The nearby Downtown Clifton is a small, laid-back boutique motel with 10 rooms (from £75 a night), all furnished in mid-century style.
BOTTOM LINE A laid-back boutique that provides a little window into the architecture of old Singapore and is also a respite from the hubbub of the country's modern city life.
Local artists and residents drop into two-year-old Conspire (901 North Fifth Street; 602-237-5446), a laid-back boutique and coffee shop with offerings as diverse as handmade paper, quirky clothing and vegan doughnuts.
One of the pioneers, who started way back in 1989, is Le Gallinelle at no 22, the unfussy but stylish line of Roman designer Wilma Silvestri, which recently moved from its original Via del Boschetto butchers' shop premises to a larger, stripped-back boutique just around the corner in Via Panisperna.
If it wants to survive, it's time for a reboot: Get back to boutique, the way smart seed funds have done, or figure out global.
"Your wedding dress?" At his instruction, I went back to the boutique with a camera.
On September 20th, it sold Hawkpoint, a corporate-finance boutique, back to its managers.
Having made our way back to our boutique hotel, The Aubrey on Constitución (00 56 22940 2800; theaubrey.com) we had a quick shower followed by an early evening pick-me-up in the hotel's dimly-lit bar.
Bentley keeps her jewelry design separate, working in the studio in the back of her boutique, and her latest accessories reveal an obsession with the Memphis Milano group, including a black and white striped bronze and enamel cuff dubbed the Noguchi bracelet.
Quattrone is back in tech boutique M&A with his new investment advisory firm, Qatalyst Partners.
Back in 2006, boutique British carmaker Trident announced a plan to build a 200mph diesel-powered supercar.
