fashionable blogger 1

reading a pieces in es mag on Friday , it talk about some fashion blogger take over the real fashion world , that is soooooo funny , i never though about that ( i have read those blog before , but never really take any notices ) , never think about those blogger start to appear in real fashion show " front row " , sometime even blocking real " fashion people " who have fight hard their way up in the industry until they can get a sit in first 3 row in a show . All of sudden , u realise u are blocked by a 13 yrs old fashion blogger call Tavi Gevinson , wearing a huge bow in front of you . i can imagine i will be piss for sure . Tavi defend herself in her blog " i had no intentions of blocking the views of people behind me , i am short , so watching behind me would be like watching it through a regular sized adult . but better because adults heads do not have holes in them . " i laugh so hard when i read about this , fashion ........ i take fashion design in saint martins , after all these years i learn something more then fashion i guess, it is so interesting that it link to the culture ,society , money business and how u due with people and how people could separated themselves in different level / groups , or to create an image and how u want people to see and read you . For me fashion is powerful in its way , my "fashion thinking" is not only something whats hot whats not , not really about S/S 2011 or who is the head designer in McQueen , what ever. i try to apply that idea in life , i should say what is fashionable to do now to make a living , or how to be fashionable enough to fight your way up to what u want to be  .......etc . fashion is not only about clothes to me, it is the over all things happening , if something new and people excited in it or even pay money for you to do so , for me that is fashionable , nothing to do with clothes at all ,if something is out is out , doesn't matter u are wearing a S/S 2011 or pre collection .We all create fashion , and fashion is life ,if you care about it .

tavi with huge bow , pissing " real fashion people "

ladies and gentlemen , i found that blocking view somewhere ,tavi at dior show  , hehehheheehhehee.....

http://www.thestylerookie.com/

霸王別姬 farewell my concubine

My birthday are coming up soon , i will be an official mid-girl ( Hong Kong slang , mid-girl mean middle age girl , one step closer to be an old woman ) .The older i get , i am more into old / classic culture , art , history , food , music , costume , architecture even Chinese medicine .Maybe i am at the age of searching for culture roots ,i am born and grow in Hong Kong until 17 then move to London . Hong Kong used to be a colony , as i remember my childhood was quite western , although i am always into old stuff !

I was playing around my utube one night , looking for something interesting to watch , once again this film " farewell my concubine "pop up again , the story is about a Beijing opera house , opera student , gender confusion , homosexual , love , old society , culture revolution ....... the main actor Leslie Cheung , one of the best entertainer /artists in Hong Kong have pass away in real life from depression suicide , which made the film more realistic,  it almost like acting the story of himself in real life but in a different era .

The film over all , best actor/actress , beautifully done story line , costume , style , setting .One of my best film all time !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farewell_My_Concubine_(film)

soooo beautiful , by the way just to ensure for foreign reader , this is Leslie Cheung. Traditionally Beijing
opera main cast are all male 

look at those colour

also enclose an Beijing opera performance at Vienna

my new friend

i am never a very " mordern " person , all those facebook  , twitter , myspace, blogger , i only know and use 2 of them , anyway , i am proud of my new found spotify , dont make any noice , shut up and listen .

i was introduce to spotify by a workmate , he is around errrr.......... he is using free bus pass . He send me an invite to join spotify .I think this is the best invention after facebook , i don't use mp3 and not really using my ipod , but i like music at home . The first thing i look up on spotify , i bet same as everyone , the latest, the newest  ,after sometime, i try to test the system , looking for old song , then i go further , some hong kong /foreign language song ............ wooo ..... not a huge amount , but enough for me for a little while , 80s -90s hong kong pop , also classical concert . The best of the best . having oldies and classic from my new found spotify .

i love it 

by tat ming pair 

the other good things about spotify is they enclose the cover of the album , it bring back a lot of memory !

funny album by george lam 80s and 2002

may find more classic hong kong album to post here later !!!!

oh no shit thing happen

it was so sad , and feeling uncomfortable to seeing news like this .

