{"id":66505,"date":"2026-04-11T16:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T10:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deccanexpress.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/from-fitting-rooms-to-tea-rooms-prerness-in-singapore\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T16:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T10:36:21","slug":"from-fitting-rooms-to-tea-rooms-prerness-in-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deccanexpress.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/from-fitting-rooms-to-tea-rooms-prerness-in-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"From Fitting Rooms to Tea Rooms: Prerness in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Delhi [India], April 11<\/strong>: Some trips are planned. Others unfold like a well-composed aesthetic\u2014intuitive, layered, and quietly indulgent. For @prerness (Prerrna Agarwal) , Singapore was the latter. She is a wellness entrepreneur and a curator of lifestyle and all things\u00a0aesthetic. She loves to plan her travel itinerary from scratch and visits exclusive spots or stores. We can say she is a curator of hidden gems.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Seen through her lens, the city did not present itself as a checklist of tourist landmarks, but as a sequence of moments\u2014stitched together by fabric, flavour, and feeling. \u201cIt felt less like a trip and more like stepping into a mood board,\u201d she reflects.<\/p>\n

Her day began, as many of her stories do, in a fitting room. As @Prerness recommends, two Asian brands that stood out and filled her suitcases. One was Love Bonito and another was Sans and Sans.<\/p>\n

At Love Bonito, restraint was quickly abandoned. Rack after rack offered silhouettes that seemed not just flattering, but understanding. \u201cThese clothes are actually designed for Asian women,\u201d she says, almost with relief. What stood out wasn\u2019t just the design, but the quiet intelligence behind it\u2014the way lengths fell correctly, cuts aligned with real proportions, and fabrics moved without resistance.<\/p>\n

There was also a detail she couldn\u2019t ignore, the practice of trying display pieces, only to be handed a fresh, untouched garment upon purchase. A small gesture, perhaps, but one that elevated the experience into something bordering on ritual. In that space, shopping shed its transactional nature. \u201cI didn\u2019t feel like I had to adjust to the outfit; the outfit adjusted to me,\u201d she notes.<\/p>\n

If Love Bonito was a polished, sunlit version of self, Sans & Sans introduced a different mood altogether. Here, the aesthetic softened into something quieter, more deliberate. The pieces did not announce themselves\u2014they lingered. It was, as she describes it, \u201cthe kind of wardrobe that doesn\u2019t scream for attention but holds it anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n

By the time she stepped out, what she carried was more than shopping bags\u2014it was a series of identities, tried on and momentarily lived. \u201cIt didn\u2019t feel like shopping; it felt like curating versions of myself,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Later, at Marina Bay Sands, the narrative shifted.<\/p>\n

Just outside the TWG Tea Salon & Boutique, the visual drama of luxury retail\u2014punctuated by the Louis Vuitton store\u2019s striking collaboration with Yayoi Kusama\u2014gave way to something softer. Prerrna said ,\u201d The Louis Vuitton store was an absolute artistic celebration, and then I stepped out of it only to find myself drawn to the TWG cafe, followed by its own grand store like a fairy tale book\u201d.<\/p>\n

Inside TWG, time seemed to slow. Gold accents glowed under warm light, rows of intricate tea canisters lined the walls, and even the weight of the porcelain cups seemed intentional.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt changes your pace,\u201d she observes.<\/p>\n

She chose the Golden Rose Tea\u2014floral, delicate, and quietly indulgent. But it wasn\u2019t the tea alone that lingered. A passing mention of her birthday was met not with spectacle, but with sincerity. A server, who shared Indian roots, returned with a small cheesecake\u2014unannounced, unassuming, and deeply personal.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo grand gesture, no performance\u2014just thoughtful hospitality,\u201d she recalls. In that moment, luxury revealed itself not as opulence, but as attention.<\/p>\n

By evening, the city had already given her more than she had expected\u2014but Singapore, it seemed, understood pacing better than most.<\/p>\n

At VivoCity, she paused for what she calls \u201cshopping recovery\u201d\u2014a foot massage at a spa. What followed was not indulgence, but restoration. \u201cIt was the kind where you forget what day it is,\u201d she says. The experience was precise, immersive, almost meditative\u2014the kind that resets not just the body, but the rhythm of the day.<\/p>\n

She walked out lighter, not just in step, but in spirit.<\/p>\n

Looking back, what stayed with her was not any single highlight, but the continuity between them\u2014the way Singapore delivers luxury not through excess, but through calibration.<\/p>\n

\u201cSingapore does luxury differently,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s not loud or overwhelming\u2014it\u2019s in the details. In how a dress fits, in how your tea is served, in how someone remembers your birthday without making it a spectacle.\u201d<\/p>\n

And perhaps that is what defines her experience best.<\/p>\n

It did not try too hard. It simply got everything right. Follow to know more https:\/\/instagram.com\/prerness<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

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New Delhi [India], April 11: Some trips are planned. Others unfold like a well-composed aesthetic\u2014intuitive, layered, and quietly indulgent. For @prerness (Prerrna Agarwal) , Singapore was the latter. She is a wellness entrepreneur and a curator of lifestyle and all things\u00a0aesthetic. She loves to plan her travel itinerary from scratch and visits exclusive spots or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sb_editor_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-press-release"],"relative_dates":{"created":"3 months ago","modified":"3 months ago"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deccanexpress.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deccanexpress.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deccanexpress.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deccanexpress.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deccanexpress.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deccanexpress.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deccanexpress.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deccanexpress.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deccanexpress.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deccanexpress.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}