Mr Porter x Hypebeast

I recently had the chance to not only style a shoot for my friends over at Hypebeast, but was able to do so with an awesome team and create an exclusive piece for Mr Porter.
Behind the lens was the very talented Carmen Chan, whose work I have been a big fan of ever since moving to Hong Kong, and Gabbie Lee did an awesome job on Hair & make-up.

One of the other things I really get excited about when shooting is the location, you get to see some really interesting places as well as awesome homes etc. This time was no different. We shot in one of the most amazing apartments I have seen in Hong Kong, I seriously had no idea a place like this even existed in this city. I wanted to steal the book shelf for my home!

It's Dark & Hell Is Hot

Once again I've teamed up with Boom Magazine on this latest editorial. Working with Boom always gives me the freedom to keep things pretty street, and with this shoot we decided to take things down a sort of modern hip hop route with a greyscale palette.

With this theme I thought who better to get in front of the camera than my homie from Hypebeast, Arthur and one of m favorite Korean models who luckily for me was in town. Vita has been doing big things in Seoul and abroad and I jumped on the opportunity to work with her.

See below for a select few.

Photographer - Mia Haggi

Stylist - Me

Hair & Make-up - Ryan Wing Li

Models - Arthur & Vita

Boom - On The Street - Tokyo

It's been a while since my last update, Ive been extremely busy styling shoots and have been traveling around a little bit too. A little while back I went back to Tokyo and did a special edition street style feature for Boom Magazine while I was in town.

Check out the snaps below of some of my favorite Tokyo peoples.  

Name: Katherine Li Johnson

Occupation: American Apparel Asia Regional Manager
Wearing: Top, Pants, Sunglasses, Coat – American Apparel
Shoes – Chanel
Jewellery – Mom’s vintage honkie jewelry
Favourite band: Listening to CVRCHES and Lorde on repeat right now.
Favourite night spot in Japan: Berry In
Favourite night spot in HK: 001 followed by Racks.

Name: Tsubasa Nomura

Occupation: Knit Accessories Planner
Wearing:
Jacket – Junya Watanabe Comme Des Garçons x Laboureur
Hoodie – Loopwheeler
Shirt – Carhartt
Pants – Visvim
Shoes – Converse
Ring – Goro Feather
Favourite band: Bill Withers
Favourite night spot in Japan: Convenience store on Omotesando
Favourite night spot in HK: Wan Chai

Name: Tess Jung

Occupation: Preschool Teacher
Wearing:
Sunglasses – Karen Walker
Jumper – Bassike
Beanie – Carhartt
Shoes – New Balance
Bag – Celine Trio
Jacket and Hoodie – from Korea
Favourite band:The Black Keys / Miami Horror / Phoenix
Favourite night spot in Japan: Anywhere with yakitori and sake!
Favourite night spot in HK:  I’ve only been to HK twice, Yardbird is definitely a must

Name: Zen Tsujimoto

Occupation: LOSERS/Editor
Wearing: 
Suit Jacket – Crane Brothers
Shirt  - Commes Des Garçons
Tie – Grandfather’s
Jeans – Chord Number Eight
Boots – Loake Chelsea
Beanie – Muji
Favourite band: Tokimonsta
Favourite night spot in Japan: Kaikaya
Favourite night spot in HK: Yardbird

"Modern Gentleman" - Boom Magazine

It's pretty rare in Hong Kong to find models with tattoos, in Australia most would probably have them, but here it's completely the opposite. Since the aesthetic is so clean here, models tend to be as well, so finding one with long hair, facial hair or tattoos, proves quite difficult. I was just about to give up on the search but some how stumbled across Lukas, who was perfect for this shoot. Check it out below or click the link to see the full feature up close on page 26.

Photographer - Sheng Wong
Art Direction & Styling - Juan-Carlos Aquino
Hair & Make-up - Summer Wong
Model - Lukas @Elite HK 

"The Speed Of Sound" - Hysteria Magazine

I worked on this editorial a little while back and it's finally published with Hysteria Magazine, the Voices issue. 

For this theme, I decided to take a scientific approach, and broke down what "voice" and "sound" literally is.

¹Voice;
pronounced [vois]
- The sound produced in a person's larynx and uttered through the mouth, as speech or song.

¹Sound;
pronounced [sound]
- Produced by continuous and regular vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear.

Check out the spread below for the result. Or this small animation of the glitches in action.

Photographer - Jeff Yui
Stylist - Juan-Carlos Aquino
Hair & Make-up - Anita Lo
Model - Lauren Rhoden