"While I think that Hong Kong and Chinese style is derivative – people dress off the pages of Vogue, US Weekly, or as they believe or feel Japanese or Korean hipsters would – the designers are clearly developing their own vocabulary. Yet as the community is disparate and as there are many different sources of inspiration, whether or not these designers are all speaking the same language is a question. China is a really big place, with multiple centers of creativity and energy, and it is changing really quickly."-- Dee Poon, Hong Kong fashion buyer/journalist and creator of Dysemevas, a pop-up shop project that will showcase twelve local designers until December 21st. Click the links to find out more.
As a desensitized, ignorant Westerner the article on Dee Poon's latest, home-grown efforts (both on tfs and Style Bubble) were eye-openers on the differences between the fashion climate of different Asian cities. It's comforting to know that there really is a big old world out there, and not just one massive trend sweeping a collection of countries far, far away simply due to proximity. In any city it's important to provide a forum for local talent to showcase their work. If it doesn't start at home, where can it really all begin?
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