Just after a whirlwind week of art events, Friday night brought a score of fashion happenings around town. From the S.Nine pop-up shop in Soho, to Korean heat-throb Rain gracing the MCM store opening, to the glow-in-the-dark jewelry of Tom Binns, the city was buzzing with activity. (more…)

Just as we hypothesized, the Gagosian gallery is living up to its reputation, bringing interesting, relevant contemporary art to Hong Kong on a consistent basis. With ARTHK 11 taking place this week, there’s a flurry of openings around town. Of the many exhibitions to choose from, the Richard Prince show, titled Nurse’s Tricks, should be on your itinerary. (more…)

XXX, a new multi-use art space officially opens Saturday night with a music event titled Future Dancehall. The four-d.j. extravaganza features Dancehall music, in addition to its cousins, Ragga, Drum & Bass, Dub, and Lovers Rock.

Located at the end of Wing Lok Street, on the Sai Ying Pun border of Sheung Wan, the basement space is looking to provide a new home for the city’s underground music and art scene. (more…)

Friday night saw the opening of WOAW!, a very impressive pop-up store for fashionable eyewear, curated by Kevin Poon of CLOT. The shop is stocked with hard-to-find brands and is located on ‘Food Street’ in Causeway Bay’s Fashion Walk.

Fashion-conscious Hong Kong is obsessed with accessories that illustrate personal style, and perhaps nothing is more conspicuous than eyewear! (more…)

What would the music be like at a haunted house party on Hawaii’s North Shore? A new party named Surf Vampires Must Die! answers that question with a night filled with “60′s Psychedelic Surf Rock and Garage Bands A Go Go.”

The d.j. behind the party works with fashion heavyweights such as Chanel, Chloe, and Versace, and is known for his creative musical selections. Expect authentic surf sounds from the 1960′s as well as little known garage band gems from around the world. (more…)

Construction started over a year ago on two grand archways at the beginning and end of the Temple Street night market in Jordan. Passing by recently, the finished product seems more at home at a Taipei night market than in Hong Kong’s urban landscape.

While it may make the popular street market more photogenic for tourists, it actually stands out because Hong Kong doesn’t typically go in for ostentatious ‘oriental’ design.

In fact, after a brief walk around our cosmopolitan city, foreigners have been known to ask bewilderedly, “Where’s Chinatown?” (more…)

Few in the crowd that packed Hong Kong’s Four Seasons ballroom on Friday night were familiar with American fashion designer Tory Burch.

Opening a store in Central’s IFC shopping mall in December 2010, the brand is still establishing itself in the city, its first foothold in Asia. As is the case with most brands looking for expansion in flat economies, all roads point to China. (more…)

Hong Kong has few artists who can make a dent on the international art scene, and Simon Birch is one of them! With a busy 2010 that had him producing the ambitious Hope & Glory exhibition, followed by a group show in Japan, Simon’s back, opening a new exhibit on May 20th, titled “Laughing With A Mouth Full Of Blood.” (more…)

Opening not one, but two splashy flagship stores recently, Hong Kong’s I.T Ltd. is making its case for top fashion retailer in greater China. (more…)