It was The Apathist who first turned me onto Hoiming which makes me look like a right plonker seeing as the designers are from Hong Kong and really, *slaps wrist* I should know better. Furthermore it seems the mission statement of Hoiming (consisting of Hoiming Fung and Baldwin Pui, grads of HK Polytechnic Uni) basically solves my issues with bags in gener al. They want to create bags with surprises, twists and challenge the usage of a bag AKA more of a statement than just ‘This is a bag hanging off my arm’.
When I first saw Hoiming’s ‘Big Pocket’ collection, the context of the imagery didn’t quite hit me until I saw the feature on Hoiming in issue 4 of Borne magazine, a freebie-zine that is available to pick up at a lot of places in Glasgow and in Urban Outfitters and American Apparel in London, and for which I contribute a wee regular page. Shooting Hoiming’s beautifully bespoke half leather jackets, half bag creations in this context suddenly makes me go that extra step of saying ‘Yes, that is indeed lustworthy’. The practical and structural aspects of them were perfectly showcased in their original lookbook imagery but Borne has made me feel like if I don’t own a Hoiming leather jacket/bag hybrid that I there is something severely lacking and I’ll disappointingly look at my present leather jackets and sigh and say ‘You’re just not a Hoiming are you? Why goddamnit, why?’
wow the bags are very innovative but it’s something I would not carry around with me. Great to keep your single arm in the winter LOL
Wow – these are fab – I lvoe the way they have been shot and styled but I dont think that it is something I could carry off myself (as mucha s I would like to!) You on the other hand…
Oh I love those bags. And I imagine they have all sorts of awesome little details. I’d love to get my hands on one of those.
How on earth do people think of things like this. I wish I was even half the creative genius Hoiming Fung and Baldwin Pui must be. I’m in absolute awe right now…
I wonder how they keep the jacket part from slipping off of the shoulders? Anyways, this sort of reminds me of a futurist android robot, with different looking limbs that serve different purposes. It would be very very fun to wear.
*faints*
I HAVE to have this
Hoiming and Baldwin both make amazing works. Had a peek at this collection when we met two years back and till today nothing beats it for me. Here’s a picture of her that I took then 🙂
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