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The highly popular Asia Wine Academy returns during the HKTDC Hong Kong International Wine and Spirits Fairs 2018. Offering a unique education on wine, participants are awarded certificates endorsed by Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Hotel and Tourism Management and HKTDC with two comprehensive courses – including wine tastings – conducted by Masters of Wine Jeannie Cho Lee and Sarah Heller from 8 to 10 November 2018. Register NOW for Asia Wine Academy: https://goo.gl/Y4E38YMore

“We want to create the future of activewear” says Simon Kuong, CEO of Global Branding Company and founder of ANIFA. Kuong brought ANIFA’s latest collection to CENTRESTAGE 2018, where the futuristic label joined local and overseas exhibitors at the METRO zone. From its prime position in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Bay Area, the brand is able to draw on manufacturing expertise in the Chinese mainland while also capitalising on Hong Kong’s pool of clothing industry talent. More

A series of focus group discussions conducted by HKTDC Research showed that, looks are increasingly important among middle class consumers, a development that has resulted in a greater willingness to undergo a wider variety of beauty treatments. There is growing demand for advanced automated treatments and medical beauty treatments. The consumption habits of male consumers are similar to those of their female peers. Male consumers, however, seem to attach greater importance to professionalism.More

Social media has resulted in greater fluidity between streetwear and high-end fashion, says London-based Martine Rose. The internationally-acclaimed menswear designer was invited to sit as a judge for the 2018 Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers’ Contest at CENTRESTAGE. This podcast touches on upcoming trends and the “eccentric in mainstream fashion”. Rose believes that the “world will start to pivot on its axis” as it looks increasingly to Asian designers for new inspiration. More