My Chemical Romance in Hong Kong

The toxic love affair happens next Monday.

Gerard Way and his band My Chemical Romance are going to be in Hong Kong on Monday, January 28th at a standing-only concert at Asia-World. Tickets are HK$480 and $780. We’re fans of this U.S. goth-punk-rock band and recommend seeing them live, and we’ll be practicing their songs on Guitar Hero all weekend long.

Tickets are available here.

Burberry Keeps the Beat Going

British. Energy. Attitude. That’s the key promise of Burburry’s new frangrance.

The new Burberry fragrance is called The Beat. The bottle is modern and graphic with metallic Burburry logo and kinda looks like a canister.

Prices for the 30 ML to 75 ML range from HK$408-728. Launching in March 2008 at the usual point of sales: Harvey Nichols, The Landmark, Sogo, Faces, Ocean Terminal and Extravaganza.

Gold Rats at Times Square

Get lucky in the Year of the Rat at the ‘Wish Wall.’

As the stock market goes crazy, you can always get some extra ‘luck’ at Times Square in Causeway Bay. They have erected a golden “Wish Making Wall” of Thirty-three meters in length, decorated with one hundred rats at the Ground Floor’s plantation of Times Square, to let you make wishes for the Year of Rat. An opening ceremony was held yesterday.

The God of Wealth (we need him more than ever) together with his Mouse Fairies and Gold Ingot kids come to toss the “Wish” magnets to the wall and bring luck to the guests.

As we posted here, spend some money in Times Square and you can get a CNY clutch bag and Lai See packets.

Serenity Brings Trunk Show to Soho

Shopping comes to Staunton this Saturday.

Here’s a unique shopping experience you may not have heard of before. The Serenity Fair is Hong Kong’s trunk show by new and upcoming desigers and you can shop for clutch bags, handbags, cashmere tunics, and travle sets.

Its all happening this Saturday, Jan 26 at the Hidden Vine Wine Bar, Basement at 11 Staunton Street in Soho. Call them to RSVP at 9884-8780 or email them via their website here.

Versace Opens at The Wynn

Donatella sets up shop in Macau.

Versace has just opened a 2,260 square foot store in The Wynn Hotel in Macau. This is on track of Versace’s promise in opening 9 new outlets here and in China.

And just a note here for the female shoppers reading this, Macau isn’t just about gambling, all the major big-label hotels like the Wynn, MGM Grand and especially the Venetian feature some amazing shopping and some of the brands represented there don’t even have retail outlets in Hong Kong. So keep that in mind if you turn down a trip to Macau because you think its only gambling.

Academy Award Nominees Announced

Say that headline 10 times really fast.

The nominees for the 80th Annual Academy Awards has been announced, and alot of famous celebs are in there to obviously entice viewers to tune in this year:

Performance by an actor in a leading role:

George Clooney in “Michael Clayton”
Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood”
Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah”
Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises”

Best Motion Picture of the year:

“Atonement”
“Juno”
“Michael Clayton”
“No Country for Old Men”
“There Will Be Blood”

A lot of these films are coming to Hong Kong very soon - like Johnny Depp’s Sweeney Todd next Thursday and Juno opening on February 21, There Will Be Blood on Valentine’s Day as well as others in other categories opening all through February and March.
See the full list here.

Heath Ledger Found Dead

Brokeback Mountain and the new Joker taken at age 28.

Heath Ledger, Australian-born star of movies like Brokeback Mountain, A Knight’s Tale, The Brothers Grimm and who has taken the iconic role of The Joker in this summer’s Batman sequel The Dark Knight was found dead today.

He was 28.

Read more here.

AnnieWho Mashes Up Fashion

Australian brand mixes East and West in Hong Kong.

AnnieWho, an Australian fashion label which aims to create a East Meets West fashion has held a A/W 08 Fashion Show in World Boutique Hong Kong Fashion Week 2008 last week.

The chief-designer, Annie Lin, has created a fusion of different styles that embodies multiculturalism, while withholding the tasteful beauty of femininity. The label symbolizes a divine harmony that reflects the energy and spirit of a new exciting combination of East and West.

Annie Lin is a Sydney-raised Australian, who is the chief-designer of the Anniewho label. Today, she still travels frequently from Australia and Asia, to explore more exciting and unique ways to design clothing, watches, accessories, bags and jewellery. They have a shop in Soho at 50 Peel Street in Hong Kong.

Photos galore from the fashion show below:

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