As for FETICO’s cinematic and thrilling runway show? It oozed sophisticated sexiness.
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Tokyo-based designer Emi Funayama named the collection “Do Not Disturb,” which makes sense when learning that an additional influence for this season was French provocateur Sophie Calle’s 1981 art book, The Hotel, a series of voyeuristic photographs of untidy hotel rooms that she shot while working as a chambermaid in Italy. “Queen of Canto-pop,” was the muse for FETICO’s SS24 collection. According to the show notes, with this collection, Choi “aims to inspire individuals to rediscover the beauty of life, embrace new opportunities and strike a balance between and seek freedom in their work and personal life.” Mission majorly accomplished.īeloved Hong Kong superstar and glamorous ’90s fashion icon Faye Wong, a.k.a. The collection was sleek, sporty, and sculptural yet highly wearable, particularly on a vodka-drenched dancefloor. In the mix were lots of loose ties, deconstructed blazers, and pieces that looked like they’d been put through the paper shredder. Models took the runway clad in office-gone-wild fits as an industrial soundtrack suitable for a warehouse rave blared. At the brand’s latest outing, Choi’s penchant for imaginative, multifunctional designs was very much on display in a magnetically moody manner. Titled “OUT OF SERVICE,” much of designer Wilson Choi’s SS24 collection was influenced by Lars Tunbjörk’s series on the nightmarish world of office culture, in which the Swedish photographer documented crazily cluttered desks, mountains of paperwork, and overworked employees.
Since launching in 2018, REDEMPTIVE has become one of Hong Kong’s streetwear brands to watch and obsess over. Ahead, meet the CENTRESTAGE designers who are rising as tall as Hong Kong’s ever-climbing skyline. Our broken circadian rhythms may never recover, but our quick trip was worth it.
And yes, everything was radiant.Īs for us? Ouch, we’re looking and feeling especially rough and unwell-ish after our 16-hour flight home. This year’s theme was all about “radiant wellness,” explored immaculately at Fashion Hong Kong, a group runway show spotlighting a few rising local designers, where dancers from the Hong Kong Ballet performed choreography among the show’s models. J, Shanghai‘s FFIXXED STUDIOS and Hong Kong’s Anaïs Jourden.
Now in its eighth season, Hypebae-approved brands, who’ve previously shown their collections at CENTRESTAGE, include New York City’s Altuzarra, Tokyo‘s FACETASM, Seoul’s JUUN. Presented by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the larger-than-life annual fashion showcase and trade show took over the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, a colossal venue that overlooks the psychotically picturesque Victoria Harbour. Hundreds of established and emerging brands–from all over but mostly from Asia–revealed their Spring/Summer 2024 collections at the four-day extravaganza, which featured runway shows, presentations and seminars on trends and sustainability. Hypebae recently voyaged to the spellbinding, skyscraper-studded city to check out one of Asia’s most significant fashion events, CENTRESTAGE.
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