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BROS PRODUCTS, HONG KONG COLORFUL STREETWEAR BRAND. ASIA URBAN CLOTHING, CUTE KAWAII CHARACTER DESIGN.
Introducing our favorite new streetwear brand… Bros Products, from Hong Kong! Here’s the fun story of how we got to know the designers; they’re now some of our favorite people.
Sebastiano Serafini discovered the colorful urban clothes years ago, when he was modeling in Hong Kong. He wore the Shark backpack on his TV drama, Nihonjin no shiranai nihongo, and Japanese viewers fell in love with it.
While we were in Hong Kong, we noticed that Bros Products was everywhere (lots of young people wearing the cute character garments). We got in touch with the label… and guess what. Designer Beerbean invited us to pick out clothes — as many as we wanted — from their factory inventory!
The fun, bright kiddy streetwear fits our personalities perfectly. It was difficult to narrow down our choices.
Mr. Shark, however, is probably Seba’s favorite character.
Pop quiz: can you find the design tributes to the Simpsons, Spongebob, Winnie the Pooh?
Sanrio’s not the only company with adorable characters. The Bros family includes Baby Lion, Rinne, Benson the naked boy, Panda, Duck and Monkey, combined in oh-so-many ways. (Frankenstein Lion and Devil Rinne, to name a few.)
The brand’s a small, family-run operation, but produces an impressive number of designs. Including sneakers, belts and watches.
Bros Products has nine stores in Hong Kong. Each is decorated as brightly as the t-shirt prints. (You can see photos of their Causeway Bay shop here.)
The team is the nicest, and we’re working together on something cool… We’ll let you know what’s up as soon as we can!
Sebastiano modeled Bros Products in a fashion shoot for a magazine; here are some of the images.
Do you love Bros Products as much as we do? Don’t you want to wear everything they make? In fact, we ended up doing exactly that… hilarious photos to come!
PS: Sebastiano and I are in an Italian TV news show (T7), in a story about Luisaviaroma’s fashion blogger event! You can see us in the clip above and here.
Song of the Day: XA-VAT – VAT-DANCE (featuring Kozi of Malice Mizer).
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CAUSEWAY BAY, HONG KONG HOTEL & RENTAL APARTMENTS: TRAVEL ATTRACTIONS & MTR SUBWAY. HONG KONG TOURISM.
Remember our first photo-set from our Hong Kong apartment, provided by Roomorama? Here are more fun memories from our three-week stay.
La Carmina is wearing a white flower and bead necklace gifted from Soho Hearts. Sebastiano is wearing a Stand Up the Fragile t-shirt… and nothing else!
Roomorama’s furnished apartments are spotless and have every modern convenience (but prices are much lower than if you stayed in a hotel). We spent a lot of time in the bathroom… the lighting was ideal for self-portraits.
Less spent on housing means more for shopping. My babydoll lace dress and cut-out tights are from various places in Hong Kong.
Causeway Bay is a favorite destination for locals, who come to buy Japanese fashion and eat international cuisine. Our apartment was smack in the middle of the action, minutes from famous shopping centers. (Check out photos of Hong Kong shops in this post).
Did you know Hong Kong was a British colony, until the 1997 handover the China? Most locals speak basic English, so you won’t have trouble communicating. People still drive on the left side of the road — look out, Sebastiano!
Staying in a Roomorama.com apartment meant living among locals — and taking up their lifestyle. Our building was across the street from the MTR subway station and “mini-bus” stops.
Causeway Bay’s a great place to live, since it’s only a few stops from Central, Mong Kok and Tsim Sha Tsui. Since Seba and I have been to Hong Kong many times, we skipped the tourist spots (Victoria Peak, Giant Buddha) and hung out in these cosmopolitan areas.
The escalators move quickly in Hong Kong, and the locals aren’t afraid to push you aside. I recommend getting an “Octopus Card,” a refillable charge-card that you can use in the subway, and at major stores like 7-Eleven.
Ai-yah… Hong Kong style and attitude are quite different from Japan’s!
Got questions about Hong Kong’s culture, fashion, attractions? Leave us a comment, and we’ll help you out.
The next time you’re planning a trip, consider a furnished short-term apartment from Roomorama. You get to live like a local in a stylish place, and the value for the price beats a hotel.
PS: Thank you to Gia Magazine for interviewing me, and featuring me in a 4-page article (found in Issue 8). Also, arigato to Rolf Potts (revered travel writer and author of Vagabonding) for interviewing me about my work in travel TV and journalism. The text is here and after the jump.
Song of the Day: My Dying Bride – the British band has a new Goth, doom, gloom album out. Well-crafted, with impressive orchestral arrangements. There’s more info on their Facebook.
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