Lifestyle
‘I Am Precious’ designers show off
A GROUP of Cambodian garment factory workers had a rare occasion to smile on Sunday after a year that has brought steady decline in the sector. Far away from the monotony of the factory floor, the girls looked like seasoned performers as they modelled the creative visions of their co-workers. After a difficult year for the... »
Female model wants to be attorney
Popular and pretty model An Sonity, aged 17, born in Kratie province, wants to become a lawyer in the future and presently is studying at law school. According to the interview with Khmer language newspapers-Koh Santepheap, she said that even though she has difficult time, she have to make her best efforts to gain professional... »
The man behind the mask: saving an ancient tradition
GET ready to see an epic battle as Preah Ream and his monkey army wage war on demon king Krong Reap in order to win back the beautiful Neang Seda. OK, maybe the battle’s a myth, but the tradition of ceremonial Khmer mask-making fuels the mind’s eye; one can imagine the spectacular vision of colourfully... »
Repatriated king of fashion returns to design scene, too
A few years after Mak-norith Oum returned to his native Cambodia from France, in 1996, his friends often asked him when he would open a fashion boutique in Phnom Penh. They had every reason to do so. At one point, the autodidact haute couture designer had no fewer than 50 points of sale in France... »
Miss landmine beauty contest
Cambodian disabled women will have good opportunity to participate in the contest of Miss Landmine beauty pageant, which will open in Cambodia next month under support from the ministry of social affairs, veterans and youth rehabilitation, the ministry of women’s affairs, the Cambodian mine action and Cambodian disabled people’s organization. It is hopeful that... »
Tragic fashions to be remedied
SIEM Reap’s trendy clothes designer Elizabeth Kiester rolls her eyes in mock horror as she enunciates, “Those dresses are a time warp.” She’s referring to the strange candy-coloured confections that perhaps could loosely be described in a Western context as ball gowns, the dresses that bedeck the gals who gather misty-eyed at weddings, or appear... »
