HACKETT LONDON @ Launches in Hong Kong

Hackett London continues its expansion plans and brought the brand to Causeway Bay Hong Kong. Hackett introduces the whole Hackett London range from casualwear, to formal suiting and kidswear. It will also include garments related to Hackett’s sponsorships ranging the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race to summer and winter polo. 

The quintessentially British brand has been flying the Union Jack high around the world for many years, so it is fitting that in this, a Jubilee year, the Queen has honored Hackett with a Queen's Award for Enterprise in International Trade. Hackett’s commercial success has been linked to the export of its ‘Essentially British’world to countries around the world, which will now extend to Hong Kong. 

 

 

The opening of this new space is in line with Hackett’s approach of opening flagship stores in key cities throughout the world. The Hong Kong flagship store will be split across two floors with 150 sq metre on the ground floor and 300 sq metre on the first floor. Conceived as a series of ‘rooms’, the ground floor will house the casualwear and kids while the first floor will adopt the atmosphere of a gentlemen’s club with a sequence of luxurious rooms showcasing the Hackett Mayfair and formal wear collections.



The 4th Beijing International Polo Open Tournament @ The Beijing British Polo Day

The final of the Beijing International Polo Open Tournament and The Beijing British Polo Day took place at the Beijing Sunny Times Polo Club recently. The British Exiles team was there to defend its trophy that it won in magnificent fashion last year. The Beijing International Polo Open Tournament begun in 2009 and has been built by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Sports. It is the only authorized international polo tournament supported by the Government of China (in the form of both the General Administration of Sport of China and the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality).

For the second year running, the final day of the tournament combined with the "Beijing British Polo Day", a celebration of Sino-UK relations. Leading British businessmen with Chinese friends and business colleagues was luxuriously transferred to and from the polo in a fleet of 20 vehicles from Land Rover. A quintessentially "British Afternoon Tea" was exclusively served by the Intercontinental Financial Street, Beijing with Taittinger Champagne. The British team itself is comprised of players from some of Britain’s most well-known institutions, including players from Oxford University and the British Cavalry. They were dressed in polo shirts designed by Hackett, another iconic British brand and competing for prizes donated by Ettinger, the London based luxury leather company.

His Excellency Sebastian Wood, British Ambassador to China, said of last year’s event, "I was very happy to attend the British Polo Day in Beijing. It was a great success featuring some spectacular polo and Mongolian horsemanship, all on a perfect, sunny Autumn day with a distant view of the Great Wall of China. The event was also a great showcase for UK luxury brands which are increasingly popular among the most discerning Chinese consumers." 

  



COWSHED @ New Spa Treatment Products

In 1998 Nick Jones - founder of Soho House UK Ltd purchased an estate home set on 18 acres of land in Somerset, England. The intention was to create a home-away-from-home venue offering exquisite food, luxury accommodation and breath-taking views of the English countryside.

   In addition to various athletic facilities, charming treatment rooms were created in the small, formerly working, cow shed. The idea to create the Cowshed product range came about when sourcing natural products to use in the house rooms and spa. No products on the market seemed to fit the Sohohouse personality, so the custom range was created. Ingredients were hand-picked from Babington’s famous walled garden and infused with pure essential oils sourced from around the world.

Cowshed uses a combination of organic and wildcrafted essential oils. Wildcrafted oils are derived from plants grown and cultivated naturally in the wild. Experts regard wildcrafted herbs, to be the best source of essential oils. 100% pure essential oils are used in the products and thoughtfully created to boost your mood and benefit your mind and body. Cowshed products were created in Somerset, England for Babington House & Cowshed spa. To this day, all of our products are still made in England.

Cowshed is all about mood-boosting products. The names originated to make it easy for consumers to know what product to use when they feel a particular way. For this reason, the Cowshed planogramgroup products by mood rather than by category.

  



Mid Autumn Festival & Hong Kong National Day

 



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Mid Autumn Festival & National Day @ mylifestylnews

TAKEN 2

A Hero can be created especially in a movie. Liam Neeson's previous blockbuster <Taken> action thriller made a successful entry and made him become one of many other's favorite dads and also husband to marry. A heroic father and a tough husband will do anything to protest his family. <Taken 2> obviously  made a triumphant come back to thirst his fans' quencher by continuing the revenge for what had happen from the previous one. The intelligent and almost undefeatable Neeson were being after and taken his heartfelt fans to a more exotic location Istanbul to begin with the kill and chase. Typical and classic Luc Besson's dark and dirty chase and race action pack being a producer for this film, if Neeson's role were to replace by his fellow French actor Daniel Auteuil, the kidnapping may go on. Of course, we don't wish to see "Taken 3" as a number of action scenes was deliberately angled to suit the fights and still can't avoid to see Neeson's age is catching up for not being able to perform such a heavy duty non stop action. Just like one of the lines from the movie, " I am tired of this!!" Said Bryant (Neeson's role), be it tired of the chase of physically he can't cope with this anymore.

 



The Assassins 銅雀台

Fans of Chow Yun Fat may get disappointment on his latest epic portraying the General who tried to control the emperor and the entire kingdom. It is indeed a very average film despite the props and costume may be credited, vaguely. The Legendary 3 Kingdoms epic have been made too commonly until almost no knows would believe which one is the most truthful one. Put the legend and the history aside, the story development of this film was rather dull and not surprising. Changing the characters by using more elite actors doesn't really helps but a waste of some real good resource with mostly pretentious acting evolved. Repetition and predicted endings doesn't really help for winning more fans for their support but just another not so much to talk about film after watching it.