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Tokyo Kamon Girls of Shu Uemura

Yun — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:22:01 +0000

The newest skin care in collaboration with renowned manga artist and beauty expert Moyoco Anno, shu uemura introduces playful new packaging. Inspired by “Kamons” which are Japanese family emblems, Anime artist/fashion writer/beauty guru Moyoco Anno designed each product’s packaging to depict representations of playfully sophisticated and modern Kamon Girls characters influenced by the color of the cleansing oils.

Tokyo Kamon Girls

The cleansing oil line feature five different formulations…

The High Performance Cleansing Oil Classic is the original cleansing oil by Shu Uemura. The bottle is designed with leaves and vines and a Tokyo Kamon girl named Tsuruha.

The High Performance Balancing Cleansing Oil Enriched is for skin that is dry and dehydrated. The bottle is an eye catching orange check pattern and adorned with a Tokyo Kamon girl named Tamaki.

The High Performance Cleansing Oil Fresh is a light cleansing oil that will leave skin looking and feeling refreshed. The bottle is girly pink with chrysanthemums and a sweet Tokyo Kamon girl named Sakurako.

The Brightening Cleansing Oil will leave skin even-toned, translucent and smoother. The bottle is designed with purple and green colour with a coquettish Tokyo Kamon girl named Katsura.

The Limited Edition Cleansing Beauty Oil Premium A/O is a best seller. It’s has anti-aging and anti-oxidant properties to thoroughly cleans and purify the skin. The artwork on the bottle is of an elegant Tokyo Kamon girl named Matsuno on a green background with red pine trees.

Shu uemura Limited Edition Tokyo Kamon Girls Cleansing Oils are available from the Shu Uemura website while supplies last. / Shu Uemura

Gucci 8.8.2008 & Beijing Olympics

Yun — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:13:50 +0000

“8-8-2008″, sounds so chinese, is Gucci‘s Limited Edition line of accessories created by Frida Giannini to commemorate the Summer Olympics in Beijing.

It seems that the creator knows well about the chinese culture, especially about our affection of the number “8″ and the color “Red”, “8-8-2008″ collection declines in 8 groups of accessories: watch, bicycle, toy Panda, leather goods, sports shoes, jewelry, and of course Mahjong (which we so called the traditional chinese “sport”.) WWD declares the special edition of the $1,415 I-Gucci digital watch to be the “collection’s icing” and will have worldwide sale. The rest of the collection is only available in China since January 2008.

Thing is “8″ & “red” are the symbols of traditional chinese culture seen by foreigners, however, in the eyes of most part of chinese, the “8″ stuff could be meretricious. I do not hope that these european historic luxury brands target simply on “8″ lovers of their asia market.

由创意总监Frida Giannini精心设计，Gucc将于2008年1月推出限量版”8-8-2008″北京奥运系列。设计主题围绕中国传统文化展开，设计师将中国人情有独钟的”8·发”及”喜气洋红”表现得淋漓尽致。此系列涵盖腕表、单车、熊猫玩具、旅行袋、侧背包、运动鞋、首饰及麻將8组商品。麻将配有经典La Pelle Guccissima皮质收纳盒，具有收藏价值。据WWD报道，售价为$1,415的I-Gucci腕表将成为Gucci奥运系列之“冰点”，表背有2008字样彰显纪念意义。

限量版”8-8-2008″系列除腕表款为全球发行外，其余商品仅在大陆及香港独家销售。
(右上图为由大陆影视新星黄晓明代言的宣传广告)