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| Peter, first year Law |
Clean, comfortable and colour coordinated. “First impressions are everything. From someone's style you can see how someone wants to portray himself. It's like talking to someone before you talk to them.” Peter transcends his love for neatness in an understated style: good basics, from brands such as Ben Sherman, Muji and Uniqlo, and most of all no fuss. “For me, when I go to school, clothing needs to be practical and clean. I don't see the point of trying too hard and being uncomfortable in what I'm wearing.” Yet his style is something else, and not just in comparison to the way people dress in his hometown. “Hong Kong is quite international, you do see some influences of eccentric Japanese street style but mostly it's focused on business and the apparel that that brings along.” He also noticed that “young people's clothing” in London (he mentions tweed blazers and colourful trousers) is hardly ever seen in Hong Kong; there is a distinct difference between the sometimes daring European style and the more demure dress common back home. Though Peter also rarely goes for excessively colourful clothing, he seems to have a good feel for combining colours and cuts, matching dark browns, blues and greens, with the key items being button-down shirts and cardigans that can be paired in endless combinations. On anyone else it could be dull, but on Peter it looks playful. Which is probably why he doesn't like to emulate from fashion blogs; the photographs show people that often wear “pretty out there stuff”, which just does not suit everyone. The same goes for Peter: he has very much his own style, for a big part thanks to his sparkling personality!
