Mango goes a-hawk-ing

Had lunch at Times Square today, and made my customary rounds through the shops. Zara still had the same old stuff, but it's noticeable that they're injecting a lot of colour into their wardrobe which only means that summer has finally arrived in Hong Kong. Club Monaco still had the staple black and white clothes. (Most of which are made in the Philippines. Yes, somewhere in Manila, there's a Club Monaco export overrun outlet waiting to be found.) FCUK was also not so exciting. Thank goodness there's always Page One and Papyrus - these two shops never fail to get my spirits up.

Then I passed by Mango on my way to the exit, and that's where I found the goodies!


Milla Jovovich and Carmen Hawk - better known as the fashionable minds behind Jovovich-Hawk - launched a capsule collection for Mango (or MNG.) They're composed of shiny dresses: some of the shine comes from the embellishment, while others from the fabric itself. There's a nice brown taffeta mini-dress with rhinestones and a printed jersey dress with a patent belt. Another part of the collection was composed of maxi-dresses made of silk, and they actually look light and airy. But they're obviously made with Europeans in mind because the length is too long for the "petite" majority of HK denizens.

While these may be hot property - capsule collections always are - this isn't as exciting as the previous collections that have been launched. It doesn't have enough oomph like Proenza Schouler's collection for Target (which Arnie has, lucky girl) and Roland Mouret's collection for Gap. But if the 3.1 Philip Lim collection is any indicator of how crazy people here are for capsule collections - famous or not - then the Jovovich-Hawk line might be all out before the week ends.