After the successful debut of his first high-fashion boutique in Central, Hong Kong designer Kev Yiu is ready for the world – and consideringexpanding his repertoire beyondfashion.After the successful debut of his first high-fashion boutique in Central, Hong Kong designer Kev Yiu is ready for the world – and considering
Kev Yiu, a designer who has collaborated with Disney to create a line of wedding dresses and ball gowns, tells Andrew Sun where he loves to eat in Hong Kong and abroad.
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One hundred years ago, Sennet Frères was a watch merchant; today, it’s a wedding-couture brand. So where do we begin with this story? Local singer-songwriter Hins Cheung discovered the fascinating lives of the Weill family when he took up residence in their old family home, and made it his mission to revive the long lost brand.
If Hins Cheung weren’t a musician, he’d probably have been a historian. The singer-songwriter, who’s released more than 10 studio albums and appeared in a number of Hong Kong feature films, has a not-so-secret penchant for historical research. But whereas some find it compelling to discover their ancestral roots and chart out their family tree, Cheung put his efforts into completing the picture of another family altogether – that of the high-society tale of Albert and Rosie Weill, who lived in Hong Kong in the 1920s.