Clothing label Barehands launches capsule collection with actress Lim Shi-An

It is inspired by the local artiste's hand-me-downs from her mother, veteran actress Tan Kheng Hua. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Singaporean actress Lim Shi-An’s first collaboration with local fashion label Barehands is inspired by the clothes she used to pilfer from the wardrobe of her mother, veteran thespian Tan Kheng Hua.

The capsule collection Analogue launched on March 6 with seven nostalgically patterned and coloured designs.

Recurring through it is an original check print designed by Lim, once a print designer for home-grown fashion brand Love, Bonito.

It was not a random choice as gingham features a lot in her home and in fabrics from her grandmother and mother, she tells The Straits Times. The blue-brown print is turned out two ways – one pale, one dark – with a grainy texture and lightly faded watercolour-ish finish that took some calibration, she adds.

It appears on a tea dress, toga top, shorts, midi skirt and frilled long-sleeved blouse.

True to Barehands’ social mission, the clothes were crafted by Afghan refugee tailors based in Malaysia.