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Latest issue on 7 Sept 2025. Update every Saturday.

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Your Mum Will Be Happy For Months

Your Mum Will Be Happy For Months

5 min read

Your Mum Will Be Happy For Months

This weekend, every purchase comes with a bouquet of fresh flowers for the women we love most.

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Wrapped in an exclusive paper pattern created especially for Mother’s Day, each bouquet is designed to feel like a small piece of art. Something thoughtful. Something beautiful. Something worth remembering.

Fresh flowers have long been connected to happiness, comfort, and emotional wellbeing. Studies show they can instantly lift moods, reduce stress, and bring warmth into a home. Sometimes the smallest gesture leaves the biggest impression.

The skirt that thinks it is a painting.
The skirt that thinks it is a painting.
The skirt that thinks it is a painting.

At Nala, flowers have always been part of our universe. They appear in our patterns, our stories, and in the belief that beauty should live around us every day.

And here’s the beautiful part.
Your bouquet may last for months.

A little flower secret from us: trim the stems slightly and refresh the water every two or three days. The greens will stay beautiful for a very long time, becoming a quiet reminder of Mother’s Day long after the weekend is over.

Available this weekend at all NALA stores in Malaysia and at our Great World store in Singapore.

The skirt that thinks it is a painting.
The skirt that thinks it is a painting.
The 30% Sweet Spot

The 30% Sweet Spot

5 min read

The 30% Sweet Spot

Estate Collection, now at 30% off.

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30 feels like a sweet spot. Not too much, not too little. Just right.

This is where everything comes together. Maxi bags, totes, pouches, pieces that carry your day and move easily from bed to bag to table.

If you feel like going a little further, you can. Match your pouch to your bag, your bag to your table runner, your table to your mood. It is practical, but it also makes you smile.

The skirt that thinks it is a painting.
The skirt that thinks it is a painting.
The skirt that thinks it is a painting.

Mother’s Day is around the corner. These are the gifts that feel thoughtful without trying too hard.

👜 30% off Estate Collection for May
🏡 Table runners everyone loves
✨ Tablecloths still at 50%

In stores across Singapore and Malaysia, and online.

The skirt that thinks it is a painting.
The skirt that thinks it is a painting.
Sundays, Before the Scroll

Sundays, Before the Scroll

5 min read

Sundays, Before the Scroll

I picked up an issue of Elle Decor UK the other day, and it brought me straight back.

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There was a time when this was how I spent my Sundays. A newspaper, a few magazines, and a quiet table somewhere in Paris, Brussels, or Amsterdam. No rush. Just time to look, to think, to absorb.

Elle Decor UK was always part of that ritual. So was Vogue Australia. They were not just something you flipped through. They were where you went to understand what was happening in design, in style, in the way people were living.

And you did not consume them quickly. You sat with them. You went back to pages. You noticed things you had missed. You could open the same magazine a week later, or even months later, and still find something new. A colour, a composition, a detail that suddenly made sense in a different way.

That kind of looking matters.

The skirt that thinks it is a painting.
The skirt that thinks it is a painting.
The skirt that thinks it is a painting.

In my world, I have always said, look for pink elephants. Train your eye to see what is not obvious, and ideas will follow. A pattern, a campaign, a direction. That does not come from speed. It comes from attention.

Magazines help with that. They activate a different part of the brain. The slower, more curious side. The side that connects things that are not immediately related.

Instagram, I am not so sure what it activates.

It is fast, efficient, and everywhere. But it rarely asks you to stay. It does not invite you to look twice. And without that second look, something is lost.

Books are finding their way back, which is good. But magazines should not disappear either. They sit somewhere in between. Accessible, visual, but still grounded in time and intention.

The skirt that thinks it is a painting.
The skirt that thinks it is a painting.
Save the Date! Wabi-Sabi Pattern Making Workshop, Singapore.

Save the Date! Wabi-Sabi Pattern Making Workshop, Singapore.

5 min read

Save the Date
Wabi-Sabi Pattern Making Workshop, Singapore.

This May, I’ll be in Singapore, and for the first time, I’m opening up a small workshop at Tanglin.
It’s an intimate session, about two and a half hours, where we go back to the beginning. No screens, no perfection, no pressure. Just paper, pen, and the process of creating something from scratch.

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The workshop is built around the idea of Wabi-Sabi. Not perfect patterns, but honest ones. Patterns that come from instinct, from repetition, from small “mistakes” that turn into something unexpectedly beautiful. I’ll guide you through how I approach pattern making, how I start, how I build, and how I repeat. You’ll leave with your own designs, and more importantly, a way of thinking about pattern that you can carry with you.
This is not a technical class. It’s a creative reset.

The skirt that thinks it is a painting.
The skirt that thinks it is a painting.
The skirt that thinks it is a painting.

🗓 19 & 20 May
⏰ 2.5 hours (morning sessions)
📍 Tanglin, Singapore

Spaces will be limited to 10 pax, as I want to keep it personal and hands-on.
If this speaks to you, I would love to have you join me.
More details and sign-ups coming shortly.

Please email me lisette@naladesigns.com

The skirt that thinks it is a painting.
The skirt that thinks it is a painting.
Peace Be Quiet Cafe

Peace Be Quiet Cafe

5 min read

Peace Be Quiet Cafe

We did plan to go to PS.Cafe at Dempsey Hill, but not only for lunch. It was one of those combined missions. Eat, look around, understand the area, and quietly ask ourselves if Nala could ever belong here.

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Dempsey Hill, during the day, is surprisingly quiet. Almost too quiet. You walk through beautiful spaces, but many feel a little empty, waiting for the evening to come alive.

And then there is PS.Cafe.

By far the best place to sit on the entire hill. It has that rare quality where everything just works. The greenery, the layout, the light, but more importantly, the people. Everyone looks good. Relaxed. Happy. And that changes everything. You feel it the moment you sit down.

We had lunch, and it was exactly what it needed to be. Simple, well done, comforting. The lemon yoghurt cake deserves its reputation. Light, fresh, and very easy to justify ordering.

But what stayed with me was not just the food. It is the kind of place where you realise, halfway through, that you could stay the whole day. Work a little, think a little, watch people, reset. No pressure to leave, no rush, just a very easy rhythm.

We also stepped into Dover Street Market Singapore, and that alone is worth the trip. It is not just a store, it feels like a gallery. Everything is so carefully curated that you find yourself wanting to take everything home. It is rare to walk into a retail space where every single piece feels considered, and yet nothing feels heavy.

Together, these two places create a reason to go.

The skirt that thinks it is a painting.
The skirt that thinks it is a painting.
The skirt that thinks it is a painting.

And it made me think. Why do we not have something like this in Kuala Lumpur? Imagine this exact energy in the Lake Gardens. The space is there. The greenery is there. The city needs it. A place where you can sit all day, where people come with their dogs, their laptops, their children, where business and leisure blur naturally. It would work. It would do extremely well.

So here is a simple suggestion.
Open a PS.Cafe in the Lake Gardens in KL(and a fashion store).

I would be there all the time.

The skirt that thinks it is a painting.
The skirt that thinks it is a painting.