Wednesday. 19 November. 2008. 9:29 am
Up and coming designer is here to launch new collection at Harvey Nichols.
Zufi Alexander has been causing quite a stir with the fashion crowd with her handbag and accessories line. The Financial Times described her as a rising star and she was awarded “New Accessories Designer of the Year” at the 2005 London Fashion Week.
Originally from Dubai, Zufi Alexander’s grew up in the States and the UK, After 5 years working at Christie’s in London, she decided to pursue her passion for purses and started her own line in May 2004. Her bags are now sold at Henri Bendel, Saks Fifth Avenue and have a celebrity following which includes Cate Blanchette, Beyonce and Sienna Miller. She has collaborated and designed a jewellery line with Erickson Beamon and Giuseppe Zanotti on a shoe collection.
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Thursday. 13 November. 2008. 9:12 am
The first boutique within Lane Crawford store in Causeway Bay.
Jo Malone is famous for their gorgeous smelling bath and body products and has a cult following for some of their products like the Lime Basil & Mandarin and Basil & Verbena body lotion.
Jo Malone started her company at 19, opened her first store in 1994 in London and have since build an impressive reputation as a perfume maven. There is a wide range of colognes, bath oil, body lotion, body cream, shower gels scented linen sprays and candles. You can even create your own signature scent if you like.
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Monday. 10 November. 2008. 9:44 am
Jimmy Choo opens their biggest Hong Kong store in West Kowloon .
At over 1,100 square feet, Jimmy Choo’s new store at the new phase two of Elements will be the brand’s largest store in Hong Kong.
Expect to find the most extensive selection of Jimmy Choo shoe, handbag and small leather goods collections in Hong Kong at this store. It may finally be worth a trip to hike out to Elements, but ladies do not attempt this in your heels unless of course you are being chauffeur driven there.
- Shop 2040, Level Two, Elements, Kowloon
Friday. 7 November. 2008. 9:51 am
Surf’s Up with new multi-brand store in Pedder Building.
Yes, we have yet another store opening in Central. Addiction is located on the 3rd floor of Pedder Building. What economic crisis? the shopaholics in Hong Kong will ensure our economy churns its way out of any trouble.
Addiction carries exclusively some of California’s more popular labels – including Paige Premium Denim, fashion sleepwear from P.J. Salvage, vintage Italian leather goods by Linea Pelle, socially conscious and organic T-shirts from Signorelli, Lyric Culture and Sustainable Collective. There’s also jewellery by Castaways Design NY, and Little Miss Jewels and a children’s sleepwear range.
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Tuesday. 4 November. 2008. 9:12 am
Nike gives you another reason to get shopping-active in Causeway Bay.
Another reason to wonder if there really is an “economic tsunami,” located at 7-11 Pak Sha Road, Causeway Bay, Nike takes sportswear retail to a whole new level and laughs in the face of global economic slowdown.
The new Nike Sportswear store carries the whole range of of their sportswear line: NSW, the Air Force 1, Windrunner, AW 77 Hoody, Nike Dunk, Air Max 90, Eugene Track Jacket, Crotez line and also exclusive seasonal Tokyo designed products. Sportswear just got fashionably complicated, now we will be spoilt for choice.
To commemorate the new store opening, 3 Hong Kong and Japanese’s contemporary artists, Keiichi Nitta, Satomi Mizuuchi and Silly Thing have each created an installation that you can see at the store, titled “iconoGRAPHIC”.
In traditional Hong Kong store opening fare, there were lots of Hong Kong celebs who come out to support Nike’s spanking new store at their opening party, see how many of them you can name in our extensive slideshow below:
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Monday. 3 November. 2008. 9:18 am
Leading men’s luxury retailer opens in The Four Seasons.
Canali, the Italian luxury label founded by the Canali brothers, Giovanni and Giacomo opened a 1,830 square-feet boutique in Macau at The Shoppes. Offering their full range of Canali formal suit and casual wear collections, shirts and trousers, and accessories, Macanese men and rich Mainland gamblers no longer have any excuse not to look as stylish as their Hong Kong neighbour. We hope to see more of them in Italian quality menswear with all that money they are burning at the casinos.
Canali boutique
Shop 2850, The Shoppes at Four Seasons, Cotai Strip, Macau.
Friday. 31 October. 2008. 10:02 am
Visit her French ‘La Loggia’ in the comfort of the IFC Mall in Central.
By now you’ve probably heard about the beautiful Agnès b. “first-ever flagship in the world” at IFC Mall that opened last weekend - and what a sight to behold it is!
This is a biggie, occupying a total area of more than 15,000 sq ft., this is a one stop shop for Agnès b. which houses Femme, Homme, Sport b., Voyage, Bijoux, Fleuriste (florist), La Maison sur L’eau (travel concept store), Le Pain Grillé (restaurant) and Delices (chocolate boutique) in one single location.
Continue to peruse our photo gallery below.
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Friday. 31 October. 2008. 9:23 am
The Little M joins the Big M in new Tsim Sha Tsui outlet.
M Missoni, the sister label of Missoni opened their first shop in Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui last week. If you love Missoni’s signature weaves, patterns and prints, you are going to love M Missoni. Designed for a younger audience and priced at a lower price point than the main Missoni label, there are lots of great looking dresses, little coats and jackets to covet.
Add a bit of colour to your winter assemble with their strip sweaters. We think though, the M Missoni dresses are the must have dresses of the season.
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