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Such huge money has been made in China - it can be hundreds of millions in a year - and there's a need to validate it by showing what they can buy and how much of it.

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At least when it comes to food, there's no snobbery in Singapore.

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I come from an old establishment family from Singapore.

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I remember I had an aunt that lived in a house that had this beautiful ceramic wall that was entirely a painting of a peacock.

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When cultural movements happen, it's so beyond your control.

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They say truth is sometimes stranger than fiction, but there's such a thing as believability when you're writing a novel.

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Every family is a crazy family.

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When my first novel, 'Crazy Rich Asians,' was published in 2013, many readers were astonished to learn that in Asia, there were women who dressed in couture from morning till night.

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Couture occupies the uppermost stratosphere of fashion. It is the holy of holies, as only about 2,000 women globally are fortunate enough to wear these precious garments tailored to their exact measurements, making it perhaps the most exclusive club in the world.

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I have pictures of my grandmother from the 1920s and '30s in avant-garde dresses that looked like they could have come from the House of Worth or Lucien Lelong. She would never say if they were couture, but I do recall her telling me, 'All my clothes and shoes came from Paris.'

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Biography

Nationality: Singaporean

Type: Novelist

Born: Unknown

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