a better day

Had a rough first week back at the office?  Go ahead, cheer yourself up this weekend by splurging a little bit.  Get yourself the perfect pair of hey, I've got a great butt jeans from ksubi.  Even better?  They're now on sale.  You can thank us later.

Ksubi is available in Hong Kong at Lane Crawford, I.T, Harvey Nichols and Van D.

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les artistes profile: christing c

Christing has always possessed a self-confessed addiction to fashion, so after several internships and assistant positions at UK fashion publications, Christing decided to express her own style and creativity in a personal fashion blog, Fashion Hedonism, allowing her a front-row pass to explore and become involved within the industry she loves. After almost two years of immersion in the fashion blogging world, Christing took the next step in opening her own boutique, Christing C. Using the relationships and resources available to her through blogging, Christing created a trend-based boutique where she can accumulate and share all her favorite styles and designers in one space, with the goal to not only create a place to shop, but also an environment that encourages her customers to cultivate and have fun with their style.

From left to right:

JJ wears shoes, shirt, pocket square and scarf from a selection at The Armoury and a blazer from Pal Zileri.

Omar wears a shirt and blazer from a selection at The Armoruy.

Christing wears a shirt and skirt from No. 21 by Alessandro Dell'Acqua, a sass & bide belt and Christian Louboutin shoes.

Alan wears an outfit from a selection at The Armoury.

Boris wears a sweater and blazer from Pal Zileri and a pocket square from a selection at The Armoury.

Christing wears a (nude) top, ksubi leather skirt, and cuff by Disaya.

Cindy wears a top and sequin pants from No. 21 by Alessandro Dell'Acqua and shoes by Yves Saint Laurent.

Check out Christing's blog here: Fashion Hedonism

And her shop here: ChristingC

Our Les Artistes series was photographed by international photographer, Daniel Garriga and produced by Elite Photography.

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les artistes profile: the wanderlister+

JJ.Acuna is a 31-year-old American architect who, in the last few years, has made his mark designing and building commercial and hospitality projects in China and all-over Asia as an Associate and Senior Designer of the Hong Kong firm, LWK & Partners.  Having noticed Asia’s burgeoning financial prominence and stability in the world, as well as the rise of cultural and building activity within the region, JJ launched a successful online blog called theWanderlister+ Asia.  The blog chronicles all the ins and outs of the urban cultural scene with a focused point-of-view on all things lifestyle, underpinned by his interests in topics that range from art, design, architecture, travel, and even a bit of fashion.

JJ wears a shirt, pocket square, scarf and shoes from a selection at The Armoury, and a Pal Zileri blazer.

JJ wears a mac, shirt, tie and shoes, carries an umbrella from a selection at The Armoury.

Christing wears a Ksubi dress and Beau Coops shoes.

Omar wears a mac and shoes, carries an umrella from a selection at The Armoury.

Visit JJ's blog here: theWanderlister+ Asia

Our Les Artistes series was photographed by international photographer, Daniel Garriga and produced by Elite Photography.

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les artistes profile: jack leung

Formed in the summer of 2005, The Yours quickly captured the attention of music fans in Hong Kong with their energetic live performances that blend squalling qhite noise with good-ol'-fashioned rock 'n' roll.  Having re-emerged as a four-piece line up, The Yours are currently preparing new songs for their debut album in a late night dive in Kwai Chung (where else?), aided only by the sickly rays of fluorescent light and a steady supply of budget-priced cigarettes.  Jack Leung, lead singer of The Yours, is mostly influenced by the music and culture of the 90's: that influential era of grunge and anarchy is perfectly reflected in Jack's personal style.  Whenever Jack comes into the Electric sekki showroom, he immediately gravitates towards the grungy Ksubi pieces and the show-stopping, rule-breaking styles from Horace.

Jack wears ksubi jeans and a Horace shirt with his own belt, sunglasses and boots.

Jack (left) wears ksubi jeans and a Horace shirt with his own belt, sunglasses and boots.

Eve (right) wears ksubi jacket and dress, Karen Walker sunglasses with her own headphones and earring.

Ksubi is available in Hong Kong at Lane Crawford, I.T, Van D & Harvey Nichols.

