REMEMBER : 劉以鬯 /LIU YICHANG

Liu Yichang (劉以鬯), Hong Kong author passed away on June 8, 2018. For those who do not think they are familiar with his work here’s a short video celebrating Liu Yichang’s 2014 Hong Kong’s lifetime achievement award. The author’s books, Intersection and The Drunkard, inspired the award-winning films In the Mood for Love and 2046, by director Wong Kar-wai. Liu’s wrote narratives predominantly about working class lives, and is considered the father of modern literature in the city. Liu also discovered and nurtured a number of outstanding Hong Kong-based writers, including late poet Leung Ping-kwan, who went by the pen name Yesi, and author Zhang Yan, also known as Xi Xi.

Liu Yichang, December 7, 1918 – June 8, 2018

Some information paraphrased from a South China Post article here by Su Xinqi.

POLY U FASHION SHOW 2018 PART 2

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然後我一定要講下我最喜歡的一個系列,因為太可惜了!她得不到總冠軍呢!這就是一個綠色為主,幾層紗布layer的作品。我最記得當她的第一件綠色連身裙走出來時,我就覺得有陣Phoebe Philo的簡約味。誰知一個轉身,後面拖地的「椰菜花」卻讓整個感覺變成Rick Owens 了。我喜歡她的主要原因是平衝。她能平衡到誇張和令人舒服的視覺感受。有些人設計得很複雜美艷,但你總會謝絕這些東西進入你的衣櫥。她的設計暗中告訴著她是個狂人,這平衡好的瘋狂很叫人著迷。

又一年過去,時裝界又添一班新血。最後只有一個願望:希望他們最後會做設計吧…

攝影/ Photo by : Ric So
撰文/ Text : Jose Chu

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POLY U FASHION SHOW 2018 PART 1

多年前在銅鑼灣Fashion Walk看過別人一對冒著腳汗氣的透明塑膠Jeffrey Campbell,那幕至今依然歷歷在目。所以本身我就對塑膠材質的走紅大感不惑,一不透風,二是不易處理。一不小心就像個垃圾膠袋似的。恰巧昨日POLY U FASHION SHOW就像個膠之盛宴一樣,雖然我對膠有著厭惡至極的抗拒,但一兩個以膠面料糊化設計的系列我還是有在留意的。我必須說POLY U的學生們對潮流是在著很強的觸覺。

以一個活像仙子的系列作開頭很是吸引,金銀色的系列絕不俗氣。輕盈卻立體的紗布讓每件設計充滿柔弱強勢的互相交流。銀色原本容易使皮膚白的人更顯蒼白,但設計中,上身的誇張立體泡泡可以將目光吸引過去。最後大家便只會記得開場的幾位仙子們。

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攝影/ PHOTO BY: Ric So
撰文/ Text : Jose Chu

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SPITGAN WEBZINE 1

SPITGAN Webzine #1, a chronological jaunt capturing the people and environments of Hong Kong by Nick D. A late afternoon trek encompassing the areas and inspirations from Yau Ma Tei to Prince Edward in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Stumbling across the paintings of Professor Cheng Yin-Cheong, a Hong Kong native, the visuals of the fruit market, and the work of Zato, graffiti artist. Nick D brings us modern Hong Kong in and vibrant color and teaming with life.

All photos : Nick D for precursorprints.com

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FIRST LOOK 2 : SUN=SEN FASHION PRESENTATION

SUN=SEN是一個你看過不會忘記的香港本地品牌。因為他們的形象風格很是鮮明,衣服上一些奇怪又可愛的細節總是吸引著我們的眼球。這一季的FW18他們就用上當鋪當「當嬰兒」的傳統作靈感,然後我們就大膽的用他們這個想法發展了一個「與神交易」的時裝展示。很高興我們這個瘋狂的想法得到SUN=SEN的設計師和我們的朋友KAMP Studios 的Daniel 支持,他為我們做了一個充滿幻想的場境。岩石、鏡子、玻璃、一些自然而生的物料都用在這裡,那些彎曲的鏡子照著前面一個個有慾望的模特兒們。他們都等候著那「女神」的出現改變他們的生活。最後這班模特居然為了一己私慾帶走了一個現場觀眾當祭品呢(但我不知道她為什麼那麼高興…)!一場表演8種不同個性展示著SUN=SEN的設計的無限可能。那你完全想不到的充氣口袋、潛水帽子……去實際了解一下他們天馬行空的奇怪想法吧。

Do you believe in the Chinese ritual of ‘selling’ your baby to a pawn shop to ensure it’s health? SUN=SEN’s FW18 collection found inspiration from this traditional premise, and damn did we have a time trying to interpret it in some way! By recruiting some help from our good friend Daniel Kamp of KAMP Studios we decorated the set with natural objects, rocks, mixed with manufactured objects, mirrors, and panes of glass to speak to this polarity of an idea. The presentation centered around a ‘goddess’ type figure. A figure if the other models could please would receive the gift of the life they desired! How about them apples! It all came together rather well. To the clothing itself, SUN=SEN’s collection for AW18 continued their interest in bright colors and their combinations. Interesting details included blow up plastic pouches and pockets worked into clothing. The quirkiness and strange irregularity really works for us and has drawn them due international attention. A truly original brand that works along the lines of a Bernard Wilhelm, we have great expectations for their imminent success!

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