From The Straits Times    |

Yes, yes, I know that many people reading this will scoff and point to uncles and aunties in the heartlands, sneering that they don’t think flip-flops and bermuda shorts constitute decent “street style” like the overly produced looks you find outside major fashion shows or on the streets of Harajuku.

However, over the last five or so years in this job I’ve seen a major improvement in the style quotient of Singapore youth spotted on Orchard Road, and at hipster hangouts like Tiong Bahru. Yes, there is a culture of flip-flops, berms and singlet tops but there is also a burgeoning street style movement, especially with the growth of internet shopping, streetwear brands becoming cult buys and the launch of a number of new, multi-label stores like the new Superspace and Sects Shop in the just opened Orchard Gateway mall.

Singapore style file 01 street style stars at superspace DECOR MAINSome of the Singapore street style stars we discovered around the new multi-label store Superspace in Orchard Gateway; Vivian Ong, Lynette Chen, Aaron Han & Amadea Choo (from left to right). Images: Wesley Kow 

After being open for only a week, the owners of Superspace were blown away by the number of “fashionable” people who dropped by their store; dressed head-to-toe in major cult streetwear brands like KTZ and Joyrich, these customers definitely had style.

So, we decided to head down to the new store and do a bit of street style spotting for ourselves. In the gallery below, check out some of the street style stars we discovered ‒ disclaimer: we snapped a few pics of Superspace’s owners too, since they are definitely street style stars ‒ at Superspace and on the streets and walkways around the new Orchard Gateway mall.

CHECK OUT THE SUPERSPACE STREET STYLE STARS IN THE GALLERY BELOW

Superspace is located at Orchard Gateway #02-18, 277 Orchard Road, between 313 @ Somerset and Orchard Central. For more information about Superspace, check out its Facebook page at www.facebook.com/THESUPERSPACE; follow the store on Instagram at @thesuperspace