An Earful

>> I’m putting my blasted metal-allergy prone skin issues aside for the moment.  A rash can be cured but the I can’t ignore the itch for an adorned ear.  Especially when sweet Rei Shito took me to her favourite shopping bolt hole in Tokyo, aptly named Peaches and Cream – a veritable Aladdin’s mixed-up cave… Continue reading An Earful

The Beginnings of PMQ

Whenever anybody has asked me about the fashion scene in Hong Kong and to name check a few of my favourite designers, I’m afraid I’ve had to draw an embarrassing blank.  Patriotic failure.  Well, I might be able to name five lonesome names on a hand but not many where people in the industry beyond… Continue reading The Beginnings of PMQ

Little Thing

When I first started going to China for work a few years ago, I got into the whole Weibo thing for a while, updating in my pidgin Chinese and generally being very “Yay China!” about everything.  Then the few comments (and I don’t have a sizeable following on Weibo at all…) I got tended to… Continue reading Little Thing