YOUR PREMIUM WARDROBE SOLUTIONS | SAGITINE |
Created by Sydney local Tina Clark, Sagitine is a premium collection of storage solutions that capture the elegance of good design while offering a minimalist approach to storing and categorizing your most precious fashion items. Unlike the conventional clunky storage furniture, Sagitine boxes are so versatile in placement that they can seamlessly be integrated into any home!
Chic, elegant and functional, Sagitine’s boxes are made from high-grade sustainable cardboard with monogrammed leather handles. These boxes are exceptionally flexible as they are stackable and can be used conveniently for multi-purpose. Available in three sizes and two classic colours - black and white – the boxes are ideal for shoes, garments accessories, and even gowns. To maximise flexibility, they can be purchased singly or with accompanying aluminium stands, which transform the boxes into storage units.
Apart from the beautiful shoeboxes, a board range of equally chic and environmentally- friendly accessories are available to help preserve your treasured items, including aromatic pouches filled with organically grown herbs, beautiful English-made polished horn clothes brushes, cedar blocks, and drawstring muslin bags etc, to keep your items clean and secure from environmental changes.
Sagitine’s amazing products at www.sagitine.com, where global shipping is available!
Bespoke Experience! Personalised Bags and Accessories tailor-made to a client’s unique specifications by Timothy Oulton
Passionately committed to handcrafting daring yet authentic experiences with character and soul, Timothy Oulton introduces its exclusive Bespoke experience. A selection of the brand’s most classic bags can be tailor-made to a client’s unique specifications, for a bag as individual as they are. The Bespoke experience is now available at Timothy Oulton’s magical Hong Kong Gough Street gallery.
The word bespoke literally means "made to a client’s specifications", or more precisely "as spoken by the client". To order something bespoke is both an expression of self-confidence and an indication that you have a personal connection with the maker of the pieces you seek. Tim Oulton explains: “It’s about creating something extraordinary together. Your bag will almost become a part of you when you wear it, because it’s a reflection of who you are.“
Each bag can be customized with Timothy Oulton’s famous leathers, sourced from Argentina and Brazil, which all carry the unique feel of quality hand-finished aniline leather. Colours and finishes are inspired by Tim's personal collection of authentic vintage pieces, including Bikers jackets and old leather suitcases.
Linings can be personalized from the plain to the quirky. The hand-stitched Union Jack is a nod to the brand’s British heritage while Oxford Stripes is inspired by the colourful borders in English country gardens. The classic Dicky Ticking design was traditionally used in 19th century English suitcases while the 1908 Tug of War Team lining was built up from an original old photograph. All of the patterns tell their own story.
Different gauges of stitching change the personality of a piece; heavier gauge stitching lends a more rugged feel, while finer gauges exude quality and polish. Those subtle details like the zipper fabric and the hardware are all little pieces of character that come together to create that individual piece. The personalized monogram is the final touch that gives the bag your unique stamp and -one else.
The dedicated Bespoke area at Gough Street gallery is a magical place designed to inspire and awaken creativity. Choose from the rows of coloured yarns that fill the shelves, touch the fabrics between your fingers and breathe in the smell of vintage leathers. Sewing machines sit ready for action and drawers open to reveal haberdashery and the brand is committed to keeping this time-honoured craft alive in the most authentic way possible.
Craftsmanship Ambassador | Bryan Cheng.
To offer clients a more premium level of service, Timothy Oulton has appointed a dedicated Craftsmanship Ambassador; Bryan Cheng, who personally looks after each Bespoke request. Clients are invited to the gallery to sit down with Bryan and discuss their individual needs in depth. Working closely with Timothy Oulton’s master craftsmen, Bryan is fully conversant with the intricate process of making a bag from scratch. He is able to offer clients expert advice and discuss different options to ensure they are 100% happy with their chosen preferences.
Timothy Oulton is proud to share a personal connection with its customers, a like-minded passion for embracing life’s adventures and living authentically. The Bespoke experience is about making this connection deeper and embarking on a journey together. It is about refusing to compromise in life and celebrating the confidence to stand up and be yourself.
For enquires: please visit:
www.timothyoulton.com/bespoke.
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Store Address:
G/F, 17 Gough Street
Central
Hong Kong
Youthful fun and Playfulness - Jack Wills S/S 2015
Jack Wills Hong Kong brought us a wonderful night with their Spring 2015 debut collection, created by a new Creative Director Richard Nicoll. The event was really fruitful with a lot of activities going on, catwalk show with their new collections, tote bag creative corner with iron-on badges, portrait painted by fashion illustrator-Tanya and a lot of canapés and drinks were floating around with the live music.
For the Spring womenswear collection, Richard studied British Youth sub cultural periods from the 1960’s Youth Quake, through to 90’s Brit pop. “I wanted to bring the colour and energy from both periods together and inject the Jack Wills hero products such as the gilet, the rugby tops, the cable crews and equestrian tailoring, with a sense of youthful fun and playfulness,” he says.
