Viva La Veste: Singapore law professor’s 42 couture jackets on exhibition

Law professor David Tan's luxury couture jackets, from his collection of almost 300, are on show in La Veste, an exhibition by Alliance Francaise de Singapour. ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
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SINGAPORE – Ask serious collectors to pick a favourite in their collection, and most will tell you they cannot. It is like being asked to choose a favourite child, they say.

Not National University of Singapore (NUS) law professor David Tan. From his stash of almost 300 couture jackets, one now has his heart – a “deconstructed” Louis Vuitton piece that gives the illusion of separate parts floating in the air.

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