《FOREVER 21 Landed @ Hong Kong》

Everyone wishes to stay forever 21 and which is merely impossible but what one thing for sure is fashion retail store FOREVER 21 had successfully landed in Hong Kong to meet its anticipating consumers.The fast fashions retailer has officially announced the soft opening of its store in Hong Kong for Wednesday, 18 January in Capitol Center at Jardine’s Bazaar, Causeway Bay.  

  

  

 

 The 51,000 sq ft store store is young, fun and full of the hottest fashions and provides all of the most coveted trends at incredibly affordable prices. The latest trend 'Retro Revival', which brings a reprisal of 1960’s beach party styles with stripes and polka dots are on the rack with the opening. New deliveries are added to the vast in-store selection daily.This store serves as a one-stop-shop with the perfect mix of merchandise for personal, professional and family lifestyle fashion fixes.

The grand opening will take place in the Spring when all six floors will be revealed showcasing the most on trend fashions across women’s wear, men’s apparel, children’s wear, shoes, bags, accessories and cosmetics, so guys, you will have your chance to shop sooner. Other popular sub brands of Forever 21 such as Heritage 1981, Love 21, and Tween will be available following the spring grand opening.

  

  

  

The outside look of the Forever 21 store will be as phenomenal as the inside as highlighted by Allie Piotrowski, Forever 21's Digital Content Supervisor, "We have created a fun wave of digital footage presenting the fashion looks of the moment projected on the stores façade on two giant digital billboards. Forever 21 is thrilled to have such visually exciting ways to communicate with our customers and continuously surprise and engage them.”

 

《War Horse》

This adaptation's epic has certainly made do with many good scripts based on one of the best selling novels. In 1910's, there weren't too many past times comparing to the new technology and gadgets that we have these days. Survival and domestic chaos development were the most favorite past times, it wasn't actually that bad and in fact it helped to develop ways to bond with family and even non human, we mean horses here according to this film. Spielberg's film always has been very much into family's orientation and once again either bonding with human or alien, he is just so good in it by playing it safe, imbued with a sense of childhood innocence. This Human and horse relationship has no exception but to have you wiped your tears away, you will may have yourself smitten. 

《Chronicle》

Thanks for the local distributor for releasing this film before the US release, letting us to have a chance to view it at once. What would you do when suddenly you are given with super natural power? Will you flaunt it or will you just keep it to yourself and use it wisely and not turn it into an evil likelihood. Alien vs mankind has always been a a question in reality , it is up to you to believe it but when it comes to a movie, Alien vs mankind genre always have its fan, that is because everyone wants to find out the truth and the mythical truth always turned into another misery and mystery. This film has no exception for what you would like to find out from it but it is surely an entertaining film with more reality as they way they filmed it with lots of hand-held camera scenes. Don't get carried away by it or give up up on it after the first 15 minutes of camera turning left and right and upside down. Have a little bit more patience and find out more after that, you will be thrilled by the super natural power.

 

《6 Minutes @ Giovanni Di Bernardo》

Palermo and Milan based Industrial designer Giovanni Di Bernardo made his debut <Black Revolution> furniture exhibition in Hong Kong recently. Bernardo brought his signature bookshelf/table consul "Daril' and the shelving "To-tem" with him that won him several awards and widely publicized in international magazines. He talks to mylifestylenews of his passion in industrial furniture design......

 

 

I do not have a specific philosophy in design, when I design I'd like to feel the intuition, eomotional and personal approach. Any single object, even for domestic use, the designing possibility has to be absolutely multifunctional, unique, and essentially simple.

In <Black Revolution>, What I am trying to find is back to simplicity - to the lightness for my design, building the foundations for the creation of a more unique characterization. There are concept chairs like the <Ring> Chair, <Zero> Chair, <Mattia> Space Chair and even the <Danilau> a Chaise lounge double function coffee table when you turn it around, just to name a few. All of these added an essential element for my design.

