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Denim djellaba, anyone? New silhouettes and treatments such as tie-dye update denim this season.

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Denim djellaba, anyone? New silhouettes and treatments such as tie-dye update denim this season.

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Stirrings from Mulberry, Louis Vuitton, and Ermenegildo Zegna.

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Stirrings from Mulberry, Louis Vuitton, and Ermenegildo Zegna.

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Whatever the style of your tribe, these party looks will make for a visually arresting entrance.

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Whatever the style of your tribe, these party looks will make for a visually arresting entrance.

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From the back streets of southern Italy comes Daniele Carettoni, a fashion renegade armed with style, attitude and a comb. Featured in Yacht Style Issue 50.

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As the youngest finance graduate in MIT’s history, and with a successful IPO already under his belt, Mario Ho is a modern-day rock star in the corporate world. The ambitious entrepreneur and CEO of Tiancai is set to celebrate his wedding with Chinese supermodel Ming Xi, and now he lifts the veil on why winning means everything and celebrating special moments on the ocean.

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We’ve heard a lot about your incredible proposal to Ming.  Do you consider yourself a romantic?

I think so! I mean, with a proposal like that, it would be hard to say I’m not romantic, right? In daily life though, I’m not into that traditional type of romance, as I’m quite logical. It’s more about telling Ming how special she is to me rather than the classic flowers and chocolates routine.

How do you switch off and give yourself time to relax?

To be honest, I’m a modern kind of guy, so it’s probably computer gaming with friends.  The older generation, they play mahjong, and for my group of friends, it’s just a modern version of that – four or five friends together at a table, having fun together and taking a break from everyday life.  I’m normally trying to win!

What does a romantic holiday at sea look like to you?

I grew up in the nineties, so my ideas of romance are built on those ceaselessly romantic movies. Definitely, a romantic vacation at sea appeals to me – having a private balcony where you’re watching the ship sail, holding someone you love, feeling the ocean breeze. A cruise vacation with Dream Cruises would be perfect, everyone should be excited to try it for that special occasion.

So, tech and digital innovations interest you?

Absolutely. I think the VR space is fantastic, in terms of the limitless options and opportunities that you can experience. It transforms things. It’s fantastically innovative for the Genting family to have that on their cruises; it’s a one-of-a-kind activity and such a testament that they’re committed to introducing new and exciting things for their guests.

What are your passions in life?

Summed up in one word, it’s winning. I get the most satisfaction, the most excitement, the most joy, out of winning. That spans across every single activity in my life – whether it’s big or small. Winning is my passion, it’s what drives me.

You’re an ambitious guy! Has there been one turning point in your life that set you on that track and that gave you your passion for winning?

There’s been a few. I think my earliest was when I won the math competition in Hong Kong when I was 10; that was the first time that I was widely praised for winning. My father came as a guest to give me the award, and it was a very important moment in my life. You’re standing on the podium; your father is giving you a prize and the entire city’s media is reporting on it. That was when I realised that success amongst your peers can really bring a huge amount of satisfaction, and I wanted to replicate that feeling again and again in my life. It was euphoria!

And how do you define or measure your success?

I started by out-competing my peers in my age group, in class. Then I started jumping grades to prove myself – I jumped one grade in high school and another in university, so I graduated young. And then after that, I started trying to beat everyone. It was easy to measure success when I was in school, because everything is graded by age, but then after I left university it became much more complex because, of course, nothing is graded by age; there’s no rules in terms of what you do. So, I simply found what people were generally doing in their twenties and thirties, and I just aimed to do it earlier.

You have some impressive projects in the works. Who has been your biggest source of inspiration when it comes to finding success in life?

It’s a cliché, but honestly, it’s my dad. He defined what success meant, he showed me that a successful person can still be humble, polite and still have manners; that they can still treat people well and with respect. More importantly, he made everything from zero. While our family has been wealthy for several generations, my grandfather went broke, so my father has gone from 100 to zero, and then he has worked tirelessly to take himself back from zero to 100. It’s in his character.

Photography Man Wai 

Art Director Harriet Gregory 

Stylist Genie Yam

Hair and Makeup Shirley Choi 

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Artist, adventurer and international activist Sean Lee-Davies shares the inspiration behind his passion for travel in the wild, as well as his vision for adventure on the ocean and beyond.

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What do you love in life?

I love the visual arts, nature, the wild, film-making, travel... I’m just trying to do what I love, plus a little bit of something to fix today’s environmental situation.

Where did you get this passion for the natural world?

Growing up in rural Hampshire, in my early days, it was just the simple act of going down to the local river in the summer and seeing the fish in the water. As the Editorial Director of a luxury lifestyle magazine, I had a great few years in Asia promoting the very best in life, but then seeing the rampant air pollution, and the degradation of the waters here in Hong Kong, it spurred me on to do something to try and counter it. And then, of course, I met some inspiring people along the way, like David de Rothschild, Jane Goodall, Sir Richard Bonham; all people doing incredible things.

Tell us about your travels; where has moved you, what does travel mean to you?

India is a phenomenal place. Rajasthan, for example, is a human and animal safari combined;  so many religions, so many types of people, and animals, all intermingling, which is very rare. There’s something magical about it. In terms of incredible wilderness, the Leuser Ecosystem in Borneo is the only place where you still get rhinos, tigers, elephants, orangutans, all still living in one eco-system. It’s one of the lungs of Asia, just an incredible place. Sri Lanka as well, is amazing. And because it’s been through a lot of conflicts it’s kind of stopped tourist developments and it’s allowed the animals to remain. It seems where humans don’t go, it allows nature to flourish.

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You have a real love for the water, too.

Yes, I do spend a lot of time in and around the ocean. It’s one of those unique spaces. I’m a free diver and a scuba-diver, so I’ve taken a lot of my photographs under the water. I’m also a keen sailor and paddle boarder – I have a little boat here in Hong Kong. I was actually out paddle boarding recently, with my two dogs, and we came across either a bottlenose or a spinner dolphin in Deep Water Bay, which is highly unusual. It was really an incredible moment.

An ocean holiday sounds as if it was made for you!  Do you think a luxury cruise would be a good way of making special occasions?

Luxury cruises are a particularly great way to celebrate special occasions as they are a one-of-a-kind experience with unlimited leisure options to make your time extremely unique.  What better way than to wake up with a panoramic view of the ocean, let alone a different view every morning?

What does adventure look like to you?

I think it’s really about the unknown. It’s doing something with a goal attached to it; you’ve got to be outside of your comfort zone, there’s got to be a light at the end of the tunnel, so you have to suffer a little bit to get to that goal. And usually doing it with other people. So, we’re doing another Kilimanjaro climb early next year to raise money for some charities, and that’s the perfect adventure. You don’t really know if you’re going to make it to the top because of the altitude; you’re traversing every eco-system on the planet in the seven days you climb; you’re just in an incredible environment that’s hard to beat.

Photographer Pierre Dal Corso 

Art Director Harriet Gregory  

Stylist Tasha Ling 

Hair and Makeup Gloomy Kwok  

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Artistic details and refined finishes take workwear-inspired styles into territory that’s a whole lot more play.

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Artistic details and refined finishes take workwear-inspired styles into territory that’s a whole lot more play.

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Bring your wardrobe instantly up to speed with everything from shield sunglasses to quilted jackets.

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