that turned into a meme.
11. Fashionable Dresses – Everything's Okurrr
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11. Fashionable Dresses – Everything’s Okurrr
At barely 30, award-winning American rapper-turned-actress-turned-unlikely-linguist Cardi B is already a fashion supernova. She stole the show at Paris Fashion Week 2019 when she made her entrance in a floral ensemble by British fashion designer Richard Quinn that covered every inch of her body. A video of her in that dress, taken in front of the Eiffel Tower, has garnered 10 million views to date.
12. Fashionable Dresses – Jenny's Still Got It
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12. Fashionable Dresses – Jenny’s Still Got It
American pop star Jennifer Lopez made waves when she closed the Versace show at Milan Fashion Week spring/summer 2020 in an updated version of the iconic jungle-print dress she wore to the Grammys in 2000. Yes, that silk chiffon Versace number with the plunging neckline down to there. Needless to say, the international style icon broke the Internet again.
13. Philippines' Crowning Glories
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13. Philippines’ Crowning Glories
There must be something in the water in the Philippines, for in a span of just three short years, two Miss Philippines have taken home the title of Miss Universe. Pia Wurtzbach won the competition in 2015, becoming the first Asian to do so in eight years, after which Catriona Gray took the crown again in 2018.
14. Stranger Things
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14. Stranger Things
A delightful blend of sci-fi, horror and comedy, Netflix’s hit series Stranger Things paid homage to the ’80s and evoked intense nostalgia for the era when it debuted in 2016.
We love that British actress and BAZAAR cover girl Millie Bobby Brown makes even her character Eleven’s nosebleeds look chic.
15. Game of Thrones
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15. Game of Thrones
Arguably the best TV series of the decade, HBO’s Game of Thrones, which premiered in 2011, gained a fanatical following that saw 19.3 million viewers tune in to its final episode. The fantasy drama series, famed for its medieval realism, blockbuster budgets (US$100 million for the sixth season), and grand settings in Malta, Croatia, Iceland and Ireland, plus oodles of nudity, violence and gore, is well deserving of its 160 Primetime Emmy Awards nominations.
16. The Crown
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16. The Crown
Opening the hallowed doors to the British monarchy, Netflix took on a behemoth of a subject matter in 2016. Casting brilliant actresses Claire Foy and Vanessa Kirby in key roles, the series takes an in-depth look into the lives of the British royals, deftly balancing fact and fiction, weaving reel-life narratives into real-life history. Now into its third season, its mix of riveting politics and liaisons in the bedroom have led to Emmy
and Golden Globe nods for the series.
17. The Lion City Roars – Local Pride
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17. The Lion City Roars – Local Pride
Singaporean faces went global this decade with Nadia Rahmat becoming the face of Marc Jacobs’ Spring/Summer 2015 campaign; national swimmer and
BAZAAR cover boy Joseph Schooling scoring our first gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics; and Layla Ong, Jean Yong and Diya Prabhakar headlining Gucci, Balmain and Oscar de la Renta’s runways respectively.
7. #Metoo and #Timesup Movements
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7. #Metoo and #Timesup Movements
Raising more than US$22 million for the defence of the survivors of sexual assault and harassment, the movements that shook Hollywood and fashion to the ground gained traction in 2017 with the widespread sexual abuse allegations against American film producer and Miramax co-founder Harvey Weinstein. As women started to feel empowered to speak out, so too have the men who have experienced the same form of abuse.
18. The Lion City Roars – Local Institutions, Global Icons
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18. The Lion City Roars – Local Institutions, Global Icons
Two developments designed by architect
Moshe Safdie in the last decade got everyone talking: Integrated resort Marina Bay Sands, which forever changed our skyline when it opened in 2010, and 2019’s Jewel Changi Airport, a nature-themed
shopping and lifestyle destination in the airport.
19. The Lion City Roars – Paris in Dempsey Hill
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19. The Lion City Roars – Paris in Dempsey Hill
The spotlight was on us when the late Karl Lagerfeld chose Singapore to launch Chanel’s cruise 2013/2014 collection, bringing all the glamour of Rue Cambon and a sea of international stars with him. He sent us all into a tizzy with a collection dedicated to our little red dot, presenting looks that echoed our rich colonial heritage.
21. Going Gaga Over Meat
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21. Going Gaga Over Meat
Lady Gaga has never been one for subtlety, be it in fashion, music, opinion or lifestyle.
