alexander wang, tsim sha tsui

last night marked the launch of the new alexander wang flagship space in hong kong. it's a cool spot right on the main designer shopping strip in tst (tsim sha tsui). 

the party was pretty ill, all the hk cool cats were out in full force! not much colour in sight, dressed in all black seemed to be the theme of the night, i guess i may have stood out dressed extremely plain and decked out in navy!

there were some special guest dj's dropping some hip hop classics too, leading me to believe asap rocky may be in attendance since he was at the recent beijing launch. i was very wrong, but not at all disappointed, i did meet the man himself, alexander wang. real chill dude.

(nathan smith tee, comme des garcons pants, dapper hat, vans shoes, gala curios necklace, ksubi tote)

just like spring rain

so a little while ago i posted some behind the scenes shots from a shoot with canadian photographer jeffrey chan, kiri and fashion one. well time has flown by! jeff is back in hk so i thought it would be appropriate to show you how these shots turned out.


i think the title is very appropriate for this shoot, the weather was terrible that day, raining on and off with pools of water surrounding us, and some how we had to pass it off like it was still a nice, dry day.


i think we succeeded.

photographer - jeffrey chanstylist - mehair & make-up - ryan wing lifashion one videographer - michele orlandomodel - kiri hartig

sheung wan, hong kong

i don't know why i keep doing this but for some reason i try to hold on to the wearing of long sleeves for as along as possible. no idea why, maybe because i love cooler weather and am just in denial about it heating up. for whatever reason though, hong kong is definitely not the city to do this in.

it's starting to get extremely hot and i have made the decision to wear my sleeves down in a city with crazy humidity. i think this is definitely the last day i will be able to do this, until winter starts kicking in again that is. luckily it's not too bad today, but i think trying to do this again any time soon will be a massive mistake.

so, for the last time (for about 6 months anyway), here i am in my hood (sheung wan)... with my sleeves down.  

(vanishing elephant shirt,  t by alexander wang tee, dr denim pants customized into shorts, vans shoes)

sheung wan, hong kong

some of you may know that i celebrated my birthday a few days ago. the "dirty thirty".

to be honest, i wasn't looking forward to turning thirty, getting older isn't so bad, but celebrating the big 3-0 without any of my homies from sydney just didn't feel right.

well, i was completely wrong! i did miss my mates, but have to say i had an amazing birthday weekend regardless.

it started off with my brother gino flying to hong kong and surprising me while out to dinner with my girlfriend (i was speechless and pretty sure i looked dumbfounded), had an awesome dinner the following night with great company and a few dope nights out as well.

my girlfriend also got me a trip to japan, plus more! my parents even got me this amazing acne camo number, and to top it all off, received this extra special ring, my dad's graduating university ring from '73.

it seem's like 30 is going to be a great year!

(acne shirt, comme des garcons pants, dapper hat, vans shoes, maison martin margiela ring [right], vintage ring [left]) 

putting the 'g' in georgia

so i mentioned in my last post "coming up roses" that while on holiday in sydney, i pulled together a few video tests with my mate tyson. another one of these video's will feature my homegirl georgia. she's quite a character, a dope dj and i love that she's all about keeping it ghetto with her sets. she's pretty well known for her "stanky leg" and i'm sure i've seen her drop to the floor and get her eagle on more than once.


it was really cool catching up with her, was a beautiful day in north bondi, extremely windy, but the sun was out and the view was amazing! it's definitely one of the things i really miss about living in sydney.


thanks again to cam for taking these shots from the day.