Diesel XXX: Dirty Thirty Anniversary!
No, this is not the poster for the new SAW: Hong Kong, or some kind of Halloween display. It’s the front window of the…
Fashion
A pop-up home for China-based fashion!
[photopress:Dysemevas_China_fashion_sto.gif,full,pp_image] From November 11th until December 21st, Hong Kong will play host to Dysemevas, a pop-up store set in an emerging area along the…
YSL style, from seventy-five stories above!
Last week, Yves Saint Laurent held an event to celebrate thirty years of YSL cosmetics. The venue for the night was The Apex, a…
La Perla show / MasterCard Luxury Week
Wait a minute… those aren’t angel wings! Wednesday night I attended the La Perla fashion show at the ballroom of the Four Seasons hotel….
Make way Jim Henson… here comes Jun Takahashi?
Noted Japanese clothing designer Jun Takahashi, co-founder of the revered brand Undercover was in town recently to celebrate the third anniversary of his Hong…
Insight clothing brand at the Fringe Club
Australian clothing label Insight hosted an event at the Fringe Club last Thursday. Though I was committed to watching the new Indiana Jones movie…
Mystery solved! What is the origin of ‘M.K. style’ fashion?
People in Hong Kong refer to a certain manner of dress as Mongkok-style, more commonly abbreviated by the acronym, ‘M.K.‘. Mongkok of course is…
A sneak peak inside the new JUICE!
[photopress:Edison_Juice_store_CLOT_sho.jpg,full,pp_image] Friday night I stopped by the reopening of the newly renovated Juice store in Causeway Bay. Juice is the retail arm of Hong…
Olsen Twins launch line at Lane Crawford
The Olsen twins, Mary-Kate and Ashley, stopped by Hong Kong to launch the Spring / Summer 2008 collection of their Elizabeth and James line….
Karl Lagerfeld, Zaha Hadid grace Chanel Mobile Art party!
[photopress:Chanel_art_Lagerfeld_Zaha_H.jpg,full,pp_image] I’m still catching up with everything that transpired last week. Wednesday night, Karl Lagerfeld, fashion designer extraordinaire, and lauded architect Zaha Hadid were…
Big week for fashion parties! But why?
This week, Hong Kong is playing host to major events by Chanel and Louis Vuitton, two of the most venerable, coveted luxury brands around. Both of the events are on an international scale, costing tens of millions of dollars. So what’s the point?
HOODS “Previously Opening Exhibition”
[photopress:Neighborhood_WTAPS_store_Ho.jpg,full,pp_image] I stopped by the new Neighborhood / WTAPS store (called HOODS Hong Kong) on Saturday night. Before the shop officially opens on April…
Hong Kong’s first Neighborhood streetwear store!
[photopress:Neighborhood_store_Hong_Kon.jpg,full,pp_image] According to the information stenciled on the front of their store, Japanese streetwear brand Neighborhood will be opening their first Hong Kong shop…
Adidas Originals / Diesel Denim party
Wednesday night was the launch of the Adidas Originals / Diesel Denim collaboration. The event was held on Kingston Street in Causeway Bay in…
Shanghai Tang Spring Summer 2008 fashion show!
[photopress:Shanghai_Tang_SS_2008.jpg,full,pp_image] Tuesday night Shanghai Tang held a fashion show for the launch of their Spring Summer 2008 Apsara collection. The venue was The Watermark,…
Lane Crawford’s bold new world
[photopress:Lane_Crawford_China_fashion.jpg,full,pp_image] A trip to Lane Crawford used to mean simply walking through as a shortcut between the two sides of Pacific Place shopping mall….
Daul Kim spotted in Hong Kong!
[photopress:Nicole_Daul_Kim_model_Korea.jpg,full,pp_image] I was walking to the MTR on Saturday afternoon, when for some reason I looked up at the massive billboard above H&M‘s flagship…
Puma Spring Summer 2008 collection!
[photopress:Puma_fashion_show_Hong_K.jpg,full,pp_image] Wednesday afternoon I headed up to the twelfth floor of Times Square to have a look at the Spring / Summer 2008 collection…
Hong Kong Fashion Week 2008!
Although I’ve heard about Fashion Week for years, this was my first time attending and I was excited to have a look.
The DevilCLOT shop opens!
Last week I stopped by the opening of the new DevilCLOT store in Soho. It’s a temporary boutique, only open for a month and…
DevilCLOT shop – spotted in Soho!
[photopress:Devil_Clot_Soho_Hong_Devilc.jpg,full,pp_image] DevilCLOT is a collaboration between the Japanese brand Devilock and Hong Kong’s CLOT label. The shop is actually a temporary store that opens…
Sergio Rossi fashion show in photos!
My Friday night was hectic! I’d already been to the Diesel exhibit and the Raf Simons party when my friend asked me to accompany…
Lane Crawford’s Raf Simons party
[photopress:Raf_Simons_Hong_kong.jpg,full,pp_image] After the Diesel exhibit on Friday I stopped by Lane Crawford‘s event for Raf Simons, the Belgian fashion designer. The venue was a…
Kitsune’s Gildas and Masaya at Volar!
Friday night Volar is hosting a special d.j. set by Kitsune creative heads Gildas Loaëc and Masaya Kuroki. Haven’t heard of Kitsuné yet? These…
‘Guy Bourdin, A Message For You’
[photopress:Guy_Bourdin_fashion_photo.jpg,full,pp_image] © The Estate of Guy Bourdin An upcoming exhibition features the work of Guy Bourdin, a prominent fashion photographer and innovator of the…
BBC / Ice Cream flagship launch at HALO
[photopress:Halo_Hong_Kong_BBC_party.jpg,full,pp_image] So I’m at the opening party for the Billionaire Boys Club / Ice Cream store last night and I’m wondering what music they…
Diesel’s Brave magazine exhibition part 1: Wing Shya
[photopress:BRAVE_Diesel_Wing_Shya.jpg,full,pp_image] O.k., this is a little complicated. Diesel puts out a quarterly magazine called BRAVE about fashion, music, and art. Each issue has a…
Hacienda exhibit at D-mop
[photopress:Hacienda_exhibit_Y3_Hong_Ko.jpg,full,pp_image] I stopped by D-Mop‘s flagship store in Causeway Bay last week and stumbled upon an exhibition they have for the new Y-3 /…
Puma fashion show at Times Square!
[photopress:Puma_Rosemary_Model_Hong.jpg,full,pp_image] Puma celebrated the opening of their new concept store on the sixth floor of Times Square by holding a fashion show on Tuesday….
Hong Kong’s highest fashion show?
[photopress:Pinko_fashion_crowd.jpg,full,pp_image] Italian clothing brand Pinko held what may have been Hong Kong’s highest fashion event last Friday on the 75th floor of Central Plaza….