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The Fashion Hong Kong Runway Show rounded off the first day of CENTRESTAGE, the annual Asian fashion extravaganza, last night (4 September).  Building on the previous year's fusion of fashion and ballet, this year's event took interdisciplinary collaboration one step further, enlisting Weeds of Fire director Steve Chan to narrate the latest collections of four Hong Kong fashion brands – ANGUS TSUI, röyksopp gakkai, selfFab. and Z I D I – through cinematic storytelling, inviting the audience to explore the fashion realm from a new perspective. The show received enthusiastic acclaim from a multitude of industry professionals, celebrities and fashion enthusiasts. Notable attendees included Jennifer Yu, Alfred Hui, Philip Ng and Karl Ting. Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and sponsored by the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA), CENTRESTAGE is now in full swing, running until 7 September at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. This year's fashion showcase brings together participants from 18 countries and regions and features a record-breaking 250 local and international brands. For the first time, the event spans four days and offers free admission for fashion buyers and members of the public to explore and shop.

Collaboration between film director and four local designers boosts interdisciplinary interplay in Hong Kong

Jennifer Yu

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Karl Ting

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ANGUS TSUI (Designer: Angus Tsui), Spring/Summer 2025 Collection

Paying homage to the surrealist painter, sculptor and designer HR Giger, renowned for his contributions to the Alien film, Tsui’s latest collection blends futuristic elements with a sustainable ethos, embodying the brand's dedication to environmental conservation and design ingenuity.

Brand: ANGUS TSUI; Collection: GIGER

röyksopp gakkai (Designer: Chan Brun), Spring/Summer 2025 Collection

The collection draws inspiration from the 1990s’ Japanese magical girl manga series Hime-chan's Ribbon created by Megumi Mizusawa, combining fashion with fantasy through the illustrations of artist Han Teng, creating a unique and dreamy collection through vintage handkerchief patchwork.

Brand: röyksopp gakkai; Collection: Citta-Matra

SelfFab. (Designer: Menu Tsai), Spring/Summer 2025 Collection

The RE-SYNTHDELIC series draws inspiration from 1980s’ electronic music, merging uniform aesthetics with electronic music elements. The designs range from sportswear to everyday uniforms like school and work attire, symbolising a shift from routine conformity to celebrating liberation, breaking free from uniformity and expressing individuality through the incorporation of electronic music elements.

Brand: SelfFab.; Collection: RE-SYNTHDELIC

Z I D I (Designer: Nathan Moy), Spring/Summer 2025 Collection

The series draws inspiration from Albert Einstein's iconic equation and Escher's infinite staircases, incorporating unexpected twists in each piece, disrupting traditional notions of functionality and challenging the wearer's perception of clothing, transcending the ordinary.

Brand: Z I D I; Collection: Escher = mc2

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About Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA) The Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA) established in June 2024, formerly known as Create Hong Kong (CreateHK), is a dedicated office set up by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR Government) under the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau to provide one-stop services and support to the cultural and creative industries with a mission to foster a conducive environment in Hong Kong to facilitate the development of arts, culture and creative sectors as industries. Its strategic foci are nurturing talent and facilitating start-ups, exploring markets, promoting cross-sectoral and cross-genre collaboration, promoting the development of arts, culture and creative sectors as industries under the industry-oriented principle, and promoting Hong Kong as Asia’s creative capital and fostering a creative atmosphere in the community to implement Hong Kong’s positioning as the East-meets-West centre for international cultural exchange under the National 14th Five-Year Plan.

About <a href="https://www.fashionhongkong.com.hk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fashion Hong Kong</a> Fashion Hong Kong is a series of international promotional events organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) to promote Hong Kong fashion designers and labels in the global fashion arena. On 3 September, during the CENTRESTAGE ELITES Show, HKTDC will showcase the creations of 10 Fashion Hong Kong designers at the ground floor of the Hong Kong Palace Museum. The following day, 4 September, HKTDC will present the Fashion Hong Kong Runway Show, organised by the HKTDC and sponsored by the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA), at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Directed by Chan Chi-fat, the runway event will feature new Spring/Summer 2025 (SS25) collections from four Hong Kong labels - ANGUS TSUI, röyksopp gakkai, selfFab., and Z I D I - in a cinematic style. Mr Chan was the director of “Weeds on Fire”, a winner of the first edition of First Feature Film Initiative organised by CCIDA (formerly known as Create Hong Kong).

Disclaimer: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project only, and does not otherwise take part in the project. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials/events (or by members of the project team) are those of the project organisers only and do not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency, the CreateSmart Initiative Secretariat or the CreateSmart Initiative Vetting Committee.

The Fashion Hong Kong Runway Show rounded off the first day of CENTRESTAGE, the annual Asian fashion extravaganza, last night (4 September).  Building on the previous year's fusion of fashion and ballet, this year's event took interdisciplinary collaboration one step further, enlisting Weeds of Fire director Steve Chan to narrate the latest collections of four Hong Kong fashion brands – ANGUS TSUI, röyksopp gakkai, selfFab. and Z I D I – through cinematic storytelling, inviting the audience to explore the fashion realm from a new perspective.