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Hong Kong's ever-changing dining scene is constantly evolving.

So much so, that it can get a little difficult to keep track of it all, let alone remember to book and try the new restaurants that have caught your eye. From brand new concepts to fresh venues and additional locations, here is our guide to seven of Hong Kong's most promising new restaurants to try right now.

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The Dior J’Adore needs no real introduction. Born at the eve of the century, it quickly gained cult status. Since its debut in 1999, it has become one of the most recognisable fragrance from the House of Dior and one of the best-selling scents in the world. Now, the classic J’adore comes in a pocket-sized format with a roller pearl for easy application.

The History

It comes as no surprise why J’adore has rendered such popularity. The concept behind the scent comes from Dior’s dream to encapsulate a scent that represents the modern woman – a tease of the olfactory senses that is exulting, sensual, free yet at the same time, still fragile and serene. The nose behind J’adore is none other than the award-winning perfumer François Demachy. Using his youthful memories of his time in Grasse, he recalls the annual celebration of Jasmine Grandiflorum every August. J’adore honours the delicate and rare bouquet, and blends only the most exceptional harvest to be used.

The Notes & Accords

J’adore Eau de Parfum opens up with a heady Indian Tuberose and Chinese Magnolia, exotic Comorian Ylang Ylang, spirited Turkish Damascena Rose and Tunisian Neroli all cleverly orchestrated to shine individually, while lending the highlight to the star of the show, the intense Indian and Grasse Jasmine.

The Bottle

The feminine curves of the iconic glass bottle acts as an amphora that resembles the female silhouette which reveals a glowing golden liquid, while the rings of the bottle hang like a tribal piece from the neck.

The New Perfume Gestures

As the modern woman has evolved, so has J’adore. Catering to everyday needs, Dior is now releasing its roller-pearl form – one that still holds the same heritage, aromas and even the bottle. The miniature version features a gem-like roller pearl that can easily glide across the skin to deliver all the accords. Convenient for an on-the-go lifestyle, it can easily slip into handbags and is ideal for travel, too.

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The Complementing Hair Mist

The J’adore Eau de Parfum also makes an appearance in a new version of the Hair Mist to complete the J’adore collection. To exude the embracing scent from head to toe, the mist can be spritzed from root to tip and in a liberated, sensual and generous gesture, symbolising absolute femininity.

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Shop J’adore Eau de Parfum and the full Dior Beauty range on Dior’s new online boutique here.

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The French Maison has released a virtual tour of their landmark exhibition for their ardent patrons who may have missed the show at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and the V&A Museum in London. While de-containment has already started in several countries, to soften the confinement by awakening your senses, Dior makes its ground-breaking […]

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For the first time ever, Dior presents the best of both worlds with its new Addict Stellar Halo Shine. Straying away from the typical dehydrating lipstick, the collection of 15 light-reflecting shades are infused with aloe vera and cranberry oil to nourish, condition and plump the lips.

There is nothing that screams summer more than an ice-cold popsicle under the blazing sun. But going beyond just a tasty treat to cool down with in sweltering temperatures, it has also made its way to become the season’s holy grail in beauty. Lips in bright candy colours in a succulent glassy finish is the renewed bold red lip. And the talk of the town is the new Dior Addict Stellar Halo Shine and Dior Addict Stellar Gloss – a shimmering combo with lipstick and gloss for unparalleled shine.

Dior’s new Addict Stellar Halo Shine is first, mega shimmer and second, rich hydration. The ultra-shine formula is blended with pearlescent pigments that result in a slick mirror-effect. But lustre alone won’t cut it for Dior. The new lip line is just as invested into feel as it is in looks. Created using a lip care base with natural origin beeswax, silky oils and aloe vera, it also provides 24-hour hydration.

While the Dior Stellar Gloss is infused with  cranberry oil which has a primer effect to smooth too, so even the most cracked, chapped lips will be cradled in comfort without the sticky sensation that lip gloss used to be about. Answering to the common complaint of lip gloss  control, the Dior Addict Stellar Gloss comes with a thick applicator brush is made with soft fibres that easily picks up product and glides on effortlessly.

