TBT 2023: Chow Yun-fat at Chopard: Hong Kong icon and legend on the red carpet!

TBT: Chow Yun-fat at Chopard. 

We--the team and I, not the royal 'we'--were heading to interview Chopard's Caroline Scheufele, Chopard's President and artistic designer, when we heard on the day that the VIP guest was Hong Kong icon and cine-legend himself. Word spread quickly and the crowds gathered, went berserk when he walked in with his wife. 

Last of the super duper stars. 

Caroline and Karl-Friedrich Scheufele opened the new Chopard store in Central Hong Kong, with an above-the-title theme, Chopard Loves Cinema. Fitting considering the brand's long association with Cannes Film Festival, the Palm D'or and their latest line, The Red Carpet Collection - which you can read about in my column 🤓in Best of the Best 2024, by Robb Report Hong Kong. 

The world's most popular actress-Julia Roberts-is the face of the brand currently, but the Oscar-winner didn't fly down to Asia for the opening, though her presence was visible as there are posters of the American actress wallpapered around the store front. How to make a wave in a city that never sleeps and sees stars fly in and out with regularity? You find a hidden dragon; 'the' Chow Yun-fat arrived looking a decade younger than he is. All smiles and charm and at peace with his severely awesome self, even when the crowds were chanting, then screaming his name. That true-blue-movie-star charisma and legendary status will never fade. Icons only. 😎

Robb Report Hong Kong: 13 Best Brooches at the Oscars 2024, From Boucheron and Cartier to Tiffany & Co.

Now a red-carpet staple, the (often) diamond-festooned accessory is back with a bang.

At the Academy Awards, the tentpole film and fashion event of the year, the red carpet doubles as a catwalk, welcoming stars draped in the latest duds and dripping in diamonds. Red-carpet fashion is usually made interesting by the sheer force of women who set out to dazzle in dramatic gowns and jewels of unconscionable size. Most men wear penguin suits that pass muster, and while we love a tuxedo, to stand out in a sea of black and white, stars and their stylists have breached the fashion column insidiously through the humble lapel.

Boutonnières and brooches are all the rage this season, glittering and glimmering on stars of all stripes. Here are some of our favourite ones from the red carpet at the Oscars 2024.

See the full list and read the feature here at Robb Report Hong Kong. 

Best Dressed at the Golden Globes 2019

Star Power

 

Eternal Favourite: Julia Roberts

What? Awards season kicked off in great style as the stars of Hollywood walked the red carpet at the Beverly Hilton for the 76th Golden Globes. Exactly a year after the genesis of the #metoo movement that saw almost every star wear black, it was business as usual as nominees and presenters alike embraced every hue for a return to classic glamour. 

Boys on the side: In truth, rarely do men hog the fashion limelight as most wear standard – albeit designer – tuxedos; old favourites like Armani, Tom Ford, Berluti and Gucci. The millennials stood out with a few daring sartorial selects: Timothée Chalamet in Louis Vuitton (and Cartier jewellery!), Troye Sivan in a Prussian blue tuxedo by Calvin Klein, and winners Darren Criss in Dior Homme and Ben Whishaw in crystal-embellished Alexander McQueen. 

Gowns and glory: There wasn’t a single what-the-f…ashion moment as nearly all the ladies looked their elegant best. The standouts included Lady Gaga – of course – in periwinkle Valentino and two assistants in tow to carry her lengthy train. Host, and winner, Sandra Oh donned three different outfits, two Versace and one Stella McCartney. And the rest you can see here, some with the best accessory of the night: their very own Golden Globe.

 

Above: Michelle Yeoh in Shiatzy Chen and De Beers diamonds.
Ben Whishaw in Alexander McQueen.
Sandra Oh in Stella McCartney and Forevermark diamonds.


  

Emily Blunt in custom Alexander McQueen and Emma Stone in Louis Vuitton. 


  

Gemma Chan looked so good - had to post two pictures; the gorgeous actress in Valentino Haute Couture and Forevermark Diamonds.

Richard Madden in Giorgio Armani. 

  

 Glenn Close in Armani Prive, Jessica Chastian in Burberry and our all-time-favourite superstar Julia Roberts in Stella McCartney and Chopard.



  

More of Julia on the carpet...

Lupita Nyong'o in Calvin Klein by Appointment and Bvlgari.


  


Timothee Chalamet in Louis Vuitton and Cartier.


Published in Prestige magazine, February, 2019. More at PrestigeOnline.com