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PostMag Christmas gift guide: 8 ideas for your trendiest friend

Where is Ellen Show child star Sophia Grace Brownlee now? The youngster went viral with her enthusiastic cover of Nicki Minaj’s ‘Super Bass’; now she’s an influencer about to have her second baby

Who is Batman star Christian Bale’s model daughter, Emmeline ‘Luka’ Bale? She walked for Dolce & Gabbana in 2021, but did she really influence her dad’s decision to act in a Marvel film with her?

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, November 29-December 1

Fashion

Fall 2021 fashion issue: top emerging designers, stylish athletes and dopamine dressing

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Dopamine dressing is here post-pandemic, in vivid reds, greens, purples and yellows – colours of optimism. How to wear these saturated hues? Go all in

Brightly coloured looks from the Valentino autumn/winter 2021 couture collection. 

Looks from Valentino’s autumn/winter 2021 collection. This season’s fashion collections are full of bright hues, marking a move away from the pandemic’s neutrals.

A look from Valentino’s autumn/winter 2021 collection.

A look from Versace’s autumn/winter 2021 collection.

A look from Jacquemus’ autumn/winter 2021 collection.

New York designer Christopher John Rogers has become known for his bold use of vivid colour. 

Colourful looks from Valentino’s autumn/winter 2021 collection.

Another look from Valentino’s autumn/winter 2021 collection.

An Amina Muaddi shoe, available at Lane Crawford, offers a pop of colour.

The cautious or the monochrome-minded may opt for a pop of colour in the shape of a bright green pouch from Bottega Veneta.

A dress by Jacquemus, available at Net-a-Porter.

This season’s fashion collections from Valentino, Versace, Jacquemus and others are full of vivid colours and saturated hues as we emerge from lockdown and can finally dress for an occasion.


From LeBron James on 2003 NBA draft night to David Beckham and Lewis Hamilton, how athletes’ fashion influence evolved with social media

LeBron James in an ill-fitting baggy suit in 2003 (above, left) and in Thom Browne in 2018 as he arrives for the Cleveland Cavaliers’ first game in the NBA Finals. Photos: Chris Polk/FilmMagic and Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images

The NBA draft in 2003 was notorious for fashion faux pas and ill-fitting suits. LeBron James is dressed in white. Photo: courtesy of the NBA

Actor Rome Flynn and soccer players Neymar and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting at a Balmain menswear show during Paris Fashion Week in January 2020. Photo: Jacopo Raule/Getty Images

Lewis Hamilton at the Balenciaga Haute Couture show in Paris in July 2021.

NBA player PJ Tucker has collaborated with Dolce & Gabbana on a pair of sneakers. 

Manchester United footballer Paul Pogba stands out in a floral outfit from Dolce & Gabbana in Miami. Photo: Mega Agency

From left: American footballers Cam Newton and Victor Cruz, model Karrueche Tran, F1 star Lewis Hamilton and actor Shuhei Nomura at the Louis Vuitton menswear spring-summer 2020 show in Paris, France. Photo: Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Images

Today, sportsmen such as LeBron James, Neymar and Lewis Hamilton are as likely as musicians and actors to be fashion influencers.


Wife of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak’s spectacular shopping sprees and how a writer set off a media storm by blogging about one

Rosmah Mansor (centre), wife of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, leaves the Kuala Lumpur High Court on April 10, 2019 where she faced corruption charges in relation to misappropriation with regards to a solar panel project for rural schools in Sarawak. Photo: EPA-EFE

Carl Kapp adjusts a model’s dress at the his spring/summer 2011-2012 show in Sydney. Photo: Patty Huntington

Rosmah with her husband, Najib Razak, as they arrive at Clark International Airport in the Philippines on November 12, 2017. Photo: AP Photo

Police removing confiscated items from Najib and Rosmah’s home on May 18, 2018. Photo: AP

A tweet from Najib in response to a question about whether or not the report on Frockwriter was true. Photo: Twitter

Rosmah with Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge at a lunch in Kuala Lumpur on September 13, 2012. Photo: WireImage

Rosmah at a press conference in the administrative capital of Putrajaya, Malaysia, on March 13, 2009. Photo: AFP Photo

A Hera wrap dress from Carl Kapp’s spring/summer 2011-2012 collection show at Australian Fashion Week in 2011 – one of the 61 pieces ordered by Rosmah from Kapp in December that year. Photo: Getty Images

The Facebook post from a former Dior sales assistant at Sydney department store David Jones showing A$20,000 in cash she claims was spent by Rosmah Mansor. Photo: Facebook

When a writer blogged about Rosmah Mansor buying 61 custom-altered garments from a Sydney-based designer, little did she know the backlash she would cause.