To start, Dior is releasing 15 mega shimmer lipstick shades and 12 gloss hues for maximal impact. Swipe through the gallery below to see our favourite colours from the Dior Addict Stellar Halo Shine and Gloss collections.

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For a more intensified effect, layer the Dior Addict Stellar Gloss on top of the Dior Addict Stellar Halo Shine for unparalleled shine.

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Dior x Stussy: Meet the B23 Luxury Sneakers ⇒ Adding another incredible collaboration to Dior’s designer Kim Jone’s portfolio, this latest release comes as part of close cooperation between luxury brand Dior and American clothing brand Stussy.

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This remake of Stussy’s infamous B23 sneakers were teased at Dior’s Pre-Fall 2020 show in Miami, alongside some other products that resulted from this collaboration, such as jewelry crafted by AMBUSH designer Yoon Ahn and accessories made by Matthew M.

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This season shows that designers are still wild at heart when it comes to spring/summer. Embracing psychedelic florals and stretchy earth tones, the new season looks are nothing short of maximum impact.

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Photography Issac Lam

Hair Winky Wong

Make-up Jenny Shih 

Photography Assistant Ivan Chan, Shawn Cheung & Sinyi Lau

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The big four fashion weeks are now broadcast instantaneously through Instagram, on websites such as nowfashion.com, or through live streaming, all of them irreversibly changing how fashion is seen. Runways in Paris, Milan, London and New York are starting to lose their exclusive mystique since the democratisation of access in the digital era.

But the fantasy lives on with brands that host runways at the world’s most elusive and exotic locations, in a bid to outplay each other. We look back at the last two decades of truly spectacular runway locations, from a Marrakech palace to the Great Wall of China. Here, in no particular order, are seven of the most exciting.

Chanel's Havana Extravaganza

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Chanel’s resort show in Cuba in 2016 was the first such event of its kind since the communist revolution on the island state. The French fashion brand turned the old Havana boulevard Paseo del Prado into a runway, with floodlights to the centre as models sashayed down the closed-off thoroughfare. Among the VIP audience of more than 500 were members of the Castro family, supermodel Gisele Bündchen, and Hollywood A-listers Tilda Swinton and Vin Diesel. Tickets were hard to come by, but lucky local residents could view the spectacle from their balconies along the boulevard.
Tropical vibes came with Panama hats and berets – would Che Guevara have been at least titillated? A model sauntered, Cuban cigar in hand, as others donned pinstriped summer suiting, white crocheted-lace dresses, light organza and joyful sequined pastel cocktail outfits. Cuban music played, and for the event Chanel rented more 100 multicoloured old cars to escort guests. Karl Lagerfeld and dancing finale models closed the show – the whole event perhaps a joyous celebration that Cuba, its sorbet-hued architecture and ancient cars included, might be reconnecting with the global style set.

Fendi's Show on the Great Wall of China

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Against a stunning sunset, models filed out of an ancient guard tower onto the illuminated catwalk, strutting down the Great Wall while clad in Lagerfeld’s latest Fendi womenswear range. This collection was all about structured, chic gowns and outfits in black, white and bright red – the latter Chinese culture’s most auspicious colour. Thirteen years ago, this fashion show at China’s most famous historical site was a pioneering event in fashion and an early ode to the country’s luxury- obsessed economy.
Reports that the whole affair cost about US$10 million to produce would make it one of the most expensive, opulent shows ever staged. The extravaganza was not only a massive feat of technical precision, but also required lengthy negotiations with the government for permission to turn the ancient defensive wall into a runway for the day. Zhang Ziyi, Thandie Newton and Kate Bosworth were among the famous names who made it to the 500-guest event. Lagerfeld was ahead of his time and the show one of the most impressive of the last 20 years.

Dior Cruise Show in a Marrakech Palace

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A jaw-dropping show for Christian Dior fans was held last year in Marrakech’s 16th-century El Badi palace, helmed by the brand’s creative director, Maria Grazia Chiuri. Under the blanket of night, models walked around the huge palace pools, which were decorated with floating burning lights. The Resort 2020 show featured classic Dior silhouettes, gorgeously refined dresses, lace, and tapestry- and carpet-inspired outfits in a gentle earthy palette of khakis, whites, black, sand, as well as intricate black-and-white prints.
Within the palace’s terracotta walls, Dior paid homage to the African continent through craft, fabrics and form, with the French luxury label commissioning and collaborating with a handful of artist and fabric- makers from the region for the show. The starlit evening was one to remember and culminated in a performance by singer Diana Ross.