She shocked at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards by appearing in a dress made of raw flank, aptly dubbed Meat Dress. It proved more than an attention-grabbing outfit though: It was a statement against the US military’s then “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on homosexuals.
23. Royal Births
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23. Royal Births
The 2010s were celebratory times for the British monarchy, what with the fairy-tale weddings of Prince William and Prince Harry, and the royal births of Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis of Cambridge in 2013, 2015 and 2018 respectively, and Archie Mountbatten-Windsor in 2019.
24. Beyoncé Gets Visual
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24. Beyoncé Gets Visual
In a game-changing move, Queen Bey released her Grammy-winning, eponymous fifth studio album in 2013—not in physical stores but in the digital realm, on iTunes, eschewing the traditional album format for a visual album where all songs had corresponding videos. The videos, which the American music legend had total creative control over, touched on love, relationships and even feminism. And who can forget the catchy “Drunk in Love”?
25. Tech Talk – Super Samsung
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25. Tech Talk – Super Samsung
In the last 10 years, we went from contending with clamshells to prodding our touchscreens. With Samsung’s new Galaxy Fold, rolled out in 2019, we finally have the best of both worlds: A foldable touchscreen.
26. Tech Talk – Huawei
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26. Tech Talk – Huawei
Unveiled in September this year, the Huawei Mate 30 Pro completely transformed the industry’s standard of mobile phone photography with a 40 megapixel filming camera, an 8 megapixel Leica telephoto lens and a 3D depth-sensing camera.
27. Tech Talk – Gotta Catch 'Em All
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27. Tech Talk – Gotta Catch ‘Em All
Sparking a global frenzy when it was released in 2016, Pokémon Go saw users take to the streets in droves to catch digital monsters. With over a billion downloads, the mobile app, one of the first to use augmented
reality in gaming, grossed US$3
billion in global revenue to date.
28. Tech Talk – YOOX Net-a-Porter
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28. Tech Talk – YOOX Net-a-Porter
Heralding a new era in e-commerce,
the YOOX Net-a-Porter Group, founded
in 2015, revolutionised the way we
consume luxury fashion.
29. Tech Talk – Signed, Sealed, Deliveroo
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29. Tech Talk – Signed, Sealed, Deliveroo
Created by Will Shu and Greg Orlowski in
2013, Deliveroo, valued at over US$2.5 billion, addresses our most primal need: Hunger.
The food delivery mobile app brings us whatever we’re craving, be it from the best restaurants or the most faraway hawker stalls.
30. Yas Queen
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30. Yas Queen
We don’t know what the royal protocol is
for cheering a monarch on at a fashion show, but in the summer of 2019, that was all we wanted to do: Praise HM Queen Elizabeth II for swapping the throne for the front row at London Fashion Week. The queen’s appearance at Britain’s latest fashion wunderkind Richard Quinn’s autumn/winter 2019 show was the most talked-about event that fashion season.
20. The Lion City Roars – The 2018 Trump-Kim Summit
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20. The Lion City Roars – The 2018 Trump-Kim Summit
Our city state hosted the first meeting between American President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un of North Korea, where they discussed security issues, cross-border relations and the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.
22. Downton Abbey
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22. Downton Abbey
Captivating the world with the trials and tribulations of the privileged Crawley family since its premier in 2011, this award-winning period drama made an instant fashion icon of its leading lady, Michelle Dockery. After the TV series ended in 2015, it made its way to the big screen in 2019 for a global audience that couldn’t get enough of British aristocracy.
- TAGS:
- Awkwafina
- Beyoncé
- Billy Porter
- Black Panther
- Cardi B
- Catriona Gray
- Chanel
- Claire Foy
- Crazy Rich Asians
- Deliveroo
- Dior Couture
- Game Of Thrones
- Gemma Chan
- Guo Pei
- Huawei
- J Lo
- Jennifer Lawrence
- Jennifer Lopez
- Jewel Changi
- Jewel Changi Airport
- Jonathan Van Ness
- Joseph Schooling
- Lady Gaga
- MeToo
- Millie Bobby Brown
- Miss Philippines
- Moshe Safdie
- Net-A-Porter
- Netflix
- Pia Wurtzbach
- Pokémon Go
- Prince George
- Prince Harry
- Prince Louis
- Prince William
- Princess Charlotte
- Queen Elizabeth II
- Richard Quinn
- Rihanna
- Samsung
- Stranger Things
- The Crown
- Tinder
- Trump-Kim Summit
- Vanessa Kirby
- Versace