Launching this November, Emi Takes Hong Kong is a picture book by local author Jane Karen Ho that doubles up as a travel guide and takes your kiddos on a colorful and joyful journey around some of Hong Kong’s most iconic locations. Both a fun and educative book featuring maps, glossaries and quizzes, it introduces key cultural local traditions and is the perfect city-guide for little adventurers.
 
Launch event on Saturday November 9 from 3 pm to 4pm at Bookazine Exchange Square. 
 
 
 
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La Maison Goutal is now opened on Fashion Walk 

Iconic French Perfume House, Goutal, recently opened the doors of its first flagship in Asia: La Maison Goutal. The beautiful stores, capturing the Parisian elegance and sophisticated style of Goutal, takes you on an aromatic journey through the distinctive olfactive universe of this very unique Parisian Perfume House. We are highly obsessed with the so Instagrammable perfume wall featuring most of the house creations including signatures such as l’Eau d’Hadrien, Petite Chérie (Annick Goutal’s vivacious tribute to her daughter Camille) or Rose Pompon.
 
Shop 20. G/F, 27-47 Paterson Street, Fashion Walk – Causeway Bay 
 
DISCOVER MORE ABOUT GOUTAL IN OUR ULTIMATE GUIDE TO FRENCH BEAUTY IN HONG KONG
 
 
 
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BLOOMED, Ophelia Jacarini ’s latest solo exhibition opens up this month 

We do have to confess feeling fond affection for Ophelia Jacarini, French artist based in Hong Kong. Not only because she is French but also, and most importantly, because we love her work both as an artist (under her own name, Ophelia Jacarini) and as an illustrator (under the name Merakilya  – she is actually the inspired creative mind who designed our logo and all the illustrations on our website). This month, Ophelia is throwing her very own solo exhibition as her own sponsor (and not supported by a gallery) aiming at tracing her journey as an artist and explore her past to shape her future. 
 
From Nov 14
Kong Art Space: G/F, 3 Staunton Street – Central 
 
 
 
 
#4
MoMA Design Store launches limited-edition products in Hong Kong 

Since the opening of K11 MUSEA, one shop I have been visiting again and again is MoMA Design Store. I just love the shop’s perfect selection of art-inspired souvenirs and gifts and highly desirable design objects and it seems like I am about to spend even more money at this shop since its launching limited-edition products to mark the opening of the newly expanded Museum of Modern Art in New York. Am I the only one who can’t resist good branding?  
 
Shop 135, 1/F, K11 MUSEA, 18 Salisbury Road – TST 
 
 
 
#5
La Maison du Chocolat treats you to Hedonist Bars

La Maison du Chocolat recently unveiled its latest treat: a collection of chocolate bars featuring sustainable cacao and the yummiest extra ingredients:
- Noisettes Démentes: milk chocolate with caramelized hazelnut
- Cavale Fruits Secs: dark chocolate covered with slivers of nuts
- Blanc Frissonnant: white chocolate with puffed rice
- Tapage Noisettes: dark chocolate on milk chocolate with slivers of hazelnut
- Pécan Blondinet: dulcey on milk chocolate with slivers of pecan nuts
- Passion Vibrante: passion fruits on dark chocolate with slivers of crêpes dentelle
 
 
HKD 180 per bar  
Available in stores and online
 

 

Traveling to K11 by MTR, the signature Venetian blue of Atelier Cologne’s shops is the very first thing I spotted when existing the station and entering the mall. Loving the “Hong  Kong” mosaic tile art on the store front, echoed by the artistic citrus mosaic wall located inside the store.
I have been a huge fan of the brand for a few years now, loving their elegant family of fragrances dedicated to citruses and always find their stores to be beautiful and welcoming with nice pop of colors. 
 
B121 (Basement 1) 
 
 
 
Fortnum & Mason 

Well, Fortnum & Mason at K11 Musea isn’t exactly opened yet but I just can’t wait to the 312-year-old British brand to open this shop and restaurant! Already planning on stocking on some of the brand’s most famous products such as the timeless classic Royal Blend black tea, created in 1902 at the request of King Edward VII, or the brand’s biscuits and marmalades and indulge on some freshly baked in-store biscuit (a first for the brand).
 
Also, can’t wait to discover Fortnum’s 181, the set to be gorgeous dining room and bar on 1/F with beautiful views across the harbor. Fortnum’s most famous Afternoon Tea will be served each day accompanied by a live pianist
 
Exclusive to the K11 Musea shop: The Musea Blend, a mix of Keemun (Chinese black tea) and Yunnan Golden Buds (black tea) presented in a tea caddy designed by Chinese contemporary artist Zhang Enli. 
 
 
 
Kapok

My fav concept-store in town continues to expand and I have to say I am highly obsessed with their K11 Musea flagship designed by the architects at Collective. The shop houses different brands such as O.N.S, a menswear brand from NYC, Maison Kitsuné, Veja, Maison Labiche or Alexa Chung and just like in the recently opened Wan Chai’s  flagship, you’ll find a perfect mix of clothes, accessories, beauty products and candles (I can never have too many candles). You definitely wanna check Future Classics, Kapok’s own womenswear brand and a collaboration between Paris and Hong Kong. 
 
Exclusive to the K11 Musea shop: the Astier de Villatte shop-in-shop greeting you on the left of the shop entrance. 

How beautiful is this corner dedicated to the iconic French lifestyle brand? 
 
Shop 205, 2/F
 
 
 
MoMA Design Store

I was looking forward to the opening of this one-of-a-king gift shop, an extension of New York’s Museum of Modern Art, and the biggest MoMA in Asia (there are only two others MoMA Design Stores across Asia, both located in Japan). You’ll, of course, find some gifts and souvenirs inspired by famous artists ranging from Monet to Andy Warhol (couldn’t help but buying the “Where is Warhol” version of “Where is Waldo”) but the shop is also filled with, highly desirable, design objects.
 
Exclusive to the K11 Musea shop: design objects and gifts exclusively created for Hong Kong will be showcased in the store and artists who have made their marks on the local art scene will be featured. 
 
 
Shop 135, 1/F 
 
 
 
Penhaligon

If you cannot wait for the opening of Fortnum & Mason for a fix of all-things very British, you should definitely check-out the Penhaligon shop, a perfume house holding two long-standing Royal Warrants. I am fascinated by the Portraits collection, a family of characters each represented by a perfume and each with their own story to tell. 
 
Shop B125 (Basement 1)