THAI plans new luggage allowance rules for passengers with effect from April 1
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
THE NATION
Thai Airways International (THAI) is changing its passenger luggage allowance from overall weight to number of pieces with limited weight for tickets bought from next month, but for flights from April 1, 2023.
In its internal announcement to its ticket-selling partners, THAI said the new luggage rules will be applied to advance tickets sold from October 15 and will be come into effect from April 1 next year.
The new rules will be applied to flights within the TC3 zone (Asia, Australia and New Zealand) and between TC3 zone and TC2 zone (Europe, Africa and the Middle East).
The new rules will grant luggage rights as follows:
● First-class passenger allowed to check in three pieces of luggage (with ceiling of 32kg per piece)
● Business-class passenger allowed two pieces of luggage (32 kg/piece)
● Special economy-class passenger allowed two pieces of luggage (23kg/piece)
● Y/B/M economy-class two pieces (23kg/piece)
● Other economy class one piece (23kg/piece)
● Royal Orchid Plus Platinum Member Extra allowed 3 pieces (23kg/piece)
● ROP & Star Alliance Gold Member Extra allowed 2 pieces (23kg/piece)
● ROP Silver Member Extra allowed one piece (23kg/pc).
THAI has yet to make an official announcement of the new luggage rules on its website for passengers.
Ministry says inflation peaked in August, prices lower for rest of year
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
THE NATION
Thailand’s inflation rate has peaked and will remain below 6.5 per cent for the whole year, according to the Commerce Ministry.
The ministry’s Trade Policy and Strategy Office (TPSO) said on Thursday that inflation had soared in recent months, driven by international conflict and economic measures in foreign countries. This had driven up energy and food costs, resulting in higher retail prices in Thailand, it said.
Inflation peaked at 7.86 per cent in August and has been slowing since then, TPSO director Ronnarong Poonphiphat said. Inflation was being controlled by government measures, including asking product manufacturers to cap prices, he added.
Ronnarong predicted that raising the daily minimum wage on October 1 would have a minimal effect on inflation, as only a small proportion of manufacturing workers are on minimum wage. He said employers were expected to implement wage-management strategies to keep their costs from rising further.
Raising the fuel tariff should have hiked inflation by 0.78 per cent but government fuel subsidies and other measures had limited the rise to 0.25 per cent, he added.
Energy prices were the main driver of inflation up to August, rising 30.5 per cent over the previous six months.
Ronnarong said the improving economic situation and declining inflation were reflected in the Bank of Thailand’s move to raise the policy interest rate from 0.75 per cent to 1 per cent on Wednesday. The TPSO reckoned the 0.25 percentage point rise will dampen inflation by 0.04 to 0.12 per cent.
“TPSO estimates that Thailand’s headline inflation this year will not exceed 6.5 per cent and be within our estimated range of 5.5 to 6.6 per cent,” said Ronnarong.
However, factors that required monitoring included fluctuating energy prices, flooding that could affect agricultural output, and the weakening of baht, he added.
BOT admits printing error in one lot of 20-baht notes, tells public no need to panic
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
THE NATION
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) on Thursday admitted that there was a discrepancy in the Thai and English numerals in the serial number of a lot of 20-baht bank notes.
The central bank’s deputy governor, Wachira Aromdee, said the lot, which has been printed by De La Rue International Limited (DLR), has different Thai and English numerals in the serial number.
She said after the central bank found the discrepancy in the printing, it ordered a halt to the release of the remaining notes from the lot to commercial banks.
The central bank is now retrieving the 20-baht notes from the lot already in circulation, she added
Wachira said the public needed not panic as the notes with the printing error could be used as normal cash. If anyone finds notes with a discrepancy in the serial numbers, they could exchange them at commercial banks or financial institutions.
She said the unusual error had led to the printed notes escaping detection under the normal process.
Wachirra said DLR had pledged to cooperate with the central bank to investigate the cause of the error to prevent similar occurrences in the future and DLR would work with the central bank to address the issue.