Horace is available in Hong Kong at D-Mop, Harvey Nichols (Men), Initial, Kniq, Little Black Dress, Likelihood & Magenta.

Our Les Artistes series was photographed by international photographer, Daniel Garriga and produced by Elite Photography.

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les artistes profile: cindiddy

Cindy describes herself as a "noble nobody"; we think she's anything but!  Noble?  Absolutely!  But a "nobody"?  Definitely not.  Cindy (a.k.a. Cindiddy) is arguably one of Hong Kong's most successful personal style bloggers, having been invited by NOKIA and ELLE to New York Fashion Week S/S '12 as a Style Correspondent.  She took New York by storm and was photographed by everyone from Vogue.it  to The Face Hunter.  Cindy describes her blog as, "A run with what I think is style, fashion and all that jazz.  Sharing and making mistakes is the main purpose of my blog.  I'd like to think my style is a clash between Miroslava Duma and Jen Brill, minus the perfect execution."  Cindy also lists Gia Marie Carangi as her hero; widely regarded as the world's first supermodel, we think Gia is the perfect hero for this superblogger.

Cindy wears a No. 21 by Alessandro Dell'Acqua lace dress & YSL shoes.

Cindy wears a No. 21 by Alessandro Dell'Acqua lace dress.

Cindy wears No. 21 by Alessandro Dell'Acqua top, camisole and pants.

No. 21 by Alessandro Dell'Acqua is available in Hong Kong at I.T and Harvey Nichols.

Our Les Artistes series was photographed by international photographer, Daniel Garriga and produced by Elite Photography.

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an eye for something else

Susie Bubble, arguably the founding queen of personal style blogging, has long had an eye for Something Else by Natalie Wood--in more ways than one.  Susie's recent post on how to layer knits in the winter also features a Something Else by Natalie Wood eye-print sweater.  Susie is known by her legions of followers as a master of layering and mixing prints and textures; this outfit is no exception.  Susie takes this sweater to the next level by layering a textured lurex cardigan and cropped solid knit on top of it, rounding things off with a killer pair of black super-bellbottoms, a cult item a couple of seasons back from Miu Miu.  Take a cue from Ms. Bubble and think of interesting ways to layer your knitwear this winter.

  

Something Else by Natalie Wood is available in Hong Kong at Bauhaus, Sideframe, Little Black Dress, Magenta, Seibu, Van D & Ztampz.

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les artistes profile: boris burgess

Our second burgeoning online media mogul is Boris Burgess, founder of HKHQ.tv.  Boris started his film career at the mere age of twelve; from the moment he picked up a camera, he knew that film was what he was meant to do.  Hailing from Sydney, Australia, Boris studied Media & Communications at the University of New South Wales, while simultaneously producing, directing and editing award-winning short films for film festivals such as the Sydney Underground Film Festival and the Dungog International Film Festival.  Boris Burgess moved to Hong Kong at the beginning of 2010 to pursue a full-time career in film, founding Mediam Rare, a full-service film production house specialising in promotional videos.  His newest project, HKHQ.tv is Hong Kong's freshest online channel for fashion, arts and lifestyle videos; HKHQ.tv has quickly become known for its sophisticated aesthetic and in-depth look into the behind-the-scenes action of the city's creative industries.

Boris Burgess wears a jacket from Pal Zileri and a shirt, pocket square and scarf from a selection at The Armoury.

Boris Burgess wears a jacket from Pal Zileri and a shirt, pocket square and scarf from a selection at The Armoury.

POPBEE wears a dress from Twenty8Twelve & cuffs and a necklace from Lucy Hutchings. 

Two learn more about these two online media gurus, visit their websites:

HKHQ.tv

POPBEE

Our Les Artistes series was photographed by international photographer, Daniel Garriga and produced by Elite Photography.

