Fashion Hong Kong Runway Show elevates style aesthetics
05.09.2024 - 13:19:21Fashion Hong Kong Runway Show elevates style aesthetics. - Collaboration between film director and four local designers boosts interdisciplinary interplay in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, Sept 5, 2024 - (ACN Newswire) - The Fashion Hong Kong Runway Show rounded off the first day of CENTRESTAGE, the annual Asian fashion extravaganza, last night (4 September). Building on the previous year's fusion of fashion and ballet, this year's event took interdisciplinary collaboration one step further, enlisting Weeds of Fire director Steve Chan to narrate the latest collections of four Hong Kong fashion brands - ANGUS TSUI, royksopp gakkai, selfFab. and Z I D I - through cinematic storytelling, inviting the audience to explore the fashion realm from a new perspective.
The show received enthusiastic acclaim from a multitude of industry professionals, celebrities and fashion enthusiasts. Notable attendees included Jennifer Yu, Alfred Hui, Philip Ng and Karl Ting.
Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and sponsored by the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA), CENTRESTAGE is now in full swing, running until 7 September at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. This year's fashion showcase brings together participants from 18 countries and regions and features a record-breaking 250 local and international brands. For the first time, the event spans four days and offers free admission for fashion buyers and members of the public to explore and shop.
Photo download: https://bit.ly/4fXbqQd
Celebrities at the Fashion Hong Kong Runway Show
ANGUS TSUI (Designer: Angus Tsui), Spring/Summer 2025 Collection
Brand: ANGUS TSUI; Collection: GIGER
Paying homage to the surrealist painter, sculptor and designer HR Giger, renowned for his contributions to the Alien film, Tsui's latest collection blends futuristic elements with a sustainable ethos, embodying the brand's dedication to environmental conservation and design ingenuity.
royksopp gakkai (Designer: Chan Brun), Spring/Summer 2025 Collection
Brand: royksopp gakkai; Collection: citta-matra
The collection draws inspiration from the 1990s' Japanese magical girl manga series Hime-chan's Ribbon created by Megumi Mizusawa, combining fashion with fantasy through the illustrations of artist Han Teng, creating a unique and dreamy collection through vintage handkerchief patchwork.
SelfFab. (Designer: Menu Tsai), Spring/Summer 2025 Collection
Brand: SelfFab.; Collection: RE-SYNTHDELIC
The RE-SYNTHDELIC series draws inspiration from 1980s' electronic music, merging uniform aesthetics with electronic music elements. The designs range from sportswear to everyday uniforms like school and work attire, symbolising a shift from routine conformity to celebrating liberation, breaking free from uniformity and expressing individuality through the incorporation of electronic music elements.
Z I D I (Designer: Nathan Moy), Spring/Summer 2025 Collection
Brand: Z I D I; Collection: Escher = mc2
The series draws inspiration from Albert Einstein's iconic equation and Escher's infinite staircases, incorporating unexpected twists in each piece, disrupting traditional notions of functionality and challenging the wearer's perception of clothing, transcending the ordinary.
Websites
CENTRESTAGE: www.centrestage.com.hk
CENTRESTAGE buyer online registration: https://bit.ly/3QNzd7M
Fashion Hong Kong: https://www.fashionhongkong.com.hk/en
Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers' Contest (YDC): www.fashionally.com/en
Media enquiries
Best Crew Public Relations & Marketing
Diana Tang Tel: (852) 9199 6723 Email: diana.tang@bestcrewpr.com
Reni Kwok Tel: (852) 6291 4283 Email: reni.kwok@bestcrewpr.com
HKTDC's Communications & Public Affairs Department:
Snowy Chan Tel: (852) 2584 4525 Email: snowy.sn.chan@hktdc.org
To view press releases in Chinese, please visit http://mediaroom.hktdc.com/tc
About Fashion Hong Kong
Fashion Hong Kong is a series of international promotional events organised by Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) to promote Hong Kong fashion designers and labels in the global fashion arena.
Since 2015, Fashion Hong Kong has actively participated in international fashion weeks and renowned events to showcase Hong Kong's unique and diversified designers, with footprints in New York, London, Paris, Copenhagen, Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai.
About HKTDC
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is a statutory body established in 1966 to promote, assist and develop Hong Kong's trade. With 50 offices globally, including 13 in Mainland China, the HKTDC promotes Hong Kong as a two-way global investment and business hub. The HKTDC organises international exhibitions, conferences and business missions to create business opportunities for companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in the mainland and international markets. The HKTDC also provides up-to-date market insights and product information via research reports and digital news channels. For more information, please visit: www.hktdc.com/aboutus.
About Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA)
The Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA) established in June 2024, formerly known as Create Hong Kong (CreateHK), is a dedicated office set up by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR Government) under the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau to provide one-stop services and support to the cultural and creative industries with a mission to foster a conducive environment in Hong Kong to facilitate the development of arts, culture and creative sectors as industries. Its strategic foci are nurturing talent and facilitating start-ups, exploring markets, promoting cross-sectoral and cross-genre collaboration, promoting the development of arts, culture and creative sectors as industries under the industry-oriented principle, and promoting Hong Kong as Asia's creative capital and fostering a creative atmosphere in the community to implement Hong Kong's positioning as the East-meets-West centre for international cultural exchange under the National 14th Five-Year Plan.
