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China Brings Fashion & Film Spectacular to London
This week London is hosting the 4th China Image Film Festival, which opened with a spectacular fashion pageant featuring leading brands from China at the Palace Theater on Sunday, 28 October. (Originally published on www.agimag.co.uk) Given the creative fusion between two booming industries in China – fashion and film, it was only appropriate that the 4th China Image Film Festival should choose to showcase the country’s top fashion designers, models and fashion industry leaders. Following the star-studded red carpet, an audience of 800 guests, including UK and Chinese dignitaries, enjoyed a spectacle arranged by Europe’s renowned director Thierry Dreyfus. Theirry, through his fabulous fiesta of colors, light and sound, took…
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The Secret Wonders of the Digital Perm
Did you grow up with very straight hair but always wanted to have it curly? Are you tired of curling it every day just to find it straight as soon as you leave the house? I tested out Digital Perm specifically designed for straight Asian hair like mine and wrote about my experience in the November issue of the AGI magazine (click on photo for larger resolution). It’s a best kept secret in the West, while already super popular in Asia. I love my curls and will definitely digitally perm my hair again!
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2012 London Fashion Week Diaries
My reporting on LFW S/S13 for AGI Magazine (November 2012), check it out. Photos by me and Vera da Silva
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London Fashion Week 2012: Street Style
So, it’s been a week since the end of the London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2013 shows. This year I was lucky to attend it in my new role as a fashion editor of a new and exciting magazine. While the shows I attended (John Rocha, Osman, Huishan Zhang, etc) were great and lots of fun, I think all the major action took place in and around Somerset House. That’s where most of the stylish people of London and beyond gathered for almost a week. Some came to show themselves, others to watch. Bloggers and photographers hunted for best looks, playing on vanity factor of fashionistas like myself. I have to…
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2012 LFW Report Day 2: John Rocha, Huishan Zhang, Yifang Wan and Others
The sun was bright and sunny today in London and I continued my quest to bring you the best of the London Fashion Week (LFW). Today I attended five shows, predominantly of Asian designers based in London. With high heels on and red lipstick as a weapon, I conquered one show after another. (Originally published on www.agimag.com) Huishan Zhang First stop was presentation by China-born Huishan Zhang. His S/S 2013 collection, inspired by his homeland, was superb both in the execution and presentation. With Latin American jazz playing in the background, models with hair beautifully braided, glided across the room in elegant and ultra feminine designs. Paying tribute to Chinese…
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2012 LFW Report Day 1: Corrie Nielsen’s Floral Paradise
Last night I attended my first LFW Launch party (courtesy of Felicities PR), rubbing shoulders with many ‘who is who’ of the fashion world. While statuesque models roamed around in latest designer creations, stylists, designers, bloggers, editors and other fashionastas, like myself, sipped cocktails and talked about much anticipated events in the next several days. (Originally published on www.agimag.com). Today the LFW has officially kicked off and we were there to report on who wore what and the shows we have seen so far. The legendary Somerset House with its LFW tent and other venues draws most stylish people from all over London and beyond. Among some truly fashionable individuals…
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Celebrated Illustrator Brings Prints to GLOSSYBOX
I was invited to an exclusive press launch of September GLOSSYBOX designed by Maggie Li, a talented London-based illustrator who has worked with OKIDO, TimeOut, Google, WIRED, Reader’s Digest, Conde Nast and SOHO House Group among many. (Originally published on www.agimag.com) While some guests were sipping bubbly and snacking on custom made macaroons, others were getting their manicure done in the shades and designs matching Maggie’s box in the shades of peach pink, crème, and blue. As I found out, themed Rising Stars, a limited edition box features Maggie designs of various products’ symbols, which represent GLOSSYBOX’s philosophy of bringing best of the beauty products to wider audiences. As usual,…
