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Show your love for Hello Kitty in a subtler way with this gentle application of the feline on this jacket.

SiLLY THING were commissioned to do a special collection for the upcoming Hello Kitty Black Wonder exhibition in Hong Kong.

Unlike Hello Kitty’s personality as a cute kitten, SiLLY THING offers their own perspective on things as they appropriate the theme onto the Kitty Button Up shirt and Kitty Tailored jacket.

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Using the traditional patterns of Japanese kimonos, Tokyo-based French designer David Guarino’s line Zillion reinvents the fabric by making caps, belts, shoelaces, hoodies and other modern staples out of the delicate material.

Zillion

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Giorgio Armani, the Italian fashion designer, is known for selecting the world’s most attractive men to promote his internationally celebrated brand.

British soccer star David Beckham has modeled Armani underwear lines. Brazilian soccer player Kaka has posed for Armani Jeans. American actor Josh Hartnett can be seen smiling in magazine ads for Armani’s fragrance, Diamonds for Men.

Now the designer has announced the new face of Emporio Armani’s 2008 autumn and winter marketing campaign: Taiwanese-Japanese actor Takeshi Kaneshiro.

This marks the first time an Asian model has fronted a campaign for the Italian label.

“I am so happy that Kaneshiro joins the EA 2008 fall/winter campaign,” says the designer. “He has an inborn attractiveness and looks so charming on and off the screen. His personality as well as good-looks perfectly match EA style, and that’s why he is the very best man for EA collection.”

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Perhaps the world’s most recognisable designer toy designer, Michael Lau, who is based in Hong Kong, worked with Nike to come up with the following very unique China BMX Blazer.

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The shoes come in “Chinese” colors with yellow all around and red shoelaces and insole. It has great details such as the flares of the sun drawn on the sides, and the year 20-08 on the left and right shoe separately.

It comes with a vinyl biker figure and his bike, all in a special box that seems to be covered with dirt.

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Chapel of Dawn, is designing a few pieces for Hello Kitty’s Black Wonder event happening on July 17th in Hong Kong.

So far the release includes a canvas tote bag, pen/cosmetic case, and two special t-shirts. All the products use Hello Kitty’s face as a foundation for design.

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A traditional furoshiki is a big sheet of cloth which wraps various things of different sizes.

The Tokyo-based design team Keita and Naoyo Seto of 9brand, have created their own version of the “Furoshiki” which is made of urethane, designed to protect a laptop.

Their Furoshiki “keeps the flexible character”, so the size is adjustable.

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Bringing responsible luxury into the mainstream, London-based designer Feng Ho creates timeless and elegant fashions for women.

After graduating in MA Fashion Womenswear from London’s Royal College of Art, Feng Ho received support from The Prince’s Trust and set up her own women’s fashion label in 2006.

Combining elements of eastern and western cultures, Feng uses organic and sustainable textiles (such as bamboo, soy, bemp, modal and tencel), and end of line fabric rolls from UK textile warehouses to create these ethically and ecologically sound designs.

Feng explains how her collection “aims to challenge the pervasive stereotype of ethical fashion as unattractive or lacking in style.” Created and hand-crafted in London, these flattering garments are hand printed and dyed using plant extracts and achieved through skillful draping and innovative construction.

Through her ethical and eco fashions, Feng has worked with a wealth of cutting-edge London based designers such as Preen, Robert Cary-Williams and Jens Laugesen. She has already sold her work in exclusive London boutiques, including Beyond the Valley and Luna and Curious and her past clients include the acclaimed concert pianist Evelyn Chang.

Furthermore, Feng’s eco-collections have also been featured in catwalk shows at China White, Movida and Café de Paris and exhibited at London’s Clerkenwell Dressed, The Fashion and Textiles Museum and Truman Brewery.

Feng Ho’s website

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American bag maker, Lazy Monk, made a very intricate messenger bag for world famous cyclist, Lance Armstrong.

Lazy Monk is started by two artists, Ry and Aya, in 2007, striving to make simple bags that provide warmth and functional beauty. The very delicate pattern in front is called the Sashiko pattern, which are all hand-stitched by the founders themselves.

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