Focus on renewable energy, waste management critical, says Deloitte, as report lauds Thailand’s BCG model
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
Nongluck Ajanapanya
Deloitte has praised Thailand for initiating the Bio-Circular-Green economy (BCG) model, but urged the country to quickly implement renewable energy policies and effective waste management in order to be one of the region’s leading green countries.
Deloitte’s positive comments came during the company’s launch on Thursday of its new report, “Southeast Asia Sustainability Ambitions 2022”. The report outlines the sustainability challenges that Southeast Asian countries face, as well as the government’s ambitions to address these challenges.
The US-Asean Business Council and Deloitte Center for the Edge collaborated on a study that focuses on detailed insights on Southeast Asian countries into five key sustainability factors: energy and climate, biodiversity, water, waste, and gender equality. These factors were chosen by US-Asean Business Council members.
Duleesha Kulasooriya, managing director, Centre for the Edge, Deloitte Southeast Asia, stated during the online video conference that Thailand is outperforming its neighbours in all five areas. However, waste management is Thailand’s main concern now because the country ranks sixth in the world among plastic waste polluters of oceans.
Furthermore, urbanisation and climate change are current challenges to the country’s development. In 2020, slightly more than half of the population will live in cities, and the country’s urbanisation rate has been decreasing over the last decade.
Kulasooriya pointed out that with a sizeable proportion of the population living in rural areas, persistent challenges such as water service provision and municipal waste management remain. He also stated that climate change is causing extreme weather patterns, exacerbating and compounding these issues.
He suggested that Thailand empower the labour force while the country transitions from a developing to a developed one under the “Thailand 4.0” goal.
Drew Hasson, director (sustainability) of the US-Asean Business Council, said it is a critical and multifaceted challenge that touches on issues such as biodiversity, water, waste, and gender equality. Public-private partnerships will be critical in assisting Thailand and Asean in meeting these challenges, he said.
Kasiti Ketsuriyonk, sustainability and climate leader, Deloitte Thailand, added that Thailand’s BCG model highlights opportunities for the private and public sectors to collaborate to achieve Thailand’s net-zero economy commitment. Thailand, on the other hand, will require more investment and a strengthened ecosystem for both economic and technological solution development to keep the country on track in its decarbonisation journey.
Furthermore, he stated that there are numerous opportunities for collaboration between the public and private sectors in the areas of biomass-powered electricity generation, food waste valorisation alternatives, and wastewater network expansion through infrastructure projects and technical capacity building in order to build a sustainable and economically successful future for Thailand.
The report provides an overview of Southeast Asia and features a detailed analysis of nine countries — including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Kulasooriya stated that countries in Southeast Asia, due to geographical location and developing natural ecosystem, are more vulnerable to climate change than the rest of Asia Pacific.
“If Asean governments take decisive action on climate commitments, collaborate with the private sector, and mobilise grassroots action to address climate and sustainability issues, they will have the potential to fuel new growth engines in Southeast Asia. However, if Asean countries do nothing, they will cause damage of more than $28 trillion,” he said.
Central bank chief voices concern over increasing insecurity for young Thais
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
The Thai central bank chief has voiced concern over worsening security in the economy, society and the environment that is troubling young people.
Bank of Thailand Governor Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput said on Thursday that the young generation serves as a key force behind the country’s development but they are experiencing insecurity in many ways.
He pointed out that when compared to previous generations, young Thais today were in a time of slower economic growth and rapid global changes, making it difficult for them to stay updated. Also, compared to previous generations, many people have debt at a young age.
“Half of the people in their 30s have credit card debts stemming from their consumption. One-fifth of people with bad debts are those aged 29 and below. They are in the working age and just starting a new family,” Sethaput said.
He was speaking at the central bank’s annual seminar on “Strengthening Economic and Financial Foundations for the Next Generation”.
Regarding social insecurity, Sethaput said that young Thais are living at a time when the country is seeing a rise in violent social conflicts.
“What’s worrying is that social insecurity in Thailand does not appear to be decreasing in the future,” the central bank governor said.