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les artistes profile: popbee

In today's Les Artistes profiles, we bring you two media moguls transforming the landscape of online entertainment.  First up?  POPBEE, one of Hong Kong's first online magazines, established in 2008, broadcasting the most up-to-date fashion, beauty and shopping news to its readers.  Originally launched as a personal style blog by its founder, Janice Lee, POPBEE has evolved into a growing full-blown online fashion community.  POPBEE covers all aspects of fashion and culture with contributors from all over Asia, including Hong Kong, China and Taiwan.  POPBEE brings a sense of accessibility to its readers by reporting on topics in a relatable and conversational manner; features include industry insider interviews,  reviews on local 'hot spots', personal style posts, shopping deals and more.

Janice from POPBEE wears a Twenty8Twelve dress and Lucy Hutchings cuffs & necklace.

Janice from POPBEE wears a Twenty8Twelve dress, Lucy Hutchings cuffs & necklace and Christian Louboutin shoes.

Our Les Artistes series was photographed by international photographer, Daniel Garriga and produced by Elite Photography.

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style jam: valerie soh

This edition of our Style Jam series features Valerie Soh: personal style blogger, PR guru and all-round awesome chick.  Valerie's got a great sense of style; she's always unafraid of trying something new and different.  On the day of our Style Jam, Valerie was having a bit of a 'crazy grandma' influence, opting for big coats, glasses, pointy shoes and fun, sequined bags.  The result was an awesome photo shoot featuring an abundance of Something Else by Natalie Wood, Jamin Puech and Beau Coops, in particular.  See all the photos from the shoot below.

Valerie wears a Twenty8Twelve jacket & silk shorts, Something Else by Natalie Wood sweater, Disaya cuffs, Beau Coops wedges, ksubi glasses and Jamin Puech hedgehog bag.

Valerie wears a Lucy Hutchings ring, holds a Jamin Puech teapot bag.

Valerie wears a Something Else by Natalie Wood coat & dress, ksubi sunglasses.

Valerie wears a One Teaspoon faux-fur coat, Something Else by Natalie Wood dress & top, Disaya cuffs, Beau Coops heels.

Photos courtesy of James Gannaban for Valerie Soh.

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spotted: judy in twenty8twelve

We've written about this triple threat before: as a creative consultant, mother and blogger, Judy Ip is the epitome of the modern woman.  It also helps that she's got incredibly cool style and is the perfect stylist to her two adorable toddlers.  Judy recently chose this printed silk dress from Twenty8Twelve for an afternoon play date with her children; we love how she styled this dress so unexpectedly with gray argyle tights, flat lace-ups and retro shades.  She's definitely given this dress her own personal stylish twist!  Let's also just pause in appreciation of how phenomenally cute her babies are, love them!

Twenty8Twelve is exclusively available in Hong Kong & China at I.T

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they ♥ theyskens

On Thursday, the town's young fashion set gathered at Lane Crawford's newly refurbished gorgeous Canton Road store for the chance to meet fashion god, Oliver Theyskens.  We had a quick chat to him at the after party, and learnt that Theyskens knows Hong Kong like the back of his hand, having been here multiple times on holiday before; once for 15 days!  Apparently, Hong Kong is one of his top holiday destinations.  Oh, and did we mention that one of his favourite things to do while he's here is to go for dimsum on Saturday mornings with all the old Chinese families.  Love him!  And just in case you're curious: yes, his hair is even more amazing in real life.

For those of you who don't recognise the name, Theyskens made a name for himself reinventing the labels Rochas and Nina Ricci, creating dreamy, critically acclaimed (albeit seriously expensive) designs that revived the historic French houses.  However genius his designs, Theyskens' collections for both Rochas and Ricci were not sellable, and the industry was skeptical if the designer's clothes would ever be worn by 'real women'.  Fast-forward to last year, and fashion financier, Andrew Rosen, decided he saw great potential in Theyskens to design a special capsule collection for Japan-based affordable luxury label Theory, under the moniker of Theyskens' Theory.  The collection was both a huge critical and commercial success, and Theyskens has since also been appointed creative director of Theory.  If that's not a fashion fairytale, then I don't know what is!  And who doesn't love a good fairytale?

Theyskens sketching away; even his illustrations have a dreamlike quality to them. 

Loving these metallic green/blue foiled pants.  They remind me of an urban mermaid. 

The texture on this jacket was incredible, not to mention the workmanship; each sequin/bead was individually hand-stiched to a chiffon jacket shell.  Couture techniques for the masses.