Chinese-American fashion designer Vivienne Tam on growing up poor in Hong Kong, dressing Jill Biden and empowering women from ethnic minorities

Vivienne Tam and Jill Biden at a luncheon honouring Chinese President Xi Jinping at the US State Department in 2015.

A young Vivienne Tam wearing one of her own designs.

Tam with actress Julia Roberts wearing one of her designs.

A dress from Tam on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Photo: Lia Chang

Naomi Campbell on the runway at a Vivienne Tam fashion show during New York Fashion Week in 1994.

Tam at her office in Lai Chi Kok, Hong Kong. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Cover of China Chic by Vivienne Tam.

Tam with Scott Crolla in New York in 2013. Photo: Patrick McMullan

Tam and Jill Biden at the State Department luncheon. 

The Chinese-American fashion designer talks about watching her mother sew in their tiny Shek Kip Mei flat, and the ‘great honour’ of picking outfits for US first lady Biden.


Fashion designer’s Hong Kong atelier is an East-meets-West study in statement and style rich in contrast, its walls hung with art

Two Hermès bicycles near the entrance of the atelier became Van Damme’s when her husband raised his hand mistakenly at a Mother’s Choice charity auction. Styling: Flavia Markovits. Photography: John Butlin. Photo assistant: Timothy Tsang


Marie France Van Damme has made Hong Kong her home since the 1980s. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Photo: John Butlin

Marie France Van Damme’s stylish atelier in Kwun Tong is filled with surprises, and is a stark contrast to the industrial Hong Kong district in which it is located.


Lebanon’s turbulent history echoes through Beirut fashion and jewellery designers’ dramatic work

Jewelry designer Gaelle Khoury

“Talent is born out of challenges, difficulties and struggles,” says Lebanese jewellery designer Gaelle Khouri.

Sunset at Pigeons’ Rock in Beirut, Lebanon. Photo: Shutterstock

Earrings from Gaelle Khouri.

Restaurants in the Old Souk in Byblos. Photo: Shutterstock

Jewellery designer Noor Fares at her home in Beirut.

A necklace from Noor Fares.

Decorative plates hang at a marketplace in Beirut. Photo: Shutterstock

Looks from Lebanese designer Elie Saab’s haute couture autumn 2021 show.

A ring from Gaelle Khouri.

War, colonisation and 2020’s devastating port explosion have taken their toll on Lebanon, but its young fashion talent is among the most dynamic in the Middle East.


Korean fashion entrepreneur in Hong Kong Nikki Lee, of TAV, on her goal of designing timeless yet trendy clothes

In 2007, Nikki Lee Hyuna was one of the first in South Korea to jump into the world of e-commerce. Today, she’s the founder of Hong Kong fashion brand TAV. Photo: Jonathan Wong

A selection of dresses from the TAV store in PMQ in Central. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Lee has called Hong Kong home for 11 years. Photo: Jonathan Wong

As a student in 2007, Nikki Lee Hyuna was one of the first in South Korea to jump into the world of e-commerce. Today, she’s the creative director and designer behind Hong Kong fashion brand TAV.


British designer worn by Meghan, mentored by LVMH: meet Grace Wales Bonner, maker of timeless tailored pieces and clothing for the ‘new normal’

We talk to Grace Wales Bonner, a mixed-race British designer loved by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. Photo: Jamie Morgan

A look from the Wales Bonner autumn/winter 2021 collection.

A Wales Bonner cardigan available at Net-a-Porter.

Meghan Markle wore Wales Bonner for baby Archie’s official debut, in 2019. Photo: Getty Images

A Wales Bonner jumper available at Net-a-Porter.

A look from Wales Bonner Adidas collection.

The London-born designer, who won the LVMH Prize two years after launching her eponymous label, says of her collections: ‘I always try to bring some elegance to what I create.’


The meaning of make-up and why it’s far from a frivolous enhancement

Make-up is not a frivolous matter, Rae Nudson writes.

Kim Kardashian in Paris. Author Rae Nudson examines the reality-TV star turned billionaire businesswoman’s influence over beauty trends. Photo:  Marc Piasecki/GC Images

Indonesian drag queen Nury applies make-up before performing in a bar in Bali in 2018. Trans women use make-up to hide their masculinity, Rae Nudson writes. Photo: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images

The cover of Nudson’s book. Photo: Penguin Books

Author Rae Nudson. Photo: Rae Nudson

Author Rae Nudson dispels the notion that cosmetics are dispensable in her deep dive into beauty culture.


