We’re back, baby! With a fresh start for Tatler Asia, we thought we’d also offer our wonderful community a brand new Best of Tatler weekly newsletter. And we’re so excited to do so in true Tatler style: with pizzazz and a lot of heart.

We kicked off Art Month with our exclusive cover story with global superstar and Louis Vuitton’s new men’s creative director Pharrell Williams, who talked to us about A Journey Through Gems, his second auction on Joopiter, for which he co-designed a number of the lots with jewellery designer Lorraine Schwartz. This was followed by our celebration of International Women’s Day and the amazing ladies in our Tatler community and beyond, including our second March cover star, Dee Poon, who talked candidly about female bonds, depression, and being raised by a single mum and a village of “girls and gays”.

Oh, and we had an exclusive interview with Kelly Mi Li of Netflix’s Bling Empire ahead of the birth of her first child, who shared with us Asian American designers to look out for and what her cast mates are up to. And Tina Leung of Bling Empire: New York also chatted to Tatler Hong Kong about what she is looking forward to when she returns to the city later this year—her first visit since before the pandemic.

We’re thrilled to be back, and hope you enjoy our first Best of Tatler newsletter. Happy Friday!

Heidi Yeung
Digital Editor

On March 3, Tatler and the Upper House hosted the latest edition of House Stories, a monthly panel series at the hotel’s Sky Lounge.

This edition of the series, moderated by Tatler’s director of VIP content and communications Tara Sobti, took place just ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8 and dived into the work of three women who have been championing progress for women in Hong Kong for years: Kay McArdle, the founder of Equal Justice; Manisha Wijesinghe, the executive director of Help for Domestic Workers; and Alicia Lui, the founder of Women In Sports Empowered (Wise).

Learn more about the discussion

Ahead of the birth of her child (around end of March) Kelly Mi Li talks exclusive to Tatler Hong Kong about her personal style, her partner and what her Bling Empire buddies are up to.

Read Tatler's exclusive interview with Kelly Mi Li

A playground for adults, the Cotai strip is home to magnificent hotels, grand casinos and luxury retailers.

Right in the heart of it all is the City of Dreams and the Morpheus hotel. The cutting-edge landmark has become Macau’s most revolutionary hospitality destination and a must-see for all who visit.

Learn more about Macau’s City of Dreams

Bamboo is a re-emerging material in design and construction. As a sustainable resource, it’s hard to beat—not only is it fast-growing, it’s highly durable, lightweight, and has an inevitable renewable nature. And bamboo advocates like Ewe Jin Low would like to see it replace concrete and steel.

Read more about Low's bamboo structures

Hong Kong singer Moon Tang makes emotional music. “Whenever I cry, it’s in those moments that I feel the most alive. Having emotions is better than not feeling anything at all,” she says.

However, the Hong Kong musician, whose new album Water Comes Out Of My Eyes was released last month, tells us why she wouldn’t “describe the production process as enjoyable”.

Learn more about Moon Tang

Dorothy Lam, the co-founder and chief catalyst of Dream Impact, an impact investing company, shares how she plays matchmaker between social startups and investors.

Discover her ethos and guiding philosophies.