Theyskens is all about maintaining a certain level of quality and workmanship; bringing great tailoring techniques to customers at more affordable prices. 

The VM at Lane Crawford is always amazing.  The refurbished Canton Road store is no different!

Oliver Theyskens with some of our favourite Hong Kong fashion bloggers (left to right): Cindiddy, Sam is Home, Oliver Theyskens, T Like Bubble Tea, Carmen Chan, SuperWowOMG and Fashion Hedonism.  Photo courtesy of JJ Acuna of The Wanderlister.

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ocular plus 上目

Over the years, the Ksubi boys have really fostered a fierce cult of followers who would do anything to get their hands on a certain pair of shades that they've fallen in love with; in Hong Kong, undoubtedly the best place to stake out that pair you can't get out of my mind is at Ocular Plus 上目. George stopped by Ocular Plus 上目 while he was in town; the whole space was converted into a Ksubi eyewear pop-up shop of sorts, with incredible images from Ksubi's F/W '11 collection that we recently wrote about here. Got a pair that you can't stop thinking about? Hurry on down there, people! Now!

George at Ocular Plus in a style exclusively available at Ocular Plus.

Pieces from the F/W '11 Ksubi eyewear collection, currently avaialble at Ocular Plus.

Ocular Plus has two locations:

Kowloon: Shop C, G/F, 17-19 Nga Tsin Wai Road, Kowloon City, Hong Kong

Causeway Bay: Shop 105, 1/F Style House, The Park Lane, 310 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

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swank: the show

Last week, we posted the invite to The Swank Harbour City's unveiling party; today, we'll give you a rundown of the events.  Guests were treated to delicious cocktails and canapes at Spasso before a runway collection, debuting their hottest FW11 collections.  The raining weather did not deter the crowd from showing up in full force to get a first-look at The Swank's swanky new store and all the gorgeous clothes it housed within it.  One of our favourite labels in the store had to be (nude), who specialise in cozy but cool knitwear in an array of colours ranging from bright red to metallic gold.  Next time you're in Harbour City, make sure to head on down to the Ocean Terminal basement, where you'll find The Swank and all of their goodies.  You can thank us later.

Entrance to the new Swank store at Harbour City. 

A rack of gorgeous knitwear pieces from (nude).

Loving that big furry hat! Photo courtesy of SuperWowOMG.

A great fuzzy knit vest, perfect for winter! Photo courtesy of SuperWowOMG.

Finale clap; congratulations, The Swank! Photo courtesy of SuperWowOMG

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harvey nichols at pacific place

Tonight, we're celebrating with some of our favourites at Harvey Nichols' new store opening party in Pacific Place.  We've already had a look around their new space and, trust, it's fantastic!  They've really stepped their game up with this new location, which they've heralded as their first Asian Flagship Store.  The new space, which spreads over two floors in Pacific Place, is warm, gilded and luxurious, offering up everything from men's and women's fashion to some of the cutest baby clothes we ever seen, and even an entire emporium chockfull of all kinds of make-up.  Also, we've got to love the dress code printed on the invite: No rules.  Just you.  Just how we like it.

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som x swarovski for elle

Swarovski has long been an avid supporter of young talent in the fashion industry, each year providing a myriad of prizes in thousands of Swarovski crystals to up-and-coming designers, allowing them utilise the baubles at their own discretion for their next collections.  This year, Swarovski teamed up with ELLE China to hand-select several designers of Asian heritage to custom-make a look using Swarovski crystals; accomplished designers such as Joseph Altuzurra and Peter Som designed looks alongside newcomers such as Uma Wang and Xander Zhou.  Hands down, our favourite look of the bunch has to be this stunning column gown from Peter Som, featuring a Swarovski-bejewelled neckline and a kaleidoscopic floral print.  The sparkling crystals complement the gown's bright, feminine print perfectly, and the gown stays true to Som's quintessential aesthetic: effortless elegance with a sophisticated sexiness.

Peter Som is available in Asia at Nicole Boutique in Macau, Spring Fashion in Shanghai & Lotte Department Store and Null in Korea.

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