Baby Ella on Hypebeast Essentials

Jasper Wong’s Hypebeast Essential with our baby Ella While at the Carbon Festival with my husband Jasper, Hypebeast made its biggest and most important post yet (or at least to me) – the debut of...

From HNL to LA

With Shanna, Kamea Hadar (Lead Director of POW WOW HAWAII) , PM Tenore (Founder of RVCA), Jasper Wong (Founder of POW WOW HAWAII), myself, and Rhandy Hild (Roxy) You know you are in a dreamland...

123Klan x Jasper Wong

123 Klan x Jasper Wong A few weeks after the chaos of POW WOW Hawaii 2013, Jasper Wong (founder and my husband) finally got his hands dirty with some MTN spray cans. The French extraordinaires and...

Handmade shoes

Handmade shoes from Hawaii My baby girl is the luckiest child ever. She recieves cool gifts from cool people! Thank you to our homie Jeffrey Gress for the kick ass mini shoes. A friend of his made...

Teavana

After months of being away from the world of shopping, I was reunited with one of the world’s largest outside malls, Ala Moana Shopping Center. With over 290 merchants, I happily stumbled upon the...

Test Blog Post

Designer: Stephanie Simek

Stephanie Simek HNC: What do you do and how long have you done it for? SS: I’ve made all different types of things since I was very young, but as far as my wearable’s- that started when I moved to...

Artist: Jasper Wong

Hobnobcity: nicknames? Jasper Wong: My family used to call me “Popeye” growing up. I have no idea why, maybe it’s because of my massive forearms and penchant for steroids in the form of spinach....

Media: Eugene Kan of Hypebeast

HNC: Hello Eugene, please describe yourself using three adjectives. EK: Extreme, silly, quasi-intellectual HNC: What do you do and how long have you done it? EK: I’m the managing editor at a...

Makeup Artist: Christa Wong

Hobnobcity: What brought you to where you are at as an artist/makeup artist. (tell me a little about your background) Christa Wong: As a child I was always drawing, painting, singing and dreaming....

Photographer: Alex Lim

Alex Lim Photography Hobnobcity :What inspired you to pursue photography? Alex Lim Photography: I honestly have no idea anymore. But I do like the freedom to create something unique…and this medium...

Bring it on

Photos by Jasper All Saints dress and boots, scarf from Istanbul, Zara Jacket, Kate Spade Socks It was pouring rain then, right when I stepped outside, it was bright and sunny. Feeling a bit silly,...

So legit – Nanzan Girogiro

Nanzan Girogiro restaurant – amazing! Sake for him Red wine for me Course #1 – abalone with some type of custard Course #2 – appetizer Course #3 – a twist on miso soup Course #4 – thin slices of...

A breakdown of wardrobe

POW WOW Hawaii hat, Hellz Bellz jacket, gifted scarf from Cambodia, Kamea tank top, 7 for all Mankind skinnies It was Ella’s first month birthday this month and we decided to dress her up as a...

A rainy day in Hawaii

POW WOW Hawaii 2013 hoodie, Hellz Bellz tee, American Apparel shorts, Kate Spade socks, Stuart Weitzman boots, Salvatore Ferragamo bag For the past month, Hawaii’s weather has changed it’s pace and...

My official post-pregnancy debut

Club Monaco button up shirt, American Apparel corduroy shorts, Salvatore Ferragamo shoes, no makeup Pregnancy weight gain: 46 lbs Three weeks after labor: lost 28 lbs It feels nice to finally sort...

Truth

Always Maxi pads, Avent disposable day and night pads (for the breast milk leakage) – A supply for post-labor (three weeks in) Seriously, who would have thought that my daily routine will now...

The transition

I hoped everyone had a wonderful Christmas! I definitely had a relaxing Christmas surrounding myself with loved ones and good company. As we head into 2013, I must say, so many pages and chapters...

The “feel-good” outfits

La Perla $704 – Kyoto Hana exclusive waist cincher set La Perla $354 – Shape couture shaping dress La Perla $318 – Gabrielle Babydoll La Perla $635 -Ikebana long nightgown Current lingerie must...

Movie: Pitch Perfect

I am completely obsessed with this movie. If it weren’t for my fiancee searching for things I love, I would never have noticed this movie at all. This movie reminds me of “Glee” (another...

Above the knuckle

About two years ago, I was craving for some type of accessory (mainly rings) to wear above my knuckles. I never found it (actually, I couldn’t put it into a descriptive sentence for any search...

Snow got nothing in Hawaii

Rachel Roy $295 Christian Louboutin $745 Giorgio Armani $650 Charlotte Olympia $1095 Prada $470 My current favorites this month!

Good night beautiful

Here is my current night time ritual. The StriVectin eye treatment, AmorePacific Moisturizer, and the Revitalash. I have been using the StriVectin for some time now and I feel that it is perfect...

Vintage…

Classic vintage bikini (one-piece) Vintage bikini top Call me crazy but one little rule about post-labor is to never try on your pre-pregnant jeans (or clothes) until maybe 6-12 months later. They...

Throwback…pre-labor

At 10 weeks At 13 weeks At 15 weeks At 18 weeks At 19 weeks At 20 weeks 32 weeks After 40 weeks of instant body changes, my life has finally just begun. For those of you who check my site...

Goodies

If you don’t know, now you know… I am a skin care fanatic and sometimes I get into my “I-want-a-makeover” phase. For now, my focus is on skin care. I’ve stop using different types of skin care to...

It’s starting to feel like Christmas…

Christmas tree from a school fundraiser ($92) Ben Franklin ornaments (total of $100) It is starting to feel like Christmas… I was dying to get my Christmas tree decorations going but I had to be...

Things I love…at the moment

1. Dress – DVF 2. Bra – Hellz Bellz 3. Handbag – Salvatore Ferragamo 4. Tank Top – All Saints 5. Bodysuit – All Saints My choices seem to be a bit risque with a touch of Tiffany blue. I love the...

dope…

Oh how I long to wear these dresses and cute wedge boots! Afraid of what treasures I may find, I still end up searching the web for awesome dresses and shoes. I constantly remind myself to be...

POW WOW Hawaii 2012 Part I

POW WOW HAWAII 2012: Part I from Pow Wow Hawaii on Vimeo. In less than four months, POW WOW Hawaii 2013 will begin. The excitement of artists’ from all over the globe will unite once again in...