Fashion designer Harris Chan explains what's next for his brand, Moiselle, and reveals his step onto the small screen
Harris Chan knows how to create buzz. On April 20, he shut down the Hong Kong Space Museum and Cultural Centre for an extravagant party and catwalk show for his label, Moiselle. Securing both these impressive venues would be a coup for most people, but for Moiselle’s creative director, it wasn’t even the highlight of the night.
The cherry on the cake was a fleet of Moiselle-branded ferries that blocked off a huge swathe of Victoria Harbour, giving guests uninterrupted views of Hong Kong’s glittering skyline. Speedboats then zipped between these floating billboards, carrying VIPs from the Central piers to their front-row seats at Moiselle’s harbourside catwalk in Tsim Sha Tsui.
This was only the latest of the extravagant fashion shows that Harris has organised for Moiselle, which was founded by his parents in 1997. In April last year, Harris took over the Asia Society in Admiralty for a big-budget show, and in September he literally stopped traffic when he turned Duddell Street into a catwalk.
But aside from the personal pleasure Harris gets from organising lavish fashion shows, there are more serious reasons for hosting them.
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Changing Moiselle's DNA
“Last year was Moiselle’s 20th anniversary,” Harris says. “I made an agreement with my parents on my first day of work that I would continue with Moiselle’s original DNA until the 20th anniversary. It was like a training period for me to take over Moiselle. So now that we’re stepping into the 21st year, I can apply more of my own style and more of my own vision to the design. These shows let the audience know where we’re going and what we’re trying to do.”
