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Hong Kong Director and writer Yonfan, holds the award for Best Screenplay for the film No. 7 Cherry Lane at the closing ceremony of the Venice Film Festival in 2019. Photo: AP

Artist Huang Yongyu showed his ‘relaxed’ side in new docu-film by Yonfan

Hong Kong director and photographer Yonfan is finally getting the recognition he deserves, with mainland censors deeming his Crossing Years docu about the late artist fit for the public.

Q&A | How Whitney Peak, Gossip Girl star and Chanel ambassador, got her start

How alt-rock band Wellsaid’s new album examines Hong Kong’s ebbs and flows

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How this descendant of Chinese paper merchants built a stationery brand

Claire Yates on her family’s old stationery shop on Pottinger Street, Hong Kong, and how The Lion Rock Press started with charity Christmas cards in 2013.

Claire Yates behind The Lion Rock Press headquarters in Sheung Wan 2022. Photo: Jennifer Robertson

Q&A | How fashion brand By Walid came to be, according to designer Walid al Damirji

Chinese jackets made with silks and repurposed linings are a staple of the designer, who is based in London – but he finds it a ‘sad town’, with the best talent heading to Milan and Paris

Q&A | Why Jaeger-LeCoultre has debuted a scent collection by a self-taught perfumer

Consisting of 3 bold perfumes, the new collection is part of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Made of Makers portfolio, which sees the Swiss watch maison partnering with innovative creatives.

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Exclusive | Herbie Hancock on AI, Kamala Harris, and the Kendrick Lamar collab that never was

The 84-year-old legend reflects on his decades-long career ahead of his performance at Hong Kong’s Freespace Jazz Fest

Herbie Hancock at the Civic Opera House in Chicago, Illinois, in 2001. Photo: Getty Images

Q&A | How Cartier designed its latest Nature Sauvage collection

Creative director of high jewellery, Jacqueline Karachi, discusses the process behind designing such a collection, and picks out her favourite pieces from her years of work for the house

Q&A | How Four Seasons’ Argo is blending quirky ingredients for year-round cocktails

The futuristic bar’s playful new cocktail menu is a deep dive into flavour combinations that draw on ingredients that are available all year long.

How two of Asia’s coolest creative names launched this giant new installation

He’s worked with Louis Vuitton and Blackpink – now, Japanese graphic artist Verdy has joined forces with his pal, Hong Kong entrepreneur Kevin Poon, to create Visty Playground at Pacific Place.

Verdy and Kevin Poon in the Visty Playground ball pit in Pacific Place, Hong Kong. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

How Nackiyé brought Turkish fashion to the international stage – interview

Cashmere cardigans with large buttons, silk kaftans with bows and blouses with billowy sleeves … Basak and Defne Kocabiyikoglu’s designs are a homage to the inner strength and spirit of the Turks.

Sisters Basak and Defne Kocabiyikoglu are the founders of Turkish fashion brand Nackiye. Photos: Handout

How this Chinese art specialist became a record-breaking open-water swimmer

After discovering a talent for swimming at university in the US, Edie Hu switched to swimming in the ocean in Hong Kong – now she is doing one of the Oceans Seven, the world’s hardest channel swims.

Style Edit: Linneys’ tribute to the quokka is a love letter to Western Australia

A lovable marsupial is the inspiration for the Australian jeweller’s latest limited edition creation – just 3 pieces will be available

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Guo Pei’s been sewing since childhood – then Rihanna looked her up

The fashion designer tells Kate Whitehead about helping Rihanna shine like a diamond at the Met Gala, and why she is now focused on putting China in the spotlight.

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Portrait of Guo Pei. Photo: Hu Pengfei

The perfect steak: 6 tips from grill masters Amine Errkhis and Oliver Hyde

The head chefs of The Steak House at The Regent Hong Kong and Singapore’s Bistecca Tuscan Steakhouse know a thing or two about good meat – they share their 6 tips for achieving carnivorous perfection.

An Australian Mayura Farm Tomahawk at The Steak House at the Regent Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

Creative director Claire Choisne reveals the inspo behind recent Boucheron collections

Choisne describes defying convention and adventuring in Iceland for the water-inspired Or Bleu, while More is More arose from a post-pandemic moment and Histoire de Style is drawn more from the brand’s archives

Chanel’s president of fashion on its upcoming Hong Kong cruise show location

President of fashion Bruno Pavlovsky says the Hong Kong market is key – and he won’t let online speculation affect his creative director pick.

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Style Edit: La Prairie’s revolutionary Life Matrix Haute Rejuvenation Cream

La Prairie products are gentle on the skin, and designed holistically to ensure longevity and enhance cell functionality – we spoke to the Swiss beauty giant’s director of innovation, Dr Daniel Stangl

The Life Matrix Haute Rejuvenation Cream is La Prairie’s latest skincare product. Photos: Handout

How Claudia Shaw went from ‘Kowloon girl’ to luxury fashionista with Chanel

Chanel’s head of style advisory recalls growing up in Kowloon, studying in England and the US, meeting her husband, and charting a career in luxury fashion while juggling motherhood

Q&A | Waris Ahluwalia’s top 8 style finds, from travel to beauty

The designer, artist, actor – you name it – shares his thoughts on New York, Positano and living in the strange time dimension that a new baby brings

US Justice Richard Bernstein on the realities of living with blindness

The Michigan Supreme Court judge fought to attend law school, run marathons, overcome a debilitating accident, and champion the disabled and disadvantaged

US Justice Richard Bernstein. Photo: Eugene Chan

How a Japanese installation artist changed a Hong Kong designer’s life

Performance and installation artist Chiharu Shiota is best known for monumental works of huge, dense webs of brightly coloured thread

Accumulation – Searching for the Destination (2014-2016), by Chiharu Shiota. Photo: Eugene Lee

10 years and counting: Louis Vuitton artistic director Nicolas Ghesquière

After training with Jean Paul Gaultier, he spent 16 years at Balenciaga before taking over at the LVMH-owned maison, introducing its first cruise collection and reaching back into the past for the iconic Petite Malle trunk

Jazz star Ambrose Akinmusire is finding beauty in troubled times

Following his recent Hong Kong debut, the acclaimed trumpeter talks about influential mentors Wayne Shorter and Roy Hargrove, quitting the world’s biggest jazz label, and his fears for the coming US election

Q&A | Eastern Edition’s Teo Yang merges old with new in his sustainable designs

The Seoul-based furniture brand’s founder on minimalism in Korean culture and making ‘the old aesthetic into an international language’

Triple-threat designer, entrepreneur and creative visionary Teo Yang is the brains behind the brand Eastern Edition. Photos: Handout

Nicola Twilley’s book Frostbite explores how fridges transformed our food

Refrigeration has had numerous benefits but in its ability to ship food through both time and space, it has also robbed us of flavour and nutrients

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Jo Soo Tang on growing up in Hong Kong and always volunteering

The founder of charity Rén tells Kate Whitehead about her ‘nerdy’ childhood, how she suddenly found herself Sydneyside, and why the world needs many more good people.

Hong Kong artist Ling Pui-sze on her love for London’s Wellcome Collection

The museum and library explores the intersection of science, medicine and art, so its exhibitions cover an eclectic assortment of topics

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9 September, 2024
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