As a house, Loewe has long been revered for its dedication to craft—honouring tradition while injecting a playful, inventive twist to create something fresh and intriguing (see its iconic Puzzle bag that gets a featherlight update this year on its 10th anniversary, or the brand's annual Craft Prize).
It’s an ethos that the FEMALE community also lives by and on Feb 19, we invited 16 of our friends from the Singapore creative industry – all women whose work celebrate creativity and craftsmanship in one way or another – for one very special dinner with the brand.
The location was the headquarters of feted botanical design studio This Humid House in Kembangan, with the food created by Senang Supper Club (SSC) – the dinner series started by This Humid House and regular collaborator and Southeast Asian food researcher Bryan Koh that spotlights regional cuisines.
Fun fact: while SSC dinners have become highly coveted tickets, this particular event represented the first time SSC has ever hosted a dinner together with a brand or publication. You might have caught a glimpse of FEMALE's dinner party on social media – but here's where you can really get all the details – read on for more.
THE DINNER WAS STAGED AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE BOTANICAL DESIGN STUDIO THIS HUMID HOUSE
Models Saima Jha (left) and Serena Jane McNeill (right) arriving for the dinner
The entrance to the office of This Humid House (arguably the most forward-thinking botanical design studio in Singapore) had been draped in white silk, creating a calming effect – echoing how Jonathan Anderson had opted for a pared back space to present Loewe's Spring Summer 2025 collection. As he explains in the show's press release, "what happens when one takes all the noise away? Is it possible to fill an empty, white room, commanding attention, without shouting for space?
GUESTS GOT A SPECIAL PREVIEW OF LOEWE’S SPRING SUMMER 2025 COLLECTION
The floaty crinoline dresses that boggled everyone’s minds when Loewe creative director Jonathan Anderson first showcased them at the brand’s Spring Summer 2025 show.
Prior to the dinner, FEMALE’s guests got up close with the marvels of Loewe’s Spring Summer 2025 collection, held on the first floor of This Humid House’s office – another first for the evening, as no other brand had to date held a fashion presentation in the space.
Said collection has been a highlight of the season, thanks to creative director Jonathan Anderson’s deft ability to bridge the old and the new to create something utterly contemporary. Cue the opening looks: Anderson updated crinolines (that stiff, movement-restrictive 19th-century invention!) by adorning them with light-as-air fabrics (the dresses were crafted out of silk georgette), a seemingly contradictory statement that somehow made sense once seen in movement.
AND NOW, ON TO DINNER
Trust This Humid House to fashion one-of-a-kind settings always.
For the dinner, This Humid House decked out the central table with stunning arrangements comprising of yellow oncidiums, lotus pods and anthuriums – all flowers that winked at Loewe's legacy; any Loewe fan worth their salt would be familiar with the anthurium for example, given how it was a central motif at the maison’s Spring Summer 2023 collection.
THE FOOD WAS A MASTERCLASS IN REGIONAL CUSINES
Sisters Anna and Sophie Du Toit (right) enjoying a dish of saku sai moo created by chef Byran Koh.
Senang Supper Club’s first guest collaborator – celebrated cookbook author and Southeast Asian food researcher Bryan Koh – returned to whip up a sumptuous 10-course meal that took the guests through a rollercoaster ride around the region. Take how sisters Anna (left) and Sophie Du Toit (right) are pictured here enjoying saku sai moo, a popular Thai street dish comprising of sago and dumplings with chicken and macadamia, wrapped in fragrant leaves.
WHAT'S THAT SONG?
Senang Supper Club had the guests scrambling to find song names during the surprise mid-dinner game.
Midway through the dinner, guests got to partake in a surprise guess-the-song game – all without the help of Shazam – cue many furrowed brows and furtive looks at each other’s answer sheets.
A NIGHT OF CRAFT AND CONVERSATIONS
Happy, well-fed people.
For the dinner, the FEMALE team wanted to bring together a group of individuals who embody a certain spirit of curiosity, inventiveness, and creativity – all qualities championed by this magazine and Loewe.
The guestlist included models Serena Jane McNeill and Saima Jha; food artist Gong Hua; cake specialist Chalk Farm co-founder Dawn Koh; botanical design studio This Humid House founder John Lim; textile label Tanchen Studio‘s co-founder Sanchia Tan; artists Tiffany Loy and Wu Yanrong; sisters Sophie (first from right) and Anna Du Toit (a global studies student and artist-cum-curator respectively); womenswear label Rye founder Bessie Ye; creative director and producer Charmaine Seah-Ong; DJ Nicolette Yip; Hideout cafe owner Asmine Koh; Objects vintage furniture curator Najwa Jumali; and secondary art marketplace Art Again co-founder Chua Chingyi.
Below, snapshots of the dinner throughout the night.
Creative director and producer Charmaine Seah-Ong (left) with FEMALE‘s editor-in-chief Noelle Loh
Fashion girly Dawn Koh, co-founder of beloved cake specialist Chalk Farm, reporting for duty
Sisters Anna (left) and Sophie Du Toit, an artist-cum-curator and global studies student respectively, make for the cutest duo.
Bessie Ye – JW Anderson fan, aesthete and founder of the Singapore fashion and lifestyle label Rye
Ye's a major enthusiast of Loewe through and through – here she's wearing the surrealist pumps with balloon-shaped heels from the brand's Fall Winter 2022 collection, alongside newer designs like the Squeeze bag.
Artful textile accessories label Tanchen Studio co-founder Sanchia Tan
Cool girl Najwa Jumali, who runs the popular vintage furniture account @Objects.re on Instagram
Secondary art platform Art Again co-founder Chua Chingyi
Designer and artist Wu Yanrong, who's beloved for her expressive abtract paintings
Artist Tiffany Loy, who's well-known for taking an experimental, almost sculptural approach to textiles
Hideout cafe girl boss Asmine Koh
Pre-dinner drinks saw the guests saying hi to old friends, and making new ones
Loewe candles and the latest issue of the maison's in-house magazine? Heaven.
Beauty must be documented.
DJ Nicolette Yip never misses a beat.
Ditto for food artist Gong Hua and her killer fit (spy that Loewe Flamenco Purse).
Hideout's Asmine Koh is clearly feeling her Loewe tote.
FEMALE‘s editor-in-chief Noelle Loh (left) and her striking strawberry-inspired Loewe Mini Squeeze bag, together with Chalk Farm's Dawn Koh.
Hostess with the mostest: This Humid House general manager Sook Tan (in middle) always has things covered.
Not a dumpling but something better: a Mini Flamenco Purse.
Object of lust: Loewe's tapered candle.
Models Saima Jha (left) and Serena Jane McNeill are pretty in Loewe.
Chef Bryan Koh served up a delectable dinner informed by Southeast Asian cuisines - here, his take on shan tofu thoke, or Burmese tofu salad.
A selection of kuih muih (Southeast Asian sweet treats) to cap off the feast.
The witty founder of This Humid House, John Lim, commanding the room.
Art Again's Chua Chingyi catching up with DJ Nicolette Yip.
The Du Toit sisters digging the vibes at the dinner – here, they’re pictured in a dreamy landscape created by the This Humid House team, made from caspia shrubs specially arranged for this event.
Artists Tiffany Loy (left) and Wu Yanrong are both big fans of Loewe’s playfully artful ethos – and quickly scooped up the latest issue of the brand’s quarterly in-house magazine.
Certainly a night to remember and capture – here's looking at you, Najwa!