Liberty

Market and garment's finishing research at Liberty. Saw a jacket there, I can preference the finishing and design of the jacket with my designs. In the same day, I have bought some plain cotton and dye, will do some experiment on it later.

Hat making

Recently I went to take a 2 days course on hat making, and it was fun! It has totally built up my interest in this millinery making. Hong Kong does not have this hat culture, especially cocktail hats. It will be great if I can sell hats in Hong Kong, but that will take a very long time for people to accept it.

A notebook

A notebook I have been jotting down work placement's contacts and interesting notes i wrote down while I am on my way. There is a lot of information i can find from there.

Royal Opera House

Royal Opera House provided a large range of work placement, from costume to stage management , accessories and lighting. Problem is they normally required a stage design related degree, but i would still apply to try.

http://www.roh.org.uk/workhere/workexperience/index.aspx

Fashion Retail Academy

The plan I have for this summer is to take some short courses and work placements. Thinking about to take a fashion buying course or maybe also some other courses in the Fashion Retail Academy.

http://www.fashionretailacademy.ac.uk/index.html

Topshop

Plan before going back to Hong Kong. Applying work placement again! I have got some contacts from my friends. I am very interested in fashion buying and want to learn more about it through a placement. The contact I have got is for buying in Tophop. I have applied for Browns last year, but I did not take their offer, do not if it is good to apply again?

PIP Group

Looking for some theatre work placement in Hong Kong. PIP group is founded by a famous Hong Kong actor Jim Chim. they do drama, concerts and many other types of performance. They are also a school, which they take students from a very young age to adult.

http://pip-group.org/v2/index.html

Professional Certificate in Theatre and Entertainment Arts

Researching on Hong Kong's design schools, Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts' reputation is one of the best in Hong Kong. I am very interested in taking there Professional Certificate in Theatre and Entertainment Arts after my fashion degree here at Ravensbourne. I was planning to take a second degree, but maybe the idea of taking a one year course is not bad. Since I am just trying to explore what do I want to do, and learn things. It is a course covers scenic art, costume, prop making, lighting, sound, management and other technological skills.

http://www.hkapa.edu/asp/general/general_academic_programme.asp?lang=eng&mode=gui

West Kowloon Cultural District

This is a friend of mine back in school called Lee Chun Fung, one of his job is to promote Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District. This project was promoted in 1998, the plan is to build some modern art museums, theatres, concert halls and some other performance venues. Unfortunately, the planning and financing for this project was bad. Therefore, till now there is still not much happening there.

I think the idea of a cultural district in Hong Kong is very nice, since this is what I think Hong Kong is lack of.

This is Lee Chung Fung's blog
http://leechunfung.blogspot.com/