CCIDA's website: www.ccidahk.gov.hk.
Disclaimer: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project only, and does not otherwise take part in the project. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials/events (or by members of the project team) are those of the project organisers only and do not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency, the CreateSmart Initiative Secretariat or the CreateSmart Initiative Vetting Committee.
Source: HKTDC
Copyright 2024 ACN Newswire . All rights reserved.
The show received enthusiastic acclaim from a multitude of industry professionals, celebrities and fashion enthusiasts. Notable attendees included Jennifer Yu, Alfred Hui, Philip Ng and Karl Ting.
Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and sponsored by the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA), CENTRESTAGE is now in full swing, running until 7 September at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. This year's fashion showcase brings together participants from 18 countries and regions and features a record-breaking 250 local and international brands. For the first time, the event spans four days and offers free admission for fashion buyers and members of the public to explore and shop.
Photo download: https://bit.ly/4fXbqQd
Celebrities at the Fashion Hong Kong Runway Show
ANGUS TSUI (Designer: Angus Tsui), Spring/Summer 2025 Collection
Brand: ANGUS TSUI; Collection: GIGER
Paying homage to the surrealist painter, sculptor and designer HR Giger, renowned for his contributions to the Alien film, Tsui's latest collection blends futuristic elements with a sustainable ethos, embodying the brand's dedication to environmental conservation and design ingenuity.
royksopp gakkai (Designer: Chan Brun), Spring/Summer 2025 Collection
Brand: royksopp gakkai; Collection: citta-matra
The collection draws inspiration from the 1990s' Japanese magical girl manga series Hime-chan's Ribbon created by Megumi Mizusawa, combining fashion with fantasy through the illustrations of artist Han Teng, creating a unique and dreamy collection through vintage handkerchief patchwork.
SelfFab. (Designer: Menu Tsai), Spring/Summer 2025 Collection
Brand: SelfFab.; Collection: RE-SYNTHDELIC
The RE-SYNTHDELIC series draws inspiration from 1980s' electronic music, merging uniform aesthetics with electronic music elements. The designs range from sportswear to everyday uniforms like school and work attire, symbolising a shift from routine conformity to celebrating liberation, breaking free from uniformity and expressing individuality through the incorporation of electronic music elements.
Z I D I (Designer: Nathan Moy), Spring/Summer 2025 Collection
Brand: Z I D I; Collection: Escher = mc2
The series draws inspiration from Albert Einstein's iconic equation and Escher's infinite staircases, incorporating unexpected twists in each piece, disrupting traditional notions of functionality and challenging the wearer's perception of clothing, transcending the ordinary.
Websites
CENTRESTAGE: www.centrestage.com.hk
CENTRESTAGE buyer online registration: https://bit.ly/3QNzd7M
Fashion Hong Kong: https://www.fashionhongkong.com.hk/en
Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers' Contest (YDC): www.fashionally.com/en
Media enquiries
Best Crew Public Relations & Marketing
Diana Tang Tel: (852) 9199 6723 Email: diana.tang@bestcrewpr.com
Reni Kwok Tel: (852) 6291 4283 Email: reni.kwok@bestcrewpr.com
HKTDC's Communications & Public Affairs Department:
Snowy Chan Tel: (852) 2584 4525 Email: snowy.sn.chan@hktdc.org
To view press releases in Chinese, please visit http://mediaroom.hktdc.com/tc
About Fashion Hong Kong
Fashion Hong Kong is a series of international promotional events organised by Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) to promote Hong Kong fashion designers and labels in the global fashion arena.
Since 2015, Fashion Hong Kong has actively participated in international fashion weeks and renowned events to showcase Hong Kong's unique and diversified designers, with footprints in New York, London, Paris, Copenhagen, Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai.
About HKTDC
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is a statutory body established in 1966 to promote, assist and develop Hong Kong's trade. With 50 offices globally, including 13 in Mainland China, the HKTDC promotes Hong Kong as a two-way global investment and business hub. The HKTDC organises international exhibitions, conferences and business missions to create business opportunities for companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in the mainland and international markets. The HKTDC also provides up-to-date market insights and product information via research reports and digital news channels. For more information, please visit: www.hktdc.com/aboutus.
About Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA)
The Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA) established in June 2024, formerly known as Create Hong Kong (CreateHK), is a dedicated office set up by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR Government) under the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau to provide one-stop services and support to the cultural and creative industries with a mission to foster a conducive environment in Hong Kong to facilitate the development of arts, culture and creative sectors as industries. Its strategic foci are nurturing talent and facilitating start-ups, exploring markets, promoting cross-sectoral and cross-genre collaboration, promoting the development of arts, culture and creative sectors as industries under the industry-oriented principle, and promoting Hong Kong as Asia's creative capital and fostering a creative atmosphere in the community to implement Hong Kong's positioning as the East-meets-West centre for international cultural exchange under the National 14th Five-Year Plan.
CCIDA's website: www.ccidahk.gov.hk.
Disclaimer: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project only, and does not otherwise take part in the project. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials/events (or by members of the project team) are those of the project organisers only and do not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency, the CreateSmart Initiative Secretariat or the CreateSmart Initiative Vetting Committee.
Source: HKTDC
Copyright 2024 ACN Newswire . All rights reserved.
