Lane Crawford

Me looking good, notice the flat shoes, a long night.  

RM by Roland Mouret

Chloe Pants

YSL Cape

My colleague, Stinger, late nite DJ

I would go skiing, if I wore this Miu Miu jacket

My obsession, Kiki de Montparnasse, its mine!

 Biyan, an Indonesian designer, not my style, but happy to see an obscure designer at LC

I have been essentially living at Lane Crawford for the last 6 weeks.  Having done store installations before, I remember the initial awe of being surrounded by so much clothing, yet overtime, the awe quickly dissipates, when you start looking too closely at the dust on the mannequins, the lint on the black dresses etc and you see that the "glamour" isn't so glamorous after weeks of store walk thrus.  For those of you not in Asia, Lane Crawford is the Bergdorf Goodman of Hong Kong.  With 5 stores in HK and 1 in Beijing, they are the go to store for high end merchandise.  Not as fashion forward as Joyce, yet a go to choice for the fashion staples.  They certainly merchandise to the more conservative HK woman and expat and after 6 weeks in LC, I am ill looking at fur vests, short black skirts, black ankle boots, and skinny black leggings.  Mornings, late nights, lunch time, off times...the stores are always crowded.  I have decided to showcase some of my favorites.  Rather odd, they consist of mostly jackets, guess the mild HK weather has me dreaming of a more versatile closet.

Triple Major Pop Up

Store Front of Shop in Sheung Wan, HK

Interior

Triple Major Store Director, Richie Chan

We advised my friend, NOT to buy this piece....

I had the good luck of running into friends Thursday evening whilst they were heading to visit a temporary shop that opened from Beijing called Triple Major Nomad Store.  Triple-Major is a creative studio and concept store, which brings in avant-garde and lesser known designers from around the world such as Patrik Ervell and Pelican Avenue as well as experimental designers Anntian and Daniel Palillo.  HK is the first stop in the Triple-Major Nomad traveling tour (next stops likely Los Angeles, Shanghai and Copenhagen).

Each pop up appropriate local elements and attempts to fit both the exterior design and merchandise to the local market.  Their HK store front is disguised as a real estate agency, with its windows and interior covered in real estate ads (albeit ironic).

Strong concept, strong enough, I went back for a 2nd time this weekend.
www.triple-major.com