Friday 27 July 2012

Let the games begin....(London 2012)

Where has the time gone… today London will host the Olympic Games for the third time, the only city to do so. When the last Olympic Games took place in London in 1948, Omega was there as the Official Timekeeper, and this will be the same for 2012. As most of you know, I am no longer in London anymore, guess I can’t time these events to fit into my schedule, should have got an Omega watch instead,of my Marc Jacobs one! Despite not being in my home town, Hong Kong is most definitely fully representing London 2012. A home a way from home. People rocking the t-shirts in the street, shop windows, underground station promotions and designers showing their support.
On a fashion note. Giorgio Armani, who has designed the Olympic team’s official kit, recently declared that London 2012 would be “the most fashionable Olympic Games ever”.
Ultimately, though, what every nation is striving for at these Games isn’t fashion kudos, but medals…..I feel very patriarchal at the moment, and will stay up till 4am HK time to watch the opening ceremony later …Go GB!!

Monday 16 July 2012

The Elements

This weekend I encountered, The elements: water and air. Saturday night, the boy and I along with another couple, went to the Ritz Carlton's Ozone bar. Ears popping whilst in the lift we stopped at the 118th floor, faced with the element air the views were insane, pictures just don’t do it justice!
On Sunday afternoon aboard a beautiful yacht, I soaked up the blazing Hong Kong heat, on the sundeck, sipped on perseco and champs and tried my hand at jet skiing. I clearly still need a lot more practise though as I fell in the sea (water) twice. It was still sooo much fun! Watching the sunset at South Bay followed by delicious seafood at Lamma Island, I had a brilliant Sunday.
Cant wait to come across the elements again!

Tuesday 10 July 2012

Poker Face

Hope you all had a great weekend. The guy and I did, we took a ferry to Macau for the night- they call it the Las Vegas of Asia. With all the glitz, bling and glamour this country was definitely NOT understated, the bigger, brighter the better. We arrived at our grand hotel, walked around the town for the afternoon, then headed back to get ready for the night ahead. In the spirit of the place, we dressed up to match the occasion. I was wearing a long black evening gown with an overly blingy black and gold bolero. The guy was wearing smart grey trousers, with a tapered burgundy shirt. We arrived at the two biggest casinos on the island, which can only be described as 007 Casino Royale- like. The Galaxy and The Venetian, were extravagant and not for the faint hearted, there was lights and action around every poker table corner. We placed a few bets on the roulette, tried our hand on the slot machines, ate decadent cake and rolled back to our hotel in the wee hours of the morning. Was great fun! I would definitely go again, and hopefully have a luckier hand.

Friday 6 July 2012

HK Fashion Week & Landmark Summer Party

This week KemiStyle (me) attended Hong Kong Fashion week, held at the conference & exhibition centre in Wan Chai boasting beautiful views of HK. I treated myself to a gorg Alexander McQueen inspired tan & gold leather bracelet.
Last night I attended my first Menswear fashion event in HK, it was really enjoyable, made great contacts, saw fabulous clothes, and put hairs on my chest with whisky tasting!

Thursday 5 July 2012

From the office to the beach...

On Monday my guy and I took an hour ferry ride to a beautiful island off Hong Kong, Lantau Island. I had mentioned to the guy we are going to the beach, he was like yes yes I know. I looked at him he was wearing T-shirt, trainers and 3/4 blue chinos and a belt. Dressed for a dressed down Friday in my stylist eyes! However when we got there this did not stop him jumping in the sea, hilarious. At this point he was completely soaked, and needed to buy new clothes. So he ended up buying flip flops and Bermuda shorts! So on the way to the beach he was dressed for a lax day in the office, and on the way home he was dressed for the beach! The reserve of any stylists tips saying this can be worn from day to night! Anyways this made me laugh, so had to share it with you all. Despite all of the outfit mayhem, we had a blast in the gorgeous surroundings and got somewhat burnt with the 38 degree sun!!