The renovation and recent reopening of shopping mall Siam Center includes the addition of brand-new multi-label department store The Selected. The merchandise team has curated the very best in emerging Thai talent and features cool brands like Container (www.containerbag.net), which produces leather bags for dandy gentlemen and the funky-yet-classy swimwear of Timo (www.timotrunks.com). And it’s not just fashion-focused, The Selected also features locally-made skincare products like Gla (www.glanature.com)—we love their lip balm and charcoal shampoo, and Laksmi Mantra (www.facebook. com/L.Mantra), whose facial masks extracted from organic ingredients are a big hit with Bangkok’s hip crowd.