THE CARDS?

The Tower represents disaster, upheaval
and sudden change. What could be more
apposite for our predictions for the year to
come in Hong Kong news?
Local Lovin’
If Hong Kong were its own country, you might call
them nationalists. But it’s not, and so localism was
born. This grassroots movement isn’t going anywhere,
as increased meddling from China—perceived and real
alike—is only going to further entrench the “go screw
yourselves, China” ideology. With Legco elections coming
up in the second half of the year, their voices are only
going to get louder still. There’s a good chance that
they’ll split the pan-dem vote, much to the satisfaction
of the pro-government parties.
Censor This
The missing bookseller saga is straight-up bizarre, but
it’s had a very real effect on our city. When the first of
the booksellers went missing in November, Page One
bookstore—which has six outlets in China—quietly began
withdrawing its controversial China-critical books from its
shelves. Sure, most of these books are profit-grabbing
collections of scurrilous rumors: But that’s no reason to
obliterate them (and their publishers) from the face of the
earth. These days “publish and be damned” is getting
scarily literal and we’re not hopeful for 2016.
Tumblr or Life?
The Fool
represents
newness, purity
and openheartedness:
the
perfect attributes
for a new year and
a new look. (Also,
you’ve got to be
a bit of a fool to
follow everything
in fashion.)
This year fashion sees even more patterns and
jokes that would be as at home on a Tumblr page as
on a piece of clothing.
• Ever felt the urge to spritz your face with some blue
Swipe detergent? Moschino’s king of cheek Jeremy
Scott has you covered with his latest Fresh perfume ($680
for 100ml) which is in the shape of a bottle of cleaning
spray. Also available as a totally ridiculous phone case.
• Hong Kong brand Holisocks’
donut socks ($120, holisocks.
com) perk up any boring office
dress code with a little bit of
8-bit fun.
• It’s not the first time Vans have
released fast food-related
kicks, but their 2016 “Late
Night” season (from $426)
has a whole buffet of greasy
late-night eats decorating their
kicks: burgers, pizza, tacos,
donuts and more.
d.
c.
a.
Oh God, Meggings Are Back
They’ve been spotted on runways since as early
as 2011, and have been desperately clawing
(or mooseknuckling) their way into mainstream
fashion ever since. Not just your average
compression tights (that dudes actually wear to
go running under a pair of loose shorts), 2016’s
man-legging redux seems to have adopted
the trend the way the ladies wear it: dark,
cottony shin-huggers paired with cutoff shorts.
We’ve seen them all over Mong Kok, so sadly
it’s looking like A Real Thing…
Where to buy ‘em: The ladies’ markets, which
surely tells you all you need to know.
b.
Coloring’s In
According to Pantone,
2016 is the year of Rose
Quartz and Serenity:
a calming shade of
pastel pink and an airy
periwinkle, respectively.
You could go bang ontrend
with an official Pantone iPhone
6/6s case from Case Scenario (€19,99
($169) from case-scenario.com), which
even has the official color names on it,
in case passers-by can’t deduce how
cool you are. Subtler than that? Here
are some clothes and accessories to
get you the look:
a. Numlock Pastel+ Watch
$598 from zalora.com.hk
b. Preen & Proper asymmetrical dress
$359 from zalora.com.hk
c. Grana silk raglan tee in light pink
($303); silk tank in light blue ($226)
from grana.com
d. Lapiz of Luxury Essie nail polish
$66 from Cher2, Room 404, Lanshing
House, 41-44 Queen’s Rd. Central,
2810-0171.
Hot Hair or Not Hair
Every day is a bad hair day for us,
so we enlisted the help of Darrin Usher
of Daz Hair (2/F Tung Chai Building,
86-90 Wellington St., Central, 2956-
3668) to name the top styles of 2016.
According to Darrin, for longer hair
we’re looking at braids and soft buns
for 2016. Center braids, side braids or
braids with buns—just keep it simple
and elegant (and away from your face).
For short-haired vixens, the look of
2016 is the bob, textured or natural.
Bangs (or fringes) are also back in full
force, and going even heavier and
longer. And forget going natural this
year—bold colors are back in, so if
you’ve always wanted to sport a bright
red ‘do or streaks of midnight blue,
now’s your chance to go for it.
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