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Hotel Review: The Opposite House, Beijing
If we could sum up our stay at The Opposite House, Beijing in one word, it’d be: wow (and we’ve stayed at some pretty amazing hotels). The sister hotel to Hong Kong’s The Upper House is designed to be a place of contrasts, and accomplishes that immediately once you walk into its unique “living room”…
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Interview: Ami James of Miami Ink
Ami James, the sexy American tattoo artist best known for his hit reality TV shows, Miami Ink and NY Ink, was in Hong Kong last week for the grand opening of the new fashion playground, LAB CONCEPT. Dressed in a crisp white shirt, G-Star raw denim and skinny suspenders, James talked to us before the…
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Interview: Manish Arora of Paco Rabanne
“Come on, shoot!” laughed Manish Arora as he sat down for his final interview of the day. The Indian fashion designer and creative director of women’s wear for Paco Rabanne was in Hong Kong earlier this week for JOYCE’s private preview of their Spring/Summer 2012 collection, and had finally been seated after a drawn-out series…
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Interview: Bertrand Mak of Rupert Sanderson
When you first meet Bertrand Mak, you might notice two things: one, that he’s extremely stylish and two, that he might have a shoe fetish. In fact, the 29-year-old Asia partner of famed UK shoe designer Rupert Sanderson is so disturbingly fashionable, we couldn’t help ourselves from asking if he had a stylist. “I can’t…