Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Historic Clothing Encounters

GV Miao's fashion philosophy: “I dun believe fashion as an individual entity, it's gotta be linked up with history and culture.” – Gwen Vikkey Miao –

We didn't expect to find this lifestyle shop called “Brocante Place De La Bastille” (brocante: second hand goods in French) selling antique and vintage clothing from the 18th century Europe opened in the busiest commercial district of Hong Kong after having dined at the Italian fashion restaurant, Armani Ristorante/Bar to where Gwen always wanted to pay a visit in Asia on last Tuesday. We all agreed that it must be Gwen's spirit which led us there. Gwen had always been a fashion/museum lover and a seeker of knowledge who indulged in fashion, history and culture especially those of the Medieval Europe to the Napoleonic Era. Her research interests lay in Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), the infamous last Queen of France and Empress Josephine Bonaparte (1763-1814) as the iconic trendsetters (pls refer to our related facebook fan page albums).

The shop is nostalgically furnished in a rustic and old-fashioned style. We were thrilled to see the Marie Antoinette styled shoes, the 18th century panniers and balloon-sleeved peasant blouses which are not very popular in Asia at the shop front display. Do make a trip to “Brocante Place” the next time when you're in town in memory of our blogger, Gwen Vikkey Miao.



Brocante Place De La Bastille
Unit No. 1 & 1A, G/F Tak Woo House
No. 17-19 D' Aguilar Street
Lan Kwai Fong, Central, Hong Kong
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Posted by Gwen Vikkey Miao at 5:58 PM
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5 comments:

  1. Ellinor ForjeOctober 19, 2010 at 11:32 PM

    I love this. Som many nice chinese clothes. Beautiful. Nice blog. Feel free to come by mine.

    Ciao.

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  2. Gwen Vikkey MiaoOctober 20, 2010 at 6:34 AM

    Thanks very much for your support, Ellinor. You're also cordially invited to visit and follow our facebook fan page http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=517659583&ref=ts#!/pages/Fashion-Blog-La-Mode-by-GV-Miao-an-Oriental-Perspective/277566999964 We're also on twitter http://twitter.com.GV_Miao
    If you like what we're doing in fashion, pls spread the word and your comments are most welcome.
    Stay fab!! Stay tuned.
    GV Miao

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  5. Gwen Vikkey MiaoJanuary 4, 2011 at 4:47 PM

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