While I was in New York, Cole Haan invited me down to check out their semi-newly renovated store on Prince Street in Soho and to introduce one of their special collections. The store is the perfect blend of tradition, classic, cool and contemporary. Fitted with tons of natural wood and trimmed with black metal along the fixtures, the interior made me feel like I just stepped into the coolest grandpa’s house, if this grandpa wore seriously cool desert boots and double denim (think Nick Wooster or basically anyone who goes to Men’s Fashion Week). They don’t carry a super wide selection of shoes, especially not for women but when you’re the makers of the perfect classic wingtip or oxford, why would you need such a wide selection anyway.

Cole Haan has taken classic shoe silhouettes and injected them with Nike air technology in their soles, making them seriously THE most comfortable shoes and added a twist to tradition with new materials and inventive colorways. Everything in the store felt timeless yet on trend which is exactly what everyone should be investing in.

I was introduced to the special SoHo-exclusive collection where the shoes are entirely made with the 3M reflective material from Nike shoes (you’ll see pics below). You know that little shiny thing that reflects light, normally found on the Nike tick or along the stripes of your airmax 95? Yep, these traditional classic Cole Haan silhouettes were completely made of that material. This collection is the perfect example of Cole Haan’s incredibly innovative twist on a classic shoe.

On Sha:
Topshop sweater, H&M skirt, Mom’s belt, Susan Sng cross necklace, bracelets by Links of London and David Yurman, Mulberry bag, Topshop Ambush boots

Well what can I say? I got the moves like Mick Jagger.

HIYA guys, it’s me Sha, otherwise always captioned on this blog as CLN (cute little nanz). For those of you that are wondering, YES we are sisters and YES we are twinsies….born 14 months apart because ninniez was JUST too desperate to see the world she popped out first. And I was SOOOO hungry and greedy I decided to stay inside for 14 months longer.

Last week we met up to take a good ol’ granny trip to the knitting store in Causeway Bay. Nanz was looking for some chunky yarn and drumstick size needles to work on a project that I’m sure she will be blogging about soon. Along the way we also discovered this CLS (cute little store) which I forgot the name of but had a bunch of really cool stuff “imported from Korea”. I’ve been eyeing a pair of sweatpants from the CLS buuuuuttttt the price tag seemed a bit unfriendly for my taste.

On Denise:
Dad’s Ralph Lauren sweater, H&M shorts, Monki blouse, Forever 21 spike necklace, Rabeanco bag and Topshop Ambush boots.

As per usual, we ended up wearing the same color scheme without planning it, as those with twinsies sisters would know, GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE.

Sometime last week us Lais got together with the mother and had lunch at Doppio Zero. Known for their homemade pastas and seasonal ingredients, I had the calamari linguini which was uber yums – the calamari was fried in what appeared to be baby bits of couscous-like batter. Nanz ordered their own version of bolognese sauce and the waiter informed us would be a white sauce, to which we all replied “HURR??????”. Any meal with free dessert can’t go wrong, the result of mom batting her eyelashes at the waiter and giggling flirtatiously in her man voice. LOL!!! Thanks Doppio Zero!

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!