For the menswear collection, He was using the elements of Hockney, Bridget Riley and Op Art paintings. He also listened to a lot of Blur, The Happy Mondays and the Beatles for his inspiration creativity. “I wanted to bring the colour and energy from both periods together and inject the Jack Wills hero products, such as the gilet, the rugby tops, the cable crews and equestrian tailoring, with a sense of youthful fun and playfulness,” he says.
The result is an irreverent, optimistic and uniquely British collection, packed full of energy and graphic colour pops. Hiking references abound in the colour blocked anoraks, while more technical details transform the classic ‘heritage’ pieces, resulting in a thoroughly modern and smart collection.
For enquires: http://www.jackwills.com/en-gb/home
Celebrate Chinese New Year with Hardys
Chinese New Year is fast approaching, and to help you present an auspicious and blessed start to your friends and family Hardys has curated a series of wonderful wine offerings. If you’re searching for a gift for a friend, your parents or an esteemed client or you’re looking for a wine to bring to a banquet celebration, look no further than a Hardys premium red wine. The award winning Eileen Hardy and Heritage Reserve Bin (HRB) ranges are the perfect accompaniment to mark the beginning of a New Year. The Eileen Hardy range was created in 1973 as a tribute to Eileen Hardy, the iconic matriarch of Hardys wines, who was awarded an OBE for her outstanding contribution to the Australian wine industry in 1976. Only the best parcels of fruit are selected and go into crafting wines that bear Eileen Hardys’ name. While the HRB range pushes the boundaries of winemaking through the cross regional blending of hand selected grapes building on the vision of Thomas Hardy, founder of Hardys. Hardy believed the blending would enhance the different qualities of the grapes. His vision proved to be right and it has since become the inspiration for HRB.
Editor's Pick:
For your parents – 2005 | Eileen Hardy Shiraz HK$998
Eileen Hardy’s spirit for life and adventure continues at the very heart of the Hardys brand, making the 2005 Eileen Hardy Shiraz a perfect gift for the matriarchs of your family. Produced from grapes grown in the McLaren Vale, the 2005 Eileen Hardy Shiraz is a fragrant wine with an immediate appeal of blueberry spice, lashings of liquorice, dark chocolate and ripe dark plum in its bouquet, opening up to reveal an underlying complexity of black olive and aniseed. The palate is powerful and layered with rhubarb and dark berries, complemented by notes of chocolate and cedar.
For the family – 2007 | Hardys HRB D640 Cabernet Sauvignon HK$368
Bestow your best wishes for the New Year to your loved ones with a sophisticated bottle of 2007
Hardys HRB D640 Cabernet Sauvignon. This medium bodied style of Cabernet Sauvignon has a bright bouquet of cassis, mint and dry herbs with a complex olive and tobacco leaf interplay. This regional blend shows a lovely persistence of flavours and highlights the best of both the Coonawarra and Margaret River regions.
For your client – 2012 Eileen Hardy Pinot Noir HK$998 Impress your client this New Year with the 2010 Eileen Hardy Pinot Noir – a complex wine with flavours of anise and strawberry combined with earthy notes of game and ‘forest floor’, interwoven with fine French oak. This wine has rich, sweet fruit with fine tannins and is beautifully balanced with lovely mineral acidity.
The HRB and Eileen Hardy ranges are available for purchase at Aeon stores in Quarry Bay, Hung Hom, Tuen Mun, Kowloon Bay, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon City and Tsuen Wan and Yata stores in San Po Kong,Tuen Mun, Mong Kok, Kwun Tong, Tai Po and Sha Tin.
For enquires, please visit: www.hardyswines.com
Japanese Whisky Achieve Fantastic Results at Zachys Asia New Year Sale
Lot 652
Rare Japanese whisky took center-stage at Zachys Asia’s on 24 January at Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong. The Japanese whisky section was 100% sold and achieved a spectacular total of over HK$2.61 million/US$337,072 against a pre-sale estimate of HK$1.6 million/US$210,516. The sale realized a grand total of over HK$20.7 million/US$2.67 million offering a stunning array of exceptional Scottish and Japanese whiskies alongside Bordeaux and Burgundy gems.
Jeff Zacharia, President of Zachys, commented: We are delighted to kick off the auction season in Hong Kong with such phenomenal results. In a packed saleroom, bidding was consistently active throughout this exciting sale pushing the prices for many lots beyond their estimates. Whisky performed exceptionally well and blue-chip Burgundy and Bordeaux were highly sought after. All the 98 lots of Japanese whiskies on offer were sold out at impressive prices, clearly reflecting the enormous interest and strong demand in the market for this category, especially in Asia. The interest for whisky in the auction market has started to build up in the past few years and I believe that its popularity will marketplace.”
