Posts by Kate

There is no mistaking who is in charge of the small but busy expanse of kitchen that forms the slightly bigger half of Ta Pantry, one of the many private kitchens that have sprung up in Hong Kong in the past few years. Ta Pantry is located along Star Street in the Wan Chai district ...

Up-and-coming fashion and textile designer Carrie Chan is changing the way people look at legwear. Her fashion label, RI.by.CARRIE, debuted last year with an initial collection of 20 styles of limited-edition leggings as well as hand- and screen-printed tights. Featuring edgy, vibrantly-colored designs and digitized Chinese paintings and mythical creatures, flower petals, geometric shapes and ...

Tucked away in a quiet corner of Hong Kong’s bustling Tsim Sha Tsui area is vintage-style footwear shop HOAX. Time seems to have stopped in this 19th century-inspired store designed with faux leather upholstery, armchairs with carved frames and gold touches that accent the heavy wood interior. Wingtip shoes, tasseled loafers and boots with ...

You need more than a passion for high-quality leather shoes to open up a footwear shop like HOAX in Hong Kong: you need to have a real love for fashion too. Julian Lai reveals his top four footwear picks for Spring/Summer 2012 – all available at his shop HOAX – and what he’d wear ...

The words “celebrity fitness trainer” bring to mind a 6′ 10″, 250-pound muscle man barking out “Faster! Harder! Give me more!” while standing over a bench-pressing action movie actor. How else would such a star get a streamlined pack of abs, if not through some kind of military regimen? But instead, Hong Kong-based personal trainer ...

“There’s a difference between style and trends,” says twenty-two-year-old Derek Ho, “A lot of people will buy something, regardless of whether it looks good on them or not, just because it’s trendy. Style is all about knowing what suits you, not wearing what everyone else is wearing these days.” That pretty much sums up ...

There is something almost magical about sitting with Bobo Chan (陳文媛) in her crystal accessories shop, Crystal Jam. It might be due to all the sparkle of Swarovski crystals – the only kind the shop uses – or it might just be Chan herself. Best known for TVB drama Gateaux Affairs (情迷黑森林) and Hong Kong ...

There is a lot of bling inside Bobo Chan’s store, Crystal Jam. The crystal accessories shop itself is a hidden gem, tucked away on the quiet end of a busy market in North Point, Hong Kong. On display in counters and on racks are iPhone cases, kitchen glassware and various ornaments decorated with Swarovski crystals ...

Wong Yat Tung (黃泆潼), aka Miss Yellow, her DJ alias, exudes fashionable androgyny as she sits under a disco ball for this issue’s PeopleStyle photo shoot. The former television actress sports a sexy jet-black pixie ‘do complete with front bangs.

Prudence Mak, the founder and designer behind the jewelry and accessories brand Chocolate Rain, possesses a quirky sense of humor and a fondness for chocolate that gave her the idea for the whimsical name of her label. A recipient of a Masters in Design scholarship from the prestigious Central Saint Martins of London, Prudence created ...