THE SUITCASE CHALLENGE DAY 11 - HONG KONG

Mango suede jacket, Topshop lace dress and booties, Zara bag

I hadn't seen Twee in awhile and was looking forward to meeting her in Hong Kong! The little Vietnamese patchwork elephant you see up there came along for the ride while Twee expertly navigated the twist and turns of busy streets in Central. We slurped up some local noodle favourites at Tsui Wah, checked out the sales at Swedish brand Cos, stopped for more french toast & milk tea at yet another cha chaan teng, and stocked up on some brown paper bags (more on that later). I was wearing a lace dress, dressed down with flat booties and kept warm with this suede jacket. Have I shared with you how much I adore this piece? It came in about 6 different colours when I saw it in Milan and I decided burgundy was the one, which probably set me up for the start of a full-fledged maroon affair.

Hope you've been enjoying the outfit/travel posts! Got a couple more up my sleeve x

Photos by Thomas Lo

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THE SUITCASE CHALLENGE DAY 10 - HONG KONG

Zara jacket, Target tee, Blank NYC jeans via Shopbop, Zara boots and bag

Quick outfit post from day three of being in this cosmopolitan and food-laden city of Hong Kong. I'm wearing a lot of Zara of late and I blame that on the ridiculous affordability of their end-of-year sales. Currently the two most versatile pieces of my travel wardrobe, I wore both these stripes and jeans in more casual get-ups around Vietnam, but factor in a couple of bargains from good ol' Zara -  a refreshingly white tailored tweed jacket and super sleek zip-up boots, and you get more of a dose of city chic and less hippie-wanderer. We stopped by the curiously named Australia Dairy Company which comes highly recommended as one of the top teahouses (cha chaan teng) in town, for a breakfast of scrambled eggs, french toast and milk tea. The line was long, kitchen frantic, service quick, and food unfussy yet delicious.

Photos by Thomas Lo

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