A SPECTACULAR OFFERING FROM THE HISTORIC CELLAR OF GRAHAM LYONS
There was keen interest for wines from the cellar of Graham Lyons which was 100% sold. It is one of the greatest collections of rare wines in the world and almost all wines were purchased on initial release and have since been stored at Octavian in the United Kingdom until this auction.
Lot 653 Elliot Faber,
EXCEPTIONAL JAPANESE WHISKY
Bidding was spirited in the saleroom for rare Japanese whisky and resulted in remarkable prices well above pre-sale estimates. Rare bottles from Hanyu Ichiro’s “Playing Card” series were eagerly sought after. Each bottle of the series has a different card face and contains whiskies from casks distilled as early as 1985 and as late as 2000.
The top lot was a Suit of Diamonds of 13 bottles from Hanyu Ichiro’s Malt Card series that realized HK$318,500/US$41,097 (Estimate: HK$260,000-400,000 /US$34,000-55,000, Lot 652, illustrated on P.1). Two bottles featuring the extremely rare Black & White Joker and the Colour Joker, the two final cards of the series released in 2014, commanded a strong price of HK$116,375/US$15,016 (Estimate: HK$60,000-90,000/US$8,000-12,000, Lot 653), well exceeded pre-sale expectations.
Lot 653 Elliot Faber, Hong Kong based whisky specialist, said: “With 100% of all Japanese whisky lots being sold at record prices, The Zachys New Year Auction showed that there are still increasing demands for rare and limited bottlings not only from the closed distilleries of Hanyu and Karuizawa, but also from the distilleries who are still in operation such as Suntory’s Yamazaki, Nikka’s Yoichi and Miyagikyo. This year, collectors and enthusiasts alike will be thirsty for more single casks and older vintage bottlings from all of Japan’s
distilleries.
“People haven’t forgotten Scotland either. If there were less attention to the Scotch this time around, that only means there is a lot of room to grow in this category and Zachys’ offered some extremely collectible bottles. I look forward to seeing the offers at the next auction,” said Faber, who is also Beverage Director for Ronin, Yardbird, and Sunday's Grocery.
For enquires: www.zachys.com/auctions | www.zachysasia.com
Top tips on how to choose the bed linen that’s right for you
Top three tips to choose the best linen
How do you choose bed linen? The world of thread counts is confusing for most, and Sleep Naked Director Robin Beaumont has three top tips to help you choose the bed linen that is right for you this New Year and Valentine's day!
Tip #1: Unravel the mystery of thread count
There is often a lot of confusion around what thread count actually means. In the simplest terms, thread count is the number of threads woven into one square inch of fabric. The number is based on the threads woven horizontally and vertically. For example, a sheet made with 400 thread count will have 400 threads per square inch.
Tip #2: The highest thread count isn’t always the best
When it comes to thread count the highest isn’t always the best, as with super high thread counts the fabric can become very dense and less durable. Depending on your preference, look for a happy medium when it comes to thread count. We recommend sheets with a minimum of 200 thread count which will give you the nice crisp feel of a cotton button down shirt with great durability. If you prefer a heavier sheet that is softer and silkier yet still breathable and durable, go for a 300 to 400 thread count for the perfect balance.
Tip #3: Natural materials breathe better
Sheets made from natural materials are the most breathable and great for promoting ventilation and airflow in the bedroom, which will help regulate your body temperature during warmer nights. Cotton sheets are comfortable and durable, and help wick moisture away from your body as you’re sleeping. Silk is also a great choice but is generally more expensive than cotton, and while linen sheets breathe well, they tend to wrinkle much more easily. Avoid polyester in sheets, as it is oil based and will not allow your body to breathe well throughout the night. Printed bed linen can also reduce breath-ability.
Introducing a modern take on Sleep Naked's best-selling Classic White bed set, the Black Corded bed set features a three-row black sateen cording design. The elegant contrast of the cording on the crisp white cotton sheets creates a sharp, contemporary look that will add style to any interior. Price: HK$2145 for King size. Sleep Naked products can be found in five-star hotels around the world. This includes the classic Dorchester and Claridges hotels in London, the Atlantis in Dubai and the W Hotel in the Maldives. With Sleep Naked you can enjoy real five-star hotel luxury in the comfort of your own home, with the convenience of free home delivery.
HK$1755 for King size.
Sleep Naked has created the sumptuous Cool Grey and Latte luxury bed sets to bring a subtle touch of colour to your bedroom decor. Add sleek character to your space with one of these velvety soft designs. Price:
Always a favourite, Sleep Naked's Classic White bed set is a timeless design that will live through the seasons. The crisp, white sheets are a sophisticated choice and act as a perfect backdrop to build upon with colourful cushions or throws. Price: HK$1755 for King size.
All above bed sets are 400 thread count and available in Single, Double, King and Super King.
Free delivery to central areas of Hong Kong in 3-5 business days.
Enquires: www.sleepnaked.hk