Picture of the day: Hong Kong Fashion Week underway

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Hong Kong Fashion Week kicked off today at the Hong Kong Convention Centre. As California Apparel News’ Deborah Belgum points out, buyers and fashion critics seem to be in for a treat that includesthe spectacular art like this avant-garde wonder by Hong Kong’s Michael Lau and more polished, stylish attire that might aid you in an L.A. job interview (Click here for more photos from the fashion show).

Although it might be easy for fashion naysayers to laugh off this dress (and perhaps some of the more arty pieces from other shows), this over-the-top outfit does (possibly inadvertently) showcase two trends Times fashion critics Adam Tschorn and Booth Moore noticed at recent runway shows: pale colors and lots of surface effects. And if we’ve learned anything from Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestly in ‘The Devil Wears Prada,’ it’s that it’s only a matter of time before a runway fashion craze trickles down to your closet.

-- Whitney Friedlander

Photos: Hong Kong Fashion Week

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