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Fashion designer Susan Fang talks to Style magazine about the inspirations and concepts behind her dreamlike creations. Photo: Handout
Fashion

Fashion designer Susan Fang talks about her dreamlike designs

Originally hailing from the Chinese countryside, London-based Susan Fang’s varied influences have led her towards a dreamy, gauzy, boho chic look, while she also draws on fond memories of her mother.

Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | Carman Lee, her interrupted screen career and emergence as fitness icon

TV shows and streaming video

White Lotus star Patravadi Mejudhon – a champion of the arts

Fame and celebrity

Stand-up star Jiaoying Summers on comedy and growing up ‘ugly’

The Los Angeles-based comedian tells how her American dream came true.

Jiaoying Summers is a Los Angeles-based comedian making a name for herself on the US stand-up scene. Photo: courtesy Jiaoying Summers
Luxury brands

Q&A | Jewellery designer Marla Aaron on her unique approach to customisable accessories

The New York-based jeweller launched her eponymous line in 2012, pioneering a fun, whimsical approach to customisable jewellery that still resonates with global audiences today.

Interview

Jason Li, from martial arts to Hollywood stunt double and daredevil

The professional movie stunt double talks about ‘tricking’, his early Hollywood breaks and taking risks in an inconsistent industry.

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Icons and Influencers

The influencer from China who speaks exactly like Donald Trump

Chen Rui, a Chinese marketer who went viral for his spot on Trump impressions, teaches English through his social media.

Chen Rui, known online as @trumpbyryan and by his English name Ryan, is a content creator from Chongqing, China known for imitating Donald Trump. Photo: @trumpbyryan/ Instagram
Food and Drinks

Profile | Almost abducted by African rebels, now he’s one of Australia’s best chefs

Brian Cole’s childhood could have been tragically different. Instead, the star chef of Hearth in Perth is going from strength to strength.

Art Basel

How 3 tastemakers are exploring the intersection of fashion and art

Alongside Art Basel Hong Kong, Xu and Cheruby will host an experimental art performance, Anest Collective has a residency at Soho House, and Fujisaki is showing his collection for The North Face.

Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | The life and legacy of Roman Tam, Hong Kong’s ‘godfather of Cantopop’

Roman Tam was a prolific recording and performing artist whose songs and extravagant stage shows made him a Hong Kong hero and LGBTQ icon.

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Roman Tam was a prolific Cantopop star with a wide range. His song “Below the Lion Rock”, which encapsulates the can-do spirit of Hong Kong people, became an unofficial anthem of the city. Photo: SCMP
Art

Angelle Siyang-Le tells of her journey to Art Basel Hong Kong

The director of Asia’s largest contemporary art fair on finding her voice through art and immersing herself in the artistic community.

Angelle Siyang-Le, the director of Art Basel Hong Kong. Photo: courtesy Art Basel
Food and Drinks

Profile | ‘If you survive, you’ve succeeded,’ says chef on hard-to-please Hong Kong

Daisuke Mori was sad to close Michelin-star restaurant Takumi, but relishes the freedom of cooking for members at private club Carlyle & Co.

Food and Drinks

Profile | Chinese food? Hong Kong-born chef Tony Mok is redefining it

After working at lauded Michelin-star Hong Kong restaurants including Amber and Mono, young chef is finding his own voice.

M+ museum of visual culture

This museum director built her life on art, music and islands

Suhanya Raffel, museum director of M+ in Hong Kong, has a passion for building world-class institutions, and despite identifying as ‘many things’, is a Hongkonger at heart.

Suhanya Raffel, museum director of M+ in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District, photographed in M+. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | Fala Chen started out as a beauty queen. Now she’s a Hollywood star

From a chance pageant win to starring in international blockbusters, Fala Chen’s journey is a testament to her talent and determination.

Fala Chen on the red carpet for the premiere of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings in London in 2021. Photo: AP
Hong Kong

She tried several careers but found her niche in genetic sequencing

PostMag talks to 5 women innovators at the top of their game and pushing the boundaries of scientific discovery – here we meet Angela Wu, a professor at HKUST’s division of life science and department of chemical and biological engineering.

Hong Kong science and tech

Round table: what can women in STEM do to lead change?

PostMag hosted a discussion between 5 Hong Kong-based innovators blazing a trail: Florence Chan, Angela Wu, Wendy Lam, Gina Jiang and Megan Lam.

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Artificial intelligence

Can AI help the blind navigate their world? This innovation may be the answer

PostMag talks to 5 women innovators at the top of their game and pushing the boundaries of scientific discovery: here we meet Florence Chan, co-founder and CEO of AI Guided.

Florence Chan came up with an idea for a device that allowed AI to be eyes for the visually impaired. Photo: TMT
France

This French circus performer’s curious life

She performs in her mother’s latest show Bells and Spells at the Hong Kong Arts Festival – and here talks about being part of Charlie Chaplin’s sprawling family.

Food and Drinks

The art of perfume-making whet this top chef’s appetite

Why eight-Michelin-star chef Anne-Sophie Pic’s philosophy of ‘suffusion’ is inspired by perfume-making, and she believes fine dining is ‘culturally important for your soul’.

Hong Kong

Musician Bolis Pupul’s return to the home he never knew

Pupul’s latest album, Letter to Yu, is a love letter to his late mother inspired by her hometown, Hong Kong, and a reckoning with the roots he once tried to keep buried.

Musician Bolis Pupul pictured in Hong Kong in 2023. Photo: Bieke Depoorter/Magnum Photos
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | Sam Hui, the ‘father of Cantopop’ whose music and film roles struck a chord

He popularised Cantopop and helped revive Hong Kong cinema after Bruce Lee died. We look at the enduring legacy of the ‘Elvis of The Orient’.

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Sam Hui performs in Hong Kong in December 2007. Photo: SCMP
Books and literature

‘We’re on the world’s longest vacation’: author tells mum’s immigrant story

Connie Wang, author of the memoir Oh My Mother!, on growing up in America’s Midwest, telling her mum’s story, and working at Refinery29.

Hong Kong celebrities and icons

This rising star DJ’s secret sonic ingredients

Hong Kong DJ Gia Fu first discovered Latin music in Chinese culture while working for Wong Kar-wai’s production company – since then, she’s played Glastonbury and opened for Marc Anthony.

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Art

The end of Hong Kong’s golden age marked the start of her success

Artist Jaffa Lam’s practice describes a dynamic arc – like Hong Kong’s art scene itself – moving beyond cultural tradition to embrace the everyday and individual.

Visual artist Jaffa Lam at her studio in Fo Tan, Hong Kong. Photo: Eugene Chan
Food and Drinks

Recap | Meet the star Hong Kong chefs behind restaurants Plaisance, Mono and more

Explore the inspiring stories of renowned chefs Stefanie Leung, Masaaki Miyakawa, Mauro Colagreco, Grace Choy and Ricardo Chaneton, and discover their extraordinary gastronomic journeys.

Chef Stefanie Leung used to be a lawyer – then she created OOAK Lamma, a culinary oasis in Hong Kong. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Hong Kong

How Hong Kong filmmaker Fruit Chan found his way in the industry

The Hong Kong filmmaker on the horrors of Hollywood, working his way up and exploring the handover.

Art

How a Hong Kong neon artist is making new waves in a sunset industry

A bright spark in a dimming world, Jive Lau – the artist behind Kowloneon – is preaching the gospel of neon lights to a new generation.

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