From Thierry Mugler and Karl Lagerfeld in Paris to Antwerp, cradle of modern Belgian fashion, and the Met’s Costume Institute, fashion-themed exhibitions to see this autumn

Ensemble, Christopher John Rogers
(American, born 1993), autumn/winter 2020–21;
courtesy Christopher John Rogers.
Photo: Christina Fragkou/courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum
of Art

A look from the Thierry Mugler haute couture autumn/winter 1995-1996 show, featured in the “Thierry Mugler: Couturissime” exhibition in Paris, one of several fashion-themed museum exhibitions around the world this autumn. Photo: Patrice Stable

A look from the Thierry Mugler haute couture spring/summer 1997 show – a rubber suit with “tyre” effect made in collaboration with Abel Villarreal. Photo: Patrice Stable

Signature quilt, “Tumbling Blocks” pattern by Adeline Harris Sears.

The Fool outside The Beatles Apple Boutique for which they also painted the Mural, 1967. Copyright Karl Ferris

A dress from the collection of the MoMu on show at the museum in Antwerp, Belgium

The Chelsea boutiques Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones shopped at in 1960s London recreated, American fashion through the ages – there’s lots for fashion lovers to see.


Why painters can’t wear Crocs at work, and Jackson Pollock’s spotless shoes: author Charlie Porter on getting closer to artists by talking about how they dress

Alexander Liberman’s photograph of American artist Agnes Martin at work got fashion journalist Charlie Porter thinking about what artists wear and how it makes them relatable. Photo: J Paul Getty Trust/Alexander Liberman

The cover of Porter’s book. Photo: Penguin Random House

English sculptor Barbara Hepworth. “We have to evolve some personal style that is an inspiration to ourselves,” she wrote to a friend during the second world war. Photo: Getty Images

Francis Bacon in his studio in London in 1974. Photo: Michael Holtz

Porter examines artists’ garb from their shoes to their hats in What Artists Wear. The page on the right above is about Jackson Pollock’s spotless shoes and his artist wife Lee Krasner’s paint-spattered ones. Photo: Penguin Random House

Charlie Porter, author of book What Artists Wear. Photo: Richard Porter

We get closer to artists by talking about what they wear, says author Charlie Porter, who’s collected revealing threads about – and, crucially, photographs of – artistic attire and stitched them whimsically together.


What has Instagram done to make-up? How it became intimidating and lost individuality as influencers and bad advice took over

Kylie Jenner, the founder of Kylie Cosmetics.

The internet has messed up make-up. Would Kylie Jenner’s range be as successful without her name behind it?

Kylie Jenner with a heavy, complex make-up look. 

Rihanna’s Fenty is an incredibly popular inclusive beauty range.

 Selena Gomez created Rare Impact along with Rare Beauty to highlight the importance of mental health.

From Instagram make-up to beauty hacks that are excessive at best, to endless celebrity and influencer product launches, social media has a lot to answer for.


Chanel and Gossip Girl, Gucci and Lady Gaga: the relationship between fashion and television

We look at how fashion is portrayed on the screen, including on We’re Here, starring Bob the Drag Queen, Shangela Laquifa Wadley and Eureka O’Hara. Photo: HBO Go

Anya Taylor-Joy wearing the Nikki coat in pink and white in an episode of The Queen’s Gambit. Photo: Netflix

Édgar Ramirez stars in Netflix series The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.

(From left) Shangela Laquifa Wadley, Bob the Drag Queen and Eureka O’Hara in We’re Here. Photo: HBO Go

A We’re Here still of Bob the Drag Queen, Shangela Laquifa Wadley and Eureka O’Hara. Photo: HBO Go

From House of Gucci starring Lady Gaga to true-crime Netflix series The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, how fashion is portrayed on the screen.


Baseball caps became standard wear in post-war Hong Kong, but it wasn’t the Americans’ doing

A woman wears a flat, fringed Hakka farmer’s hat. Practicality trumped fashion when it came to choosing hats in Hong Kong,  until the advent of the baseball cap, adopted to mimic Japanese who wore them to appear American. Photo: Getty Images

Chris Patten, the last governor of Hong Kong, receiving the Union flag flag during a farewell ceremony at Government House on June 30,1997. Photo: AFP

Sedan chair bearers would wear a certain type of hat to indicate the Chinese dialect they spoke. Photo: Getty Images

Flat, woven bamboo, crownless Hakka farmer’s hats have been widely adopted these days by female Nepali outdoor workers. Photo: SCMP

Hats were usually chosen for practical reasons in Hong Kong – take the ones sedan chair bearers wore, their pattern indicating the dialect they spoke.


Hong Kong modelling contest that was ‘chance in a million’, with the winner guaranteed a job, free clothes and flights

June Dally-Watkins (right) with Elly Lee, the winner of the June Dally-Watkins Modelling Scholarship Award, in April 1967. Photo: Handout 

June Dally-Watkins in her younger days as one of Australia’s top models. Photo: Handout

Dally-Watkins (middle) with models in Hong Kong in 1970. Photo: Handout

In 1966, an Australian businesswoman said she would turn one underprivileged Hong Kong woman into a top-flight model, with multiple big-name companies lining up to sponsor the winner.


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