Instead, conflicts appear to be worsening due to extreme views and biased feelings spread repeatedly among people with the same opinions through the “echo chamber”, he added.
Sethaput pointed out that environmental insecurity was caused by worsening climate change, which is damaging economies and people’s livelihoods across the world.
He said Thailand is among the first countries to be affected by severe natural disasters while the country’s capacity in dealing with natural disasters is low, being ranked 39th among 48 countries assessed.
Environmental insecurity also includes food and human settlements, he said.
The lack of security in many ways is undermining young people’s future, aspirations, readiness and opportunity, according to the central bank chief.
ICONSIAM to stage vegetarian festival in grand style with extensive veggie offerings, activities, promotions
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
THE NATION
ICONSIAM have teamed up with four leading food business concerns to organise a grand vegetarian festival from today to October 4.
This event is a collaboration among ICONSIAM, Bangkok’s world-class riverside shopping centre; Thai Agri Foods PCL, the maker of Real Thai products; KCG Corporation; Thai Thepros PCL, the producer of Golden Mountain Sauce; and MMP Corporation.
The ‘ICONSIAM Jae Sathaan Phop,’ literally translated as the vegetarian {festival} that shivers the Earth, will be held at SOOKSIAM, the traditional Thai-themed marketplace on the G floor of ICONSIAM on the Thon Buri side of the capital. It will be offering more than 1,000 veggie dishes at the SOOKSIAM featuring lively Chinese style atmosphere with yellow lanterns and the Jae flags.
Mr. Supoj Chaiwatsirikul, Managing Director of ICONSIAM Co., Ltd., said the event is all about carrying on the long tradition of vegetarianism upheld by Thai people of Chinese descent to promote good health and making merit. The event is held under the concept of ‘Im Boon, Im Jai, Sukapap Dee’ (full of merit, satisfied and good health) to involve praying for blessings, eating veggie food, creating great merit and extending opportunities to the poor. Mr Supoj said: “The Vegetarian Festival is a long-standing tradition of Chinese people that dates back more than 400 years ago, taking place on the first day of the ninth lunar month according to the Chinese calendar and lasts for nine days.
“The Vegetarianism is very popular in Thailand, especially among Thai nationals of Chinese descent, as well as working and younger generations, and those who are health conscious.” What makes this year’s vegetarian event at SOOKSIAM so extraordinary is the collaboration with famous restaurants and beverage outlets located in ICONSIAM and SOOKSIAM to bring out their delicious and healthy offerings prepared in the styles of four Thai regions, to the fair.
Indulge in diverse veggie fare
The journey to the ICONSIAM Jae Sathan Phop begins at The Veranda zone, G floor, with JUMBO Seafood proudly presenting the tofu clay pot and vegetarian fried rice, while Café Chilli offering E-sarn style spicy vegetarian mushroom soup, stir-fried vegetarian Kratok Mee and vegetarian Larb Khao Pun. At Ros’niyom, it comes up with a wide-ranging vegetarian menu including Kanom Jeen Salad, basil-based dishes and Som Tam Salad.
Moving up to ICONSIAM’s second floor, Greyhound Café recommends appetisers in the popular street style with a mixture of grains, sweet corn, red beans, that come with a tri-flavoured ground nut dipping sauce, such as fried tofu, Tur Ka Ko (vegetarian pork knuckle), thin crust gyoza dumplings stuffed with vegetarian prawns served with secret recipe dipping sauce and relished with sliced yam bean and carrot, fried rice cooked with jasmine rice, meat-free sauce, guinea-pepper and vegetarian salted beef made from seasoned fried mushroom legs served with miso soup.
