Asia’s Most Stylish 2024, Tatler’s exclusive list of best-dressed individuals defining fashion, has arrived. This year, Tatler selects 60 style superstars, from Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand, all of whom represent diverse expressions, from the maximalist to the minimalist, the timeless to the experimental, the modern to the traditional. But though they have different points of view, what unites this year’s stylish set is their ability to tap into the power of fashion to reveal their truest self or become who they aspire to be.
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A gathering of superstars
Edan Lui of Hong Kong boy band Mirror
Included in Asia’s Most Stylish 2024 are the brightest stars of fashion throughout the region: Edan Lui of Hong Kong boy band Mirror transitions from dramatic stage wear to classic red carpet looks, showcasing a versatile style that resonates beyond the spotlight, while Thai pop star Pyra, who describes herself as rebellious and avant-garde, dazzles with futuristic and dystopian looks in exaggerated proportions.
Pop star Pyra from Thailand
NaiWen Yang, Taiwan’s Queen of Rock
Actors, musicians and social media personalities headline this year’s edition, with Heart Evangelista, the style icon known to 16.3 million followers on Instagram; NaiWen Yang, the singer known as Taiwan’s Queen of Rock; Jasmine Sokko, one of the most streamed Singaporean artists on Spotify; and actors Off Jumpol Adulkittiporn and Gun Atthaphan Phunsawat, leads of the Thai drama The Trainee, all proving that fashion can be unifying force across cultures.
Style as self-expression
Malaysian fashion entrepreneur Hadri Hashim
Art Fair Philippines co-founder Trickie Lopa
Asia’s Most Stylish 2024 also highlights fashion as a profound medium for self-expression, allowing individuals to communicate their identity, emotion or perspective without a word.
Seeing style as a way “to speak to the world”, Malaysian fashion entrepreneur Hadri Hashim creates a visual narrative with pieces that reflect his journey, values and creativity. Similarly, the Philippines’ Trickie Lopa builds on her multifaceted role in the art world by curating a wardrobe filled with, for example, a gargantuan grey suit or a deconstructed white dress reminiscent of a painter’s canvas.
Transformative fashion
Taiwanese performance artist Chang Yee
Singaporean model Ong Bee Yan
In Taiwan, performance artist Chang Yee proves the transformative power of fashion as he embodies male and female personas: a gentleman in a suit one day and a blonde vixen wrapped in furs the next. And in Singapore, Ong Bee Yan, the 68-year-old model who believes that fashion is “a way of showing your uniqueness and personality”, celebrates her age and everything that it brings, including the silver hair that she wears with pride.
This year, Asia’s Most Stylish reminds us that fashion is not just about what we wear, but about who we can be. Discover the full list here.
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