The Asian Civilisations Museum holds more than just Asian artefacts and antiquities. In the last three years or so, it has assumed the role of Singapore?s fashion museum. Kennie Ting and Jackie Yoong ? two key figures influencing the evolution ?share that there is more to an exhibition than merely being cool and current.
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Select works by local fashion graduates.

Singapore lacks a fashion museum. While it is not an imperative for every metropolitan city to have one, the Lion City has been trying to position itself as a serious fashion hub for Southeast Asia for decades now. A steady slew of fashion weeks like the previously Audi-backed Singapore Fashion Week, Digital Fashion Week, and Fidé Fashion Week just to name a few, fashion-focused reality television series ranging from fashion model searches to design competitions, legitimising “Fashion” as a degree in higher education fine art institutes and even a dedicated Singapore Fashion Council are amongst many of the pushes for the local fashion scene.
To be fair, fashion-skewed exhibitions aren?t uncommon for the city. Aside from brand-specific exhibits by fashion giants like Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Hermès, there have been numerous international fashion designer retrospectives as well as culture-related highlights. The latter is often a responsibility undertaken by the Asian Ci...