On the fifth floor, Hongbao presents stir fried vermicelli rice noodle, fried broccoli with mixed mushrooms, Fun Guo Dumplings with mixed vegetables filling Laem Charoen Seafood is highlighting simmered mushrooms and stir-fried vermicelli rice noodles with soy sauce. The Mae Sri Ruen Restaurant on the sixth floor will be serving delicious vegetarian dishes such as Im Bun Noodles, Vegetarian fresh spring rolls and vegetarian Pad Thai. On the same floor, Japanese-style restaurants such as SUSHI DEN and YAYOI Chef Experience & Sushi Bar take pleasure to offer vegetarian fare to celebrate this vegetarian festival as well.
For snacks and drinks, there are many famous shops to choose from such as Susan Croissant, offering ‘Banana is nuts’ Cookies made from bananas, avocados, adding texture with nuts and dried bananas; Noir with vegetarian cookies stuffed with chocolate chips, Black Forest vegetarian cookies stuffed with berry jam topping decorated with berries; carrot cake with chocolate sauce, carrot cake mixed ,with apples and bananas, and nuts thrown in to add texture, topped with chocolate jelly sauce. There are also shops like Bang Bao, GAGA, INNARI, Karun Thai Tea, KOI The, FUKU Matcha, Dakasi and Ang Bao offering vegetarian snacks and beverages.
Vegetarian fare from four Thai regions
Regional offerings at SOOKSIAM’s vegetarian festival are quite mind-boggling.
The North: Kao Soi Roasted Duck, Kanom Jeen Nam Ngiao, Nam Prik Ong, Nam Prik Num with fresh vegetables, Yam Naem Khao Tod with five kinds of mushroom, vegetarian pork rind and Puk sesame rice.
The South: Luk Yon rice porridge, Kua Kling, Southern-style vegetarian curry, and Phatthalung Sago.
The Central Plain: rice wrapped in lotus leaves, pineapple fried rice, Pat Pad Sian, Pat Mai Thong Pad Sian, Pat Nuad Mongkorn, Bua Sawan cabbage and shiitake mushrooms, and chili paste sets including Nam Prik Tar Daeng, Nang Phaya bean paste, tamarind paste with fresh vegetables, Lod Chong Wat Chet and Tabtim Krob.
The Northeast: Mushroom Laab, Som Tam Thai, Pla Lar Som Tam, Som Tam Thai, Fruit Som Tam, boiled rice sets with Phad Nam Liab, Gana Chai, and shredded mushrooms, and appetisers such as fried tofu, fried taro, fried radish, fried banana, among others.
Participants can also enjoy a variety of vegetarian dishes from eateries situated in SOOKSIAM such as The Heritage which is presenting Prune Muffin, Chia Almond Milk Pudding and Chia Pistachio Milk Pudding; Eat Pot offering Yen Ta For noodles and fried tofu; Siam Naemnueng with Pak Mor, Vietnamese style Vegetarian rice noodles, among others. Adding to the charm of the festival are offerings from the Chinese community in Ratchaburi Province such as a traditional black tofu of Teochew Chinese style in Photharam district; hand-made Golden Dragon noodles from Ban Pong District. Meanwhile, Chef Book will show the cooking of his special creation of ‘10,000-year Fried Noodles’ which promises the benefits of longevity.
Every Saturday and Sunday throughout the festival, there will be classical Thai dance performances about Hong Linda, Chinese fan dance by the Arts for Youth Association, Ramayana Khon mask dance on the battle episode, cultural performances like Lam Tad (Mae Sri Song Krueng) by the Central Folk Song Association, to name just a few. During the festival, famous chefs will show their culinary talents with the creation of a variety of vegetarian dishes prepared with products from Golden Mountain Sauce, KCG Corporation and Real Thai coconut milk. On September 23, M.L.Kwantip Devakula, aka Chef Pom, and Food Creator from Golden Mountain Sauce, will give a lesson on cooking noodles in gravy (Rad Na) with Truffle and ham in a vegetarian style. Meanwhile, Supamongkol Supapipat, KCG ambassador chef and Judge of TOP CHEF Thailand nicknamed Chef Art, will present Western-style vegetarian menu based on KCG’s Herbal gnocchi with pesto sauce.
