Thursday. 24 April. 2008. 11:01 am
On for 3 days only and open to all.
Shanghai Tang is having a 3-day only sale that means it starts today and ends on Saturday.
Head over to the Times Square Bazaar on the 13th floor of Times Square in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong accessible from the 13th floor of the Food Forum (elevators next to the cinemas).
Opening hours are 11am-3pm and then 5-8:30pm today and tomorrow and 11:30-7:30pm on Saturday.
We suggest trying to hit it today at lunch or this evening if you aren’t in the area.
Thursday. 24 April. 2008. 9:51 am
30% off on all Coach in-store items.
Here’s a big one! Handbag brand Coach is having a sale, up to 30% off on selected items at selected stores. Starts now till Sunday, April 27th in Hong Kong and Macau.
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Thursday. 24 April. 2008. 9:24 am
Nina Ricci has launched a new limited edition scent that comes in an apple bottle in the prettiest shade of pink in Hong Kong. The scent is a mix of apple wood and musk base with vanilla and caramel adding a sweet sensual note.
The 50ml apple bottle will cost you HK$460 and is available at all Nina Ricci fragrance counters in Sogo, LCX and Extravaganza. Addresses and numbers listed below:
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Wednesday. 23 April. 2008. 9:24 am
Europe’s Largest Luxury Cosmetics Retail Chain hits town.
Marionnaud Paris, Europe’s largest luxury perfumeries and cosmetics retail chain boldly ushered its first flagship store in G/F, 101 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong last week.
The new retail outlet is 2,000 sq ft. big and it even had the French consulate help out with the unveiling. Only in Hong Kong is a shopping outlet given diplomatic commendations. And to cater to your cosmetic needs the new shop is open from 9am-11pm. This is why Hong Kong rocks for shopping!
Representatives of 11 internationally renowned luxury perfumeries and cosmetics brand including Lancome, Christian Dior, YSL, Clinique, Sisley, Jurlique, Guerlain, Clarins, Biotherm, Shiseido officiated the opening ceremony.
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Tuesday. 22 April. 2008. 9:48 am
London designer showcases new collection at Elements.
Do you remember the movie with Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansen called Ghost World (yes another comic book reference)?
Well that geek chic style is becoming hip these days as showcased by a UK brand. Luella Bartley, Founder and Chief Designer of Luella, flew in from London to attend the brand’s special event in Hong Kong at Elements, late last week to mark the launch of her latest limited edition collection: Friends of Luella.
The brands latest collection and limited edition bags where showcased by models including Amanda S. In addition, Chocolate Rain has especially made two Fatina dolls in commemoration of this event.
More photos below.
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Tuesday. 22 April. 2008. 9:02 am
Luxury brands are untouchable with strong Q1 earnings.
The LVMH group, which is everything luxury in the world: from Louis Vuitton to Fendi, from Guerlain to Kenzo, from Moet & Chandon to Krug and TAG Heuer to Chaumet is basically recession-proof in the US as they announce an actual increase in sales this past 3 months, where every other sector is falling in the United States:
Elaborating on its first-quarter results, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton said U.S. sales of fashion and leather goods leapt 18 percent in dollars, with no evidence of trading down or any change in its favorable momentum.
“For the time being, we see no signs of slowing down in our retail businesses,” Jean-Jacques Guiony, Louis Vuitton’s chief finance officer, said during a conference call on Wednesday. “We are pretty optimistic.”
However, Guiony cautioned analysts not to “overestimate the impact” of the leather goods designed by Marc Jacobs in collaboration with American artist Richard Prince, suggesting it may not end up a long-running blockbuster like its hookup with Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, whose multicolored monogram leather goods have generated hundreds of millions of dollars in sales.
You can read the rest of the article here.
Monday. 21 April. 2008. 9:54 am
Wall-to-wall models for the jewelers’ IFC launch.
Jewelry innovator David Yurman announced the opening of the first international boutique in Hong Kong at the prestigious IFC mall.
Yurman was here to present the latest collection with international supermodel Du Juan. Popular Hong Kong models like Ana R, Lisa S, Mikki Yao, Gaile Lai, Kathy Chow, and Jennifer Tse Ting Ting were also there to model the jewelry.
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Monday. 21 April. 2008. 9:34 am
Famed clothing brand launches music video site.
Obviously Tommy Hilfiger knows who is buying his clothes. The apparel titan (who through a licensing deal with Hong Kong’s Dickson Concepts operates over 108 Hilfiger outlets in Hong Kong and around Asia - 56 of them in China alone) has launched their own video website at TommyTV.com.
It just launched last week and doesn’t feature Hilfiger ads or fashion shows but purely very rare live concert footage from bands like Wyclef Jean, Good Charlotte, INXS (Micheal Hutchence era performances no less), John Legend, Incubus, DJ Krush and many more - in a very slick flash, streaming interface, all free and we’re sure it will grow.
Check out TommyTV here.
