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Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-leaves run.
Excerpt from To Autumn, John Keats
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Fresh wisps of wind and the waning vigour of the Sun - ah, the welcome return of Winter. Many would agree that it's the best time in Hong Kong. Everyone seems less agitated and we embrace the cooler weather by layering. While the humidity poses a challenge to heavy fabrics (at least before the new year), breathable fabrics are a godsend when it comes to the 852.
Lately I've noticed the lack of people wearing denim, which comes as a surprise given its versatile and timeless appeal. Owned by the likes of festival 'grammers, downtown coffee hipsters, or beard-loving lumbersexuals, denim can be worn in any way or by any person you can imagine. In this series, I made it my mission to wear denim in the most blatant way possible. For those who still feel like it's a taboo, fret not as double denim isn't as much of a faux-pas as it used to be (either that or I'm just horribly mistaken).
Over the past summer, I was lucky enough to catch Bryant Lee (@bryantlives) whose photography continues to get better and better. Yes you read that right, we shot these photographs in the 30 something degree sauna that is Hong Kong. Despite the heat, the photos more than made up for it. At a location that's frequented by bike lovers and picnic dwellers, the wild grass and 'fields' of green gave me the impression that I was in a meadow that existed purely out of my imagination. I was rudely awakened by reality however; that despite something as beautiful as the image that lay before my eyes, the muddy marsh I stepped into reminded me that there will always be a flip side no matter how hard you believe otherwise. #liveandlearn
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