The Stage will be show KCG ambassador chef, Chachaya Raktakanishta and Chief Judge of TOP Chef Thailand (Desserts) better known as Chef Bib, will stage a show on making Vegan Blueberry Cheesecake on October 2, 2022.
There will be demonstrations on preparing vegetarian dishes and desserts using Real Thai coconut milk, such as vegetarian Tom Kha Gai, Kanom Jeen Nam Ya, Bua Loi Nam Dokmai, Coconut Sago Smoothie and Khanom Piakpoon.
Another key highlight is the ‘Rong Jae Mor Yai’ activity that envisions all sponsors and parties involved in the festival cooking up tasty vegetarian dishes in big pots and pans for charity. A total of 2,600 boxes of those dishes will be distributed free of charge to medical personnel, staff and poor communities, throughout the festival’s period at 11 a.m. at 13 points such as Taksin Hospital, Suwan Temple, Suttharam Temple and Tha Din Daeng communities. Throughout the event, there are other interesting activities for everyone to take part including workshops, sale promotions with benefits for every 300-baht worth of purchase at ICONSIAM and SOOKSIAM, while ONESIAM SuperApp members are entitled to a choice of gift sets of Real Thai coconut milk, Golden Mountain sauce and KCG products when they complete a 200-baht purchase.
Furthermore, for purchase of 800-baht worth of goods at ICONSIAM and SOOKSIAM, and a 700-baht buy by ONESIAM SuperApp members, will get a free set of Real Thai coconut milk, Golden Mountain sauce and KCG products of their choice every day throughout the event. There are workshops lining up on September 24, 25 and 30 and October 1-2 to learn about making Bua Hima and Krong Kraeng Aun-ya Maneee desserts from the Real Thai coconut milk.
At the same time, everyone is invited to pay their respects to the Bodhisattva Guan Yin. Three Guan Yin Bodhisattvas images in the Pang (gesture) of giving a blessing, Pang Pan Korn (with a thousand hands) and Pang sitting on a peacock will be present at SOOKSIAM for worship throughout the event.
An innovative buy-now, pay-later service to fulfil various spending on TrueMoney Wallet. Easy to Apply and allows seamless online and offline payments via TrueMoney Wallet at more than 200,000 payment acceptance points.
TrueMoney, Southeast Asia’s leading e-payment and financial service provider, introduces “Pay Next – Credit on Hand”, a buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) service on the TrueMoney Wallet app that offers credit lines to users so they can spend online and offline easily and conveniently.
This service focuses on fulfilling the new generation’s needs for more flexibility in everyday spending and complements as a solution for money management.
“Pay Next – Credit on Hand” is a BNPL service on TrueMoney Wallet that enables users to purchase products and services online and offline conveniently without the need to spend their personal cash flow. Customers can effortlessly access Pay Next as a credit line for daily life spending via the TrueMoney Wallet app.
The application process takes only five minutes to obtain approval. The credit limit is up to 10,000 baht, which is effective immediately after approval. Free interest if it is repaid by the due date, or the user can choose an instalment plan for a maximum of five months.
Tanyapong Thamavaranukupt, Co-President of Ascend Money Co., Ltd., said: “We have developed the “Pay Next – Credit on Hand” service on the TrueMoney Wallet app to fulfil customers’ needs for greater financial agility.”
“From our customer survey, we have found that many of today’s customers are looking for BNPL payment options. Customers find it is more convenient to make purchases without paying from their cash flow for the desired goods and services by using a line of credit to increase financial flexibility. Hence, we have begun to develop the ‘Pay Next – Credit on Hand’ service and pilot the service to more and more selective groups of users since last year. Today is the official launch of the service, which is being made available nationwide.”
Customers can simply apply Pay Next Extra by downloading the TrueMoney Wallet app and declaring their ID cards and income statement at more than 5,000 Pay Next Extra partner stores nationwide. This includes retail, consumer goods, electronics, and gold and jewellery shops and health and beauty clinics. TrueMoney aims to expand the “Pay Next Extra” service to cover more than 7,000 stores by the end of this year.
