Victoria park fair & Chinese new year

Victoria park fair in Causeway Bay is an annual thing. Selling every inflatable thing you can imagine, from iphone's to donuts. Tack HK'ers seem to love / hoard so much. The place was crazy, absolutly rammed (worst than Mong Kok on a sunday!), pure madness.

Pics....

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Stepped in tradition, the lunar new year is not to be taken lightly, as the fireworks suggest! & a welcome Lai See packet or two dosent hurt either ;-) . Check it....

Life & times in Hong Kong, 2008, 2009.

Some snaps from everyday life in HK.....

Sleeping beauty

Everytime the bus journey takes more than 10 minutes, its lights out.

Tai mei tuck wilderness

I went to Tai Mei Tuck a few months ago. Its a world away from the hustle & bustle of Mong Kok. Its also very relaxed.
Basically, we rented bicycles & rode around for a while taking in the views. Its pretty much in the middle of nowhere but i'd definatly reccommened a visit if you get chance..... Here's a few pics.......

flashiiing, liiiights.....

.... Are everywhere! Shop's stairs, lights, on buildings, motorways & anywhere else they can put them. 'Save the planet use less energy' - nah fu*k it, lets light it up!!

Price wars

Talk about out pricing the average consumer. At $2,800 Nike should be ashamed.

If these were HK$1,500 maybe i could see why (at a push!), plush materials, pretty box, a few sets of laces blah blah. But $2.800?? Really!?!? Remember, underneath the hype its just an HK$800 AIR FORCE 1!!!!

The amount of attention these attracted by being splashed across numerous magazine covers & also being featured on Hypebeast, you may have mistakenly thought these were a GR release. Think again. Apparently only 14 pairs were released to the public.

Dont go out on sunday's....

Really, its a fu*king joke how busy it is!!!!

Hong Kong Homegrown

There are two brands i have noticed whilst shopping in HK, both relatively small scale, but everyone has to start somewhere, right?

The first is in 'Trendy zone'' on Nathen road, Mong Kok. The Alliance now / Grover store is a mix of thier own range whilst reselling brands like Stussy. Its only a small space but thier collection was pretty impressive. There was also a copy of a magazine (not sure which) in the window displaying some of thier collection that had obviously been reviewed. They're obviously inspired by the likes of Stussy, Visvim & other Japanese big hitters but the attention to detail was impressive.

The second was Lucky 8 in Presidential mall, Causeway Bay. No reselling here & the quality of the collection looked really good. nice little shopfit also. The guy had tee's (of course), shorts, denim, caps, hoodies & backpacks. While not alot of the stuff was to my taste design wise, i still appreciate the quality & the effort the guy must have put towards it.

It's good to see these homegrown brands trying to compete in the Hong Kong streetwear scene, which is so  blatantly dominated by Japanese brands at present. Good luck to them, & if your in HK be sure to call by & support the local independant's.

Niiiiggoooo!

Nigo was in town recently, i didnt manage to get down to the bape store for the event..........

but after seeing the second photo at least now i know why the bape employe's dress like tw*ts.

Baby its cold outside

The goverment issued a warning this week to be careful of the cold weather throughout this month. So if your in town, or you are arriving shortly remember to bring your north face triple goose down vest, BBC / star trak mittens, your uniqlo heat tech long johns & a shotgun to shoot the polar bears.
Seriously though, bring a jacket, because the evenings get a tad breezy.