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Fashion & Beauty
How Chinese haute couture is taking on the fashion world
Chinese high-fashion designers have dressed everyone from Rihanna to royals in recent years and their presence is growing on global catwalks.
21 Nov 2024 - 1:00PM
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Fashion Fest aims to put Hong Kong on haute couture design map
19 Nov 2024 - 4:43PM
How Chinese wedding dresses are made and their meaning on the big day
12 Nov 2024 - 4:54PM
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Travel & Leisure
Why do Seoul’s make-up studios draw so many K-beauty tourists?
They aren’t just heading to South Korea for the beauty products – they go to learn trends, get skincare tips and have makeovers, too.
17 Nov 2024 - 5:15PM
Tourists are going to Korea’s top make-up studios, like ones run by make-up artist Kim Han-sol (pictured), to get the latest skincare and trend tips, and makeovers. Photo: Kim Han-sol
Fashion & Beauty
How Kojima, Japan, made a name for top-quality denim
Hand-dyed denim and vintage machines are used to make jeans that sell for up to US$1,400 a pair in town where even the roads are denim blue.
6 Oct 2024 - 4:15AM
Fashion & Beauty
How did Dyson become one of the top home beauty brands?
Despite initial scepticism, Dyson’s foray into the beauty industry has been a success, thanks to it focus on hair health and technology.
2 Nov 2024 - 6:15PM
Health & Wellness
How to slow skin ageing? Don’t smoke, says expert. Plus other tips
Lines write the story of your life on your face, starting from about the age of 25. But there are steps you can take to limit their spread.
13 Oct 2024 - 5:15PM
Fashion & Beauty
Uniqlo’s new Tokyo global flagship store aims to be No 1 for sales
New Uniqlo store in Shinjuku is aimed partly at foreign tourists but will also stock items otherwise sold only in Europe and the US.
29 Oct 2024 - 5:32PM
Uniqlo’s global flagship store in Shinjuku, Tokyo, opens on October 25. Photo: Uniqlo
Fashion & Beauty
Corsets made from airbags? Fashion designers upcycle car parts
Resourceful fashion designers make clothes and accessories using everything from wheels to seat belts, as carmakers focus on material reuse.
15 Oct 2024 - 5:09AM
Health & Wellness
5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, November 15-17
From a gong bath to a concert under the stars to a restaurant where you can enjoy a barbecue platter, there is plenty to do this weekend.
15 Nov 2024 - 3:15PM
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Fashion & Beauty
5 can’t-miss shopping opportunities in Hong Kong this weekend, Nov 15-17
Look out for Jellycat toys at its new shop, clothes from the Levi’s x Clot joint series, presents from a Christmas fair, and more.
15 Nov 2024 - 11:20AM
Entertainment
Drug lord El Chapo’s lawyer Mariel Colon is now a singer. Yes, really
Colon is using her notoriety and connection to the drug trafficking world to launch a music career. She denies she is glorifying crime.
5 Oct 2024 - 5:15PM
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Mariel Colon, who spent years working as a lawyer for drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, is launching a music career. Photo: Instagram/@el_cuadro_mx
Arts & Culture
5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, November 8-10
Immerse yourself in Indian arts, culture and heritage, try on a pair of new Nike kicks and eat and drink at a great wine bar before it shuts.
8 Nov 2024 - 5:11PM
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Fashion & Beauty
5 can’t-miss shopping opportunities in Hong Kong this weekend
Mall puts on fun for its soft opening, a much anticipated sneaker collaboration hits shelves and a Hong Kong jewellery brand has a new line.
8 Nov 2024 - 11:15AM
Fashion & Beauty
Americans suing for right to buy Hermès Birkin bags file new claims
Plaintiffs in antitrust case over Hermès limiting ability to buy coveted bags to customers who purchase other items amend their complaint.
15 Oct 2024 - 10:15AM
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Travel & Leisure
How do you revive in-store shopping? Look to TX Huaihai in Shanghai
Former department store reopens as a showcase for hip fashion e-commerce businesses, with nightclubs, restaurants, and exhibition spaces.
6 Oct 2024 - 4:35PM
TX Huaihai sets itself apart from other malls in Shanghai by blending retailing with local culture and creativity. Photo: TX Huaihai
Health & Wellness
This 54-year-old has no secrets to ageing well, beyond self-love
After years of being self-conscious, it clicked: ‘This is my body, I want to respect it,’ says Ting Ma, who posts about ageing and self-love.
5 Oct 2024 - 7:56AM
Fashion & Beauty
5 ways to shop with a conscience in Hong Kong this weekend, November 1-3
Look no further for ethical shopping options – here are five ways to consciously consume in Hong Kong, from sneakers to jewellery.
1 Nov 2024 - 11:37AM
Health & Wellness
5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, November 1-3
Take your dog for some yoga or a tarot-card reading, tuck into Sichuan clay pot rice, or catch a movie this weekend in Hong Kong.
1 Nov 2024 - 3:51PM
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Fashion & Beauty
5 must-shop events in Hong Kong and online this weekend, October 25-27
Shop Tommy Hilfiger as Blackpink’s Jisoo joins the brand, check out Human Made’s first Hong Kong store and empower girls with Shanghai Tang.
25 Oct 2024 - 12:15PM
Jisoo of Blackpink is the new brand ambassador for Tommy Hilfiger. Photo: Tommy Hilfiger
Food & Drink
5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, October 25-27
Try your hand at cocktail making, immerse yourself in jazz music, learn about endurance running and more this weekend.
25 Oct 2024 - 3:15PM
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Arts & Culture
Inuit facial tattoos return as Greenland’s women go back to their roots
Inuit facial tattoos are becoming more popular among Greenlandic women in what many see as a reappropriation of their culture and heritage.
26 Sep 2024 - 4:15AM
Entertainment
5 of the best things to do this weekend in Hong Kong, October 18-20
From the Hong Kong Ballet to the Asian Film Festival and World Shochu and Awamori Festival, our pick of the best things to do this weekend.
18 Oct 2024 - 4:09PM
OPINION
Lisa Lim
Language Matters
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Where did jeans and denim come from? The clues are in the names
30 Apr 2024 - 7:45AM
Lisa Lim
Language Matters
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Purple’s roots, from sea snails to Caesar to its association with grandeur
30 Mar 2024 - 2:15PM
Wee Kek Koon
Reflections
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Laminated brow trend has got nothing on eyebrow styles of ancient China
17 Mar 2024 - 8:15AM
Jason Wordie
Then & Now
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Avoid the Pooh: when funny T-shirts and slogans are no longer amusing
16 Mar 2024 - 3:16PM
Lisa Lim
Language Matters
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Are we reading too much into Taylor Swift’s graphic tees? Maybe, maybe not
14 Mar 2024 - 7:07PM
Wee Kek Koon
Reflections
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How perfume came to China from ancient Persia, then the know-how to make it
28 Jan 2024 - 8:15AM
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