A HISTORY OF MYSTERY.

Some photography of the people, places, and things, that make up Hong Kong.

by bobbyhundreds

THE HUNDREDS FOOTWARE SPRING 2010

OUR GANG.

Have you ever seen a skyline like that?

So truly, one of the greatest things about The Hundreds is we have family worldwide.  And nowhere is that more evident than Hong Kong.  I love coming back here just to see our HK brothers, who took us out to Peking Garden tonight for some quality Chinese food. (Mike T, I hear this is your favorite spot!).

That’s Deacon (Daily Dozen Creative).  Kobe and Sam from Subcrew.  Kevin Poon (Clot).  Brandon (Greedy Genius).  Kenneth.  Lee-Hawk (Vans).  And Frankie (Subcrew).  Oh, there’s Vito and Pat also.  Anyways, this table here runs Hong Kong / China streetwear.

Speaking of Sam, he also raps for LMF (Lazy Mutha Fucka), which is like the Wu of Hong Kong.  They formed a decade back and caused all kinds of controversy for their language, raps on politics, and were even banned for it at a point.  Their music is a seamless blend of rap and metal, and there are 12 official members including MC Yan and Prodip.  LMF’s image was further cemented in the early 2000s by being memorialized in personalized Michael Lau figures.  Anyways, the reason why I’m telling you all this is that LMF broke up years back, but just had their first official reunion show earlier this month, with over 5,000 in attendance. Here’s some footage from it (not mine):

I love this letterman jacket.  I’d love to get one, except for the fact that it just sold out in less than 10 hours.  And that’s a $400 piece, mind you.  Next time.

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RE-TALE.

This is the new Comme des Garcons on Ice House Street in Hong Kong, right in the heart of Central.  Not sure what happened, but the original block that housed this and a few other stores is boarded up now, so some of them moved over here and set up new residence.  In my opinion, this a much better retail experience on a flat layout instead of vertical stories.

This watermelon room is courtesy of celebrated Chinese artist Ai Wei Wei.  China is home to the best artists in the world right now, I’m prepared to defend that.  Great creativity comes from struggle, and now that the ties of communism are gradually loosening, these artists are unleashing lifetimes of pent-up expression onto the rest of us.

And the wallpaper enveloping the Comme store is by Kerim Ragamov.

A couple doors down is the new Hoods, the WTaps store, which opened last month.  Definitely one of my choice selections for HK shopping, as far as product offerings go.

And the new Maison Martin Margiela store in Hong Kong.  In concordance with the usual Margiela buildouts.

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CHOPPING BLOCK.

So we’re out in Hong Kong now.  First place we gotta eat at is the gully mantis shrimp spot, a blue-collar local restaurant that tourists don’t come within miles of.  You remember when we were here 2 years back?

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SAYONARA.

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