For those interested in the “Pay Next – Credit on Hand”, BNPL service, can download the TrueMoney Wallet app and go to the “Pay Next – Credit on Hand” icon on the first page. Then, fill in the application form and accept the terms of service. Once approved, customers will receive a notification via the application within five minutes. When users want to make a payment for products or services, this can be done quickly by changing the payment method to “Pay Next”, so they can truly and easily buy now and pay later.
An elite collaboration: ‘BMW German Auto X BVLGARI Exclusive Journey Experience Event’
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
German Auto has delivered a luxury experience to its customers through the first-ever collaboration in Thailand with elite Italian jewellery brand BVLGARI, through an exclusive exhibition of high-end jewellery and watches.
“German Auto”, the authorized BMW, MINI, and BMW Motorrad dealer, hosted an exclusive cocktail party “BMW GERMAN AUTO X BVLGARI EXCLUSIVE JOURNEY EXPERIENCE EVENT” to thank its valued customers for their continuous and long-term trust in the company’s service.
The event also marked the launch of the newly refurbished Bangna showroom, which has been redesigned for greater comfort and a more modern look.
At the event, guests enjoyed a range of high-performance cars from the BMW M series including the BMW X4 M Competition, BMW Z4 M40i, and BMW M5.
The event also featured the exhibit of a high jewelry collection from “BVLGARI”. The cocktail party recently took place at the BMW German Auto Bangna showroom.
Ralf Bissinger, Dealer Principal, German Auto, said, “To thank our customers for their long-standing trust and support over the past 14 years, and also to communicate our belief that ‘German Auto is not just about BMW. On this occasion, we collaborated with BVLGARI to organize the Serpenti high jewellery collection as well as BVLGARI’s latest watch collection. This is the first collaboration between the two superior brands from the two industries. The event reaffirms German Auto’s leadership as a high-performance car dealer in Thailand.”
Piyavit Khemarangsan, President, German Auto, added, ” At the party, our customers could enjoy a close-up experience of models like the BMW M including the BMW X4 M Competition, the BMW Z4 M40i, and the BMW M5.
Inspired by motorsport spirit, BMW M sports cars feel at home on the road. “M Power” is the exclusive mark of quality – it promises unique technologies, breathtaking performance, and absolute quality.
Guests were invited to experience BVLGARI’s latest timepiece collection, its first exhibit since the Geneva Watch Days 2022. Highlights included the 10th-anniversary edition of Octo watches: the Octo Finissimo Chronograph GMT Automatic, as well as the iconic Serpenti Seduttori 103706 watch, with a stainless-steel case, black DLC treatment, rose gold bezel set, and 38 brilliant-cut diamonds.
The event also showcased Serpenti, BVLGARI’s high jewellery collection known for its unique snake-shaped pieces, from the necklace to earrings and the diamond emerald ring.
Lalita Beasornpinyowong, Management Representative, BVLGARI, said of the collaboration, ” This is our first collaboration with an automobile brand in Thailand, marking a new chapter for both industries. If Serpenti was an icon that represented the glamour of jewellery, BMW, just the same, would represent the world of luxury of automobiles.”
Siam Paragon Bangkok International Fashion Week 2022 (BIFW2022) concluded on Sep 25 at Siam Paragon
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
THE NATION
Siam Paragon, a ‘World Class Fashion Destination,’ has initiated “Siam Paragon Bangkok International Fashion Week 2022” or BIFW2022, a world-class fashion week which has long been a key driving force of the Thai fashion industry.
The grand runway showcased creative power of 15 top-notch Thai fashion houses and new generation designers. The BIFW2022 has been Siam Paragon’s continual key mission to promote and drive Thai fashion to international levels. Simultaneously, this strategically aligns with the Thai government’s strategy to empower the Thai fashion industry since fashion is one of the most influential soft power that stimulates economic growth. The Siam Paragon Bangkok International Fashion Week ran from September 21-25, 2022 at Parc Paragon, Siam Paragon.