The gunman, a former police officer who was allegedly demanding his job back after being dismissed for misconduct, had earlier sprayed machine gun fire at the hostages, a tourists bus full of hong kong national.Me myself come from hong kong , i am very familiar to this kind of tour and the situation in the tour bus ........... cant shop myself imagine what am i going to do if i was there , shit !!!!

go here cnn new to know more 

/edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/23/philippines.bus.hostages/index.html#fbid=khfjlmXN_Dy&wom=false

i love toy shop

i was wondering around town last week after work , searching for something new in where i have to walk pass er ......around 10 thousand times per year , that is my thing .Am having dinner with friends in an hour , for no reason i walk into Hamleys , a magical shop for childeren , maybe not that magical for average adults or even some might see it as a war zone ( if you dare to walk in Hamleys during chrismas time , you will understand what i mean ) .On the 3th floor , pre-school / girls toys section i found these .........

                                                                  the sylvanian family

me and my sister used to collect the sylvanian family in hong kong . i alway have a thing about doll house , but i am not so keen on human like dolls , i am more into the miniture funture and little stuff .

i am quite a strange person i especially like something rather huge or very small compare to real life scale , i found myself super excited when i look at miniature toy food . Anyway our sylvanian family are japanese line , and the one here are European /American version , some of the animals i never seen in hong kong before ha ha ha ha ..........

                                                                           and also

                                 i especially like the idea of the toys doing something with their toys !!

something about julie

i really love her work , wonderful colour , erotic and naughty , her work is like a nightmare under a 

fancy cupcake !!!love it  

Julie Verhoeven is a multi-disciplined designer across art and fashion; from illustration and creative direction to design consultancy, her work is known for its exquisitely avant-garde quality and surreal composition.  

Julie lastest project , working with the launch of boutique by Jaeger . Works included a wallpaper feature in the 

pop up shop , and illustration throughout the shop interior .

Jaeger boutique collection 

                                                               Jaeger boutique pop up shop

                                                        
                                                                 I want to take this home


http://www.jaeger.co.uk/index.cfm?page=1467

english food

when we think about English food , ok say top 3 , no1. sandwich , no2. ready-meal and no3 .curry or Chinese take away . maybe someone could shout out " fish and chip " , " baked bean " , " English breakfast "....or...... " beef wellington " ????(this dish is like dinosaurs maybe is a myth , never seen or heard an English person made or eat before in real life)
Reading something about the big chill festival last week on the paper, they didn't mention about music and fashion this time , it is about a tasty fruit cloud to raise the awareness of fairtrade fruit . it was commissioned by big chill arts plus ad agency wieden +kennedy who has worked with the fairtrade foundation for just over a year and set up the collaboration between the charity and bompas and parr . 
it was a Ziggurat builded by 40 tonnes of steels , 2053 orange,134kg of pineapple and 12 boxes of lemon .They clarified the juice using reverse osmosis , then create a cloud of dense vapour , which the cloud sit at the heart of the ziggurat ,the deeper you went inside the denser the air become . 
for me it sound like a bonkers idea , raising the awareness by sniffing in fruity air , no matter does it make any effect to the main idea or not , it definitely bring a new level of experience of British food and art .
 having a second through , maybe the creator should create something like 5 a day for children ,base on the same skill , most children hate veggie , even myself when i am little . Sniff in different fruit and veg from games or event ,I bet the children won't mind at all.

Sam Bompas and Harry Parr together are Bompass and Parr, architectural foodsmiths. They create fine English jellies, design bespoke jelly moulds and curate spectacular culinary events.

http://www.jellymongers.co.uk/

 read a bit more about other event these guys done , a bar tander they call him
MIXOLOGIST , what is mixologist ? a person who mix cocktails .

the ZIGGURAT OF FLAVOUR.......... um nice i want to try !


plus i learn some new words from this read 
1: food architecture 
2: foodsmiths 
3: jellymongers
4: mixologist
5: ziggurat