I do use a lot of carbon fibre in my design, simply because it is very functional, durable, strong and sustainable. The versatility of this material creates a lot of space in term of inspiration, it is very sensible.

The sky is the limit and I am always open to suggestion when comes to collaboration. It depends, they can be anyone coming from a different industry and that will even creates more opportunity when comes to designing. There are so many talented people out there and I am sure when the time is right, I would like to have a collaboration somehow.

Today's design means considering the changing of the scenarios, intervening on the strategies of design, elaborating proper and possibly new concepts of product, design in the strict sense of the word, which means in a more intimate way. Today design is more and more interpretation of the present reality taking into consideration the forthcoming future reality.

We should start asking ourselves if design is predestined to have a strong universal characterization. Working on the expressive languages of the objects, seem from the justified use of the material, has become necessary to understand the changing of the relationships between them, which means on the changing and the innovation of the typologies.

Black is my favorite color, basically it is not a color at all, it is pure, basic and natural. White could also be my next favorite simple it is clean and unspoiled.

The complexity and the simplicity in design are considered important one towards the other, since they are necessarily rivals, it is essential to free ourselves from complexity. The simpler way to accomplish simplicity is through a rational decrease.

Just like my design style, my personal style is also always simple, minimalistic, straight forward, clean and presentable. Less is more and it always bring out the best unexpectedly.

I am pretty much contended for what I have now, I think  am lucky enough have almost everything that I wanted to achieve. A simple and contended mind is always a perpetual feast and I adore that.

  

 

 

  

*Special thanks to Bonvivant  & Bellavita Ltd @ the interview arrangement.

La Maison Du Chocolat Opens @ The Lee Gardens

Following the success and quick expansion in the past few years in Hong Kong, Parisian chocolatier La Maison du Chocolat has recently landed in Causeway Bay with yet another elegant boutique. Opening their fifth boutique in Hong Kong in The Lee Gardens, this time the brand surprises us with a gracefully designed cafe area and offers delicate tea sets to satisfy our sweet tooth. Located on the basement level of the The Lee Gardens shopping mall, the boutique is set amidst a sea of luxury, surrounded by boutiques of other French luxury brands. The new boutique exemplifies the brand’s contemporary and innovative spirit with interior decoration filled with cream and brown color, just like their delicious chocolates. A warm, welcoming and generous atmosphere is created through the use of wood and soft lighting. The Tea sets offer portions of 2, 3 or 4 pieces, with different choices of chocolates, macarons, mini éclairs and mini tarts to choose from; while the High Tea set for 2 people will consist of all of these delicacies set in a stunning display. To complete the gastronomy experience, customers can choose their choice of beverage from 2 kinds of hot chocolates, 3 kinds of cold chocolates and also a wide range of coffee, tea and fruit juices options.

Housing a splendid array of delicacies on display, the new boutique also overlooks a spacious cafe in the middle of the podium on the basement level. Step through to the cafe to discover the area transformed into one of Paris’ famous sidewalk cafes, only with more flair and elegance. Decorated using a contemporary French style that harmonizes with the core brand values, a comfortable 18-seat space sits atop a beautiful chocolaty-brown circular carpet. Highest quality furniture are used to ensure the ultimate comfort, dedicating this space to the busy shoppers and business crowd as a perfect escape to enjoy silky smooth chocolate delicacies or a cup of rich hot chocolate amidst the hustle and bustle. Be pleasantly surprised by the new Tea sets and High Tea set, specially designed for The Lee Garden cafe. With the brand’s trademark attention to detail, you can be confidently sure that the Tea sets and High Tea set will quench your desire for anything sweet and delicious.  

 

《Yves Saint Laurent @ 2012 Eyewear》

Yves Saint Laurent 2012 eyewear collection composed of refined and elegant sunglasses and optical frames for men and women. The purity of the shapes, the attention to details and the refined materials make this collection a perfect paradox of modernity and timelessness, of elegance and simplicity – an essential detail of Yves Saint Laurent style.