Thanaporn Tantiyanon, Group Head – Siam Paragon Business Unit, Siam Paragon, said “Siam Paragon Bangkok International Fashion Week 2022 or BIFW2022 is a world-class fashion event that has been a driving force of the Thai fashion industry. It is an important platform for Thai designers to showcase their potential to the world. As we have our strong faith and confidence in the creative power of our Thai designers, Siam Paragon has always been dedicated and committed to promoting and driving Thai fashion to international levels. This year, BIFW2022 continued the success of the Thai fashion industry and to ensure it continues to be stronger and flourishes on a global level.
For five days in a row, BIFW2022 were showcasing the latest collections from top-notch Thai brands and new generation designers, with a total of up to 15 shows: Absolute Siam presented by ZEPETO: Sculpture Studio x Waterandother x Fill in the Bag, ASAVA, FLYNOW, FRI27NOV., GREYHOUND ORIGINAL, ISSUE presented by TAT, KLOSET, LEISURE PROJECTS, NAGARA, PAINKILLER Atelier presented by Seiko 5 Sports, POEM Presented by Purra, TandT, VATANIKA presented by Lexus, VICKTEERUT and VVON SUGUNNASIL. Each brand has prepared a special collection that will debut on the grand runway for the first time, featuring top models and celebrities throughout the fashion week.
In addition, in the era of changing behavior and lifestyle of people around the world, BIFW2022 is focusing on connecting and creating a seamless fashion experience that connects the real world and the virtual world through the ONESIAM SuperApp. This app will allow fashionistas to access “BIFW Online Pop Up Store: Shop Off the Runway” which is an online fashion pop-up bringing the collections straight from the runway in real-time. The works of famous fashion brands will be available for fashionistas to conveniently grab their favorite items from the runway with special promotions. At the same time, fashion enthusiasts from all around the world can experience fashion week in the world of Metaverse. A collaboration of international partners including Digital Fashion Week and NXTinteractive, and Singapore, will be presenting the first Metaverse fashion week at “Meta Jupter’ a virtual space which features a combination of things such as Live Streaming of the runway show and having to create your own avatar to explore the fashion world. In addition, ONESIAM and ZEPETO, a virtual world platform with over 300 million users worldwide, features the winning design selected from ZEPETO which is created into a physical outfit to showcase on the BIFW2022 runway. Apart from that, favorite fashion looks from Absolute Siam showcased on the runway can then be dressed up on the avatars and celebrities also join the fashion vibe in the virtual world meet-and-greet on the ZEPETO platform.
The BIFW2022 is a collaboration between public and private sectors including the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), Lexus, Seiko, Purra, Tiktok, Harper’s Bazaar, Digital Fashion Week Singapore, ZEPETO, Davines and M. A.C Cosmetics.
To learn more about the world-class fashion week – Siam Paragon Bangkok International Fashion Week 2022, visit www.siamparagon.co.th/bifw2022/, Facebook Siamparagonshopping or ONESIAM and choose to shop the fashion collection via the application ONESIAM SuperApp.
GQ Smart T-Shirt – maximum comfort, effortless washing
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
THE NATION
Introducing the GQ Smart T-Shirt, a T-shirt with the latest innovations for your maximum comfort that is also easy to clean.
GQ Smart T-Shirt makes your life easier and is suitable for all activities. GQ Air and GQ Stretch innovations eliminate the concern over sweat smell, while ensuring that the fabric is always flexible and breathable for all actions.
GQ Guard offers water repellent capability that allows you to enjoy your life to the fullest without worrying about stains. Meanwhile, GQ Smart innovation offers a wrinkle-free surface that needs no ironing, saving both time and electricity.
GQ Smart T-Shirt features smaller fabric threads that result in a soft, comfortable feel while minimising irritation on the skin.
GQ Smart T-Shirt comes in nine colours and five sizes, from S to XXL, offering a simple yet unique style for men and women. Available at online shop https://gqsize.link/AXCagY or GQ shops nationwide.
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