From the Founder of The Rake & Revolution - Wei Koh's Origin Story
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- čas přidán 21. 04. 2022
- Mark stopped into The Rake & Revolution offices in Singapore to have a chat with long-time friend in the industry, Wei Koh. Despite Wei's outsized influence on and coverage of the men's clothing and watch world, his own origin story is seldom discussed so we decided to tell it on video. Special thanks to the Revolution & The Rake video crew for helping with the video and audio!
See more of The Rake
therake.com/
See more of Revolution
revolutionwatch.com/
See Wei's latest project: Grail Watch
grailwatch.com/
Can you guys adjust the volume. It’s so low it’s almost inaudible
Hi, I'm hoping you guys, and especially Wei get to read this: thank you for this awesome conversation, I really struggled my whole life with feeling lost at my age point; the Rake has been instrumental in showing me the beauty of getting older and more mature, with grace and style. In this day and age so much pressure is put on quick success, that we lose sight on long term plans and get discouraged by shortcomings created by our expectations.
Great conversation, guys. Being an avid reader of The Rake, I regret not meeting Wei Koh when I was living in Singapore. The man is interesting, and certainly made a success of himself. Some of what he's describing really strikes a chord: when I arrived in Singapore in 2006, there wasn't even one decent shoes shop there. Same for tailoring. So I was really surprised when I cam across the first issues of The Rake. Now, obviously, things are much different, Singapore has become much more stylish, be it for men's fashion, restaurants or bars. World class city through and through.
Love to hear Wei’s original story. These two gentlemen are flagships in men’s fashion
I really like this! Please consider making it a running series: Conversations with Mark & Wei. A different topic each month, produce it a little bit; sometimes smoking cigars, sometimes drinking something cool... I'd watch it with great pleasure.
Wei is hilarious. It's a treat to hear him speak! I wish this episode was longer!
I really appreciate the interview topic and relaxed style of shooting.
Glad I found this channel. I have met many athletes and celebs over my time. I am not the "can I have a photo" kind of person. I did come close to asking Snoop once.... Only now after watching this video, that I am kicking myself for not taking a photo with Wei. What a cool guy. I had the surprise pleasure of meeting Wei outside a clothing store in NY last September. He even asked what watch I was wearing. He was wearing a beautiful black AP RO. I laughed my ass off listening to the way he told this story. And it did cross my mind on several occasions how Wei got into the watch industry. If the moons align, and we all happen to be in NY at the same time, I would love to take you guys out to dinner. Love picking brains of interesting people. Side note, I am interested in "refreshing" my clothing style to suit my age more. I might be quoting my wife. But next time I am visiting NY, I will stop by. Great video!!
Charming chap Wei Koh, his father, Prof Tommy Koh is well loved in Singapore and globally too!
Fantastic interview. It's a lot of fun listening to your stories and hope to see a part 2.
Thanks for this great and very interesting interview! Really love the authentic and outspoken stories of Wei. He's a very experienced and straight forward man. I appreciate that.
I'm digging the shoulders on Wei's jacket.
What a sess. Really enjoyed this. A convo between the two experts in what they’re doing
Fantastic interview. It’s super cool to learn the origin of Revolution. I recently discovered the Armoury. I’ll be sure to stop by your shop when I visit Hang Kong. Wei is a really cool dude. 💯👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Love the conversation. We need more of this
The only bad thing about this video is that it isn't longer 😄 Can't wait for (a hopefully) part two!
Fantastic interview! Now we need Mark's back story. Also loved the shout out of Phil 😂
I really enjoyed the conversation. I would love to hear Mark’s origin story.
Fantastic chat guys!
That was very enjoyable conversation!