Pierre Cardin's Dunhuang Desert Show

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Fashion show in the Gobi Desert[/caption]

French designer, Pierre Cardin, was inspired by the West-to-East journeys of Marco Polo when he took it upon himself to host a fashion show in China’s Dunhuang, an in important oasis city along the Silk Road in Gansu province. For his spring/summer 2008 collection, Cardin sent out an eye-watering 200 looks, ending with a model in a wedding gown riding down the desert “runway” on camelback.
The exotic locale inspired a collection that was characterised by three chapters: Venice, the Silk Road and Xanadu, the former capital of Kublai Khan. Cardin, who was already 85 years old at the time, wanted to envision the blend of Eastern and Western cultures and the dia- logue it created hundreds of years ago during Polo’s time.

Stefano Ricci Presentation at La Reggia di Caserta

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Held in the summer of 2019 at one of Europe’s largest royal residences, the spring/summer 2020 presentation was a coup for the Florentine men’s luxury and fashion label. In terms of audience size versus the sheer scale of the venue, this has to beat them all. I was there in May 2019 as part of an intimate group of just 40 journalists, VIPs and opinion leaders gathered for the colourful presentation, which was followed by opulent cocktails and dinner in front of the Fountain of Diana and Acteon, its sensual statues lit up for the evening as backdrop. Founder Stefano Ricci and his sons Niccolo and Filippo again showed their passion for their native Italy.
The sprawling royal palace of the Reggia di Caserta is enormous – the largest palace on Earth in terms of volume, it’s designed in a spectacular multi-directional plan; now a Unesco World Heritage Site, it was a royal residence during the Kingdom of Two Sicilies. Models were waiting at the top of the Grand Staircase of Honour as guests made their way up; the latter were then escorted by horse-drawn carriages to cocktails on the park lawns. Sumptuous tailoring, an ocean of shades of blue with several bolts of bright summer hues – the line celebrated Stefano Ricci’s unapologetic masculinity.

Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda at the Valley of the Temples

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It’s hard to outdo Dolce & Gabbana when it comes to super shows. The controversial Italian duo had made spectacular locations their thing since launching the Alta Moda couture line in 2012 in Taormina, Sicily in front of Naomi Campbell, Scarlett Johansson, Stephanie Seymour and Italian cinema stars Monica Bellucci and Isabella Rossellini.
The island of Capri, a Venetian palazzo, a Sicilian villa, the Teatro della Scala in Milan and the designers’ private Portofino cliffside villas have all been Alta Moda show sites. Last summer, millionaire and billionaire clients and press from around the world took in a show, Grecian in theme, staged at Sicily’s Valley of the Temples near the town of Agrigento. The Doric-style temples are spectacular monuments of Greek art and architecture. This couture was fantastical, as always – sensual draping in whites, sands and golds made for goddess outfits befitting a venue that was built thousands of years ago.

Louis Vuitton Cruise at the Bob Hope Mansion in Palm Springs

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The French luxury giant, Louis Vuitton, has the heft and budget to dominate the super-show game. Its wondrous 2016 Cruise show at the Bob Hope Mansion in sleepy Palm Springs wasn’t so much a feat of geographical ingenuity as the showcase of a wonderfully fluid collection by Nicolas Ghesquière within sweeping space-age architecture. Designed by John Lautner, famed for his mid-20th-century futuristic houses, the building was on the market last summer for US$25 million.
The likes of Miranda Kerr, Selena Gomez, Kanye West, Catherine Deneuve, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Michelle Williams and Alicia Vikander, sat on plexiglass stools as models floated past during a spectacular sunset. Long dresses with crisscross waist bindings, holster belts and cut outs came in chain print and crêpe de chine, while duster coats, palm prints and Puritan-inspired dresses nodded to nostalgic American style.

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