Culture & Cool from Asia's most dynamic city
Tucked away on an anonymous block of Tin Hau, Midwest has been quietly selling American vintage clothing in Hong Kong since 1993. Over the years, they have evolved from a distributor to a retailer, and now into a remixer of sorts, taking classic garments from their stock, cutting them apart, and reassembling them into stylish contemporary pieces.
The CLOT crew opened their brand new Juice Tsim Sha Tsui store with a spectacular lion dance on Thursday afternoon. Just around the corner from K-11 shopping mall, the two-floor shop is a sophisticated new addition to the neighborhood.
The Pigalle crew from Paris hit Hong Kong last Saturday with a demonstration of their skills on the basketball court and behind the turntables. The founder and friends, in town to launch their collaboration with Nike, headlined a 3-on-3 basketball competition and later DJed at FLY.
The Woaw store opening last Thursday was not a low-key affair. From a lengthy lion dance, including a two-story high performance, to having Jay Z’s DJ, Young Guru perform, Gough Street was buzzing with excitment.
Big names such as Pharrell Williams, Gaspard Augé of Justice, Busy P, and Breakbot, are descending on Hong Kong for an all-day music event called BLOHK PARTY .
CLOT held an event on Friday night at JUICE, Causeway Bay to mark the launch of their most recent shoe collaboration. This time around the Hong Kong brand teamed up with French shoe label Rivieras.
Streetwear luminary, Ruslan Karablin, the man behind the SSUR brand, recently visited Hong Kong to preside over the opening of the SSUR Gutter Store – a pop-up shop inside JUICE, Tsim Sha Tsui.
Hong Kong is on fire with interesting happenings these days! CLOT, the local high-end street wear brand helmed by Hong Kong celebrity Edison Chen, launched their latest collaboration with Converse at the beginning of the month.
Known for a superior selection of high-end streetwear, limited-edition sneakers, and unique collaboration lines, Hong Kong’s CLOT crew launched their second JUICE clothing store…
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…