Taylor in the amazing crochet lace and neon pink skirt she designed for her mini collection with Lane Crawford.

So last week before the dinner with Taylor Tomasi Hill, I ventured out to Wong Chuk Hang to the Lane Crawford office with Sha, Carmen and Tania to check out the latest LC SS12 collection. On our way there we were SUPER excited cos Taylor Tomasi Hill was gonna be there just moseying around the preview and we were super nervous as to what to say! Good thing me and sha were Prepared Pollys cos the night before we came up with a bunch of questions to ask her so as to avoid the awkward “so….how do you like Hong Kong?” type of situations. I don’t normally get starstruck..like I’ve seen tons of celebrities when I was in New York but was never like “OMGOMGOMGOGMOGMOGMOGMOGM” (except for the one time that Ashley Olsen sat on the table behind us in a cafe once) but otherwise..I rather not draw too much attention whenever I see a celebrity. BUT…this time, when we stepped onto the 30th floor and saw Taylor just moseying around…I was internally going “OMGOGMOGMOMGOGMOGMOGMOMGOGM”. She looks soooo cool and nice in person and is really friendly and approachable which made talking to her ten times easier! We got to spend a couple of minutes with her just asking her some fun questions then took an awesome nerve-wracking am-i-meant-to-put-my-arm-around-her-back group photo! I’ll post the little interview we did with her in my next post just cos it’s not been typed up yet.

So other than meeting TTH for the first time and totally loving her ten times more than we all already do, we were actually there to check out the upcoming collections for Spring Summer 2012. Of course I instantly fell for all the floral prints and amazing accessories! There was so much to take in so below are just some of me and nanz’s favourite picks!

Something Else by Natalie Wood Bugged Box Pleat dress, KSUBI Kustom studded denim jacket (both from Electric Sekki), Prada mini-satchel and ASH Banyan wedges. link

Oh man has this week been a special one! I am sososososososososo lucky and honoured that I was invited to dinner with none other than everybody-and-their-mom’s favourite style icon Taylor Tomasi Hill! Along with Sarah Rutson, TTH designed a mini capsule collection of 7 pieces exclusively for Lane Crawford. She was in town for just a few days (her first time in Asia!!) to style some displays for LC and to basically introduce her little collection! Along with Sha, Carmen and Tania, we went to the LC SS12 Press Preview to look at all the upcoming goodies for Spring Summer and we actually got to meet Taylor earlier in the day. We did a little sit down chit-chat with her where me and Sha asked her a bunch of fun questions..but more on that later though!

So yes that night I was one of the lucky few who was invited to attend the dinner with Taylor and some other super stylish people at Heirloom Eatery. I was a bit nervous at first cos I thought I wouldn’t know anyone who was going but luckily, Cindy, Christina and Virginia (of HKFashionGeek) were attending too! UNluckily though, the seating was assigned but I happily sat (at one head of the table) next to Stinger and Han Huo Huo, with Virginia not too far away. Anyway so dinner was fun, the food was quite good (especially the sweet potato fries and the fun dessert at the end!) and it was great hearing funny stories from Sarah Rutson, Taylor and attempting (more like pretending) to understand everyone around me’s Mandarin conversation, (ahem complete fail).

Thanks SO much to Lane Crawford for inviting me! You can check out some amazing pics of TTH in her collection on the Lane Crawford site and also buy some of the limited pieces here!

Whilst I love love love attending events and then coming home to procrastinate and only blog about it a week or more later….sometimes it runs through my mind that I never really wanted my blog to be about what events I went to or what company wants me to say this, this or this about whatever product. Don’t get me wrong, I’m super grateful about what opportunities my blog has brought me but I think what I’m just trying to say that I hope you guys (my lurrrrrvleh readers) don’t think I’ve “sold out” or that my blog is not “me” anymore…anyway nonetheless I am so thankful that I’m lucky enough to be able to go to such events and meet such great and interesting people and I hope that you guys will still continue to read and visit my blog! I’m trying to step back a bit and return to more random blogposts about my days in Hong Kong or whatever I’ve been up to with my love, family and friends here.

Well, har har har because here’s another post about another event that I went to at another venue on another evening in Hong Kong. Christian Louboutin (I’m sure he or the brand needs no other introduction) was in town to launch his new book called…dun dun dun “Christian Louboubtin” which is a wonderfully dusty pink and thick-ass monograph celebrating 20 years of his iconic red sole. Upon entering The Space on Hollywood Road, you were immediately plunged into a sea of red red red everywhere and these giant red Chinese lanterns flooding the windows. While we waited around for Mr. Louboutin to arrive, me and Sha did what we do best: stuff our faces with canapés (sooo yum from Relish Kitchen!). When he finally arrived, he did a round of the space and played on the interactive super-sized flip book version of his book and then proceeded to sign all copies of his book at this cute little table. I heard that he actually really sat there for at least 2 hours signing every devoted fans’ book!