The morning heat outside The Duxton, the hotel our cover star Satinder Garcha owns, was sweltering. And it only fuelled the Singapore Tatler team’s anxiety over having just two hours to do a photo shoot with the busy businessman.

Still, Satinder displayed a sense of cool and a natural flair for hospitality from the get-go, ordering the crew a round of coffee and iced water from the hotel’s cafe, Farm to Table. This warmth extended to the very minute before he rushed off to prep for his national polo tournament that same afternoon, as he gave two waiting customers at the cafe their coffees on the house. Now that’s what we call hospitality.

The property man’s model-like stature and sportsman’s build saw the Berluti outfit set out for him fit him like a glove—no clips or pins needed, thank you. And he knows his enviable frame well; within an hour-and-a-half, we had pictures of him from seven different angles.

This issue, we also join jewellery lover Emy Huang at Van Cleef & Arpels’ first ever Design to Your Dreams event in Singapore, where she and a select few customers enjoyed private appointments with the Parisian jeweller to create bespoke pieces, while watches & jewellery associate editor Karishma Tulsidas meets Tiffany & Co’s design director Francesca Amfitheatrof in New York for the launch of her first Blue Book Collection for the brand. Meanwhile, three local photographers unveil their interpretations of the promises held in Cartier’s signature red box, in a special jewellery spread on p.160.