If you’re looking for a fun and unusal idea for a hen party, take twirl around Pole Paradise studio. It offers private party packages, where an experienced instructor will teach you how to dance with poles, hoops and silks.
If you don’t want to give the bride and groom cash, but would still like to offer them something that’s both practical and rather special, then consider buying them a Four Seasons giftcard. They start at denominations of US$50 and go right up to US$100,000, and can be spent at any Four Seasons resort in the world and for any service they provide, from rooms and restaurants to spa treatments and even products from the gift shop. The cards come beautifully packaged and can be personalized. Buy in the hotel’s gift shop or online here.
Four Seasons Hotel, 8 Finance St., Central, 3196-8888, www.fourseasons.com/hongkong.
This brand-new chauffeur company is unlike anything Hong Kong’s seen before. If you want to hire it for the wedding day itself, you can make the experience extra special by opting for special gifts inside the car. You can also book it for your pre-wedding photos if you wish. Alternatively, turn your hen party or stag do into a night to remember with a chauffer at your disposal all evening and entry into the hottest clubs, plus a chilled bottle of champagne in the back for you and your friends.
3102-2817, ringarolls@ringarolls.com, www.ringarolls.com.
Indian-born local designer Kanchan Panjabi is known for her bold, vibrant dresses made with luxe Indian fabrics. Her works have been seen on runways around Asia, and as of late 2008 have been available at Delay No Mall, 68 Yee Wo St., Causeway Bay. Check her website for previous collections that are striking yet remain infinitely wearable.
Flat C, 108-110 Wellington St., Central, 2117-1782, info@kanchancouture.com, www.kanchancouture.com.
For a newlywed couple, what gift could be more perfect than a set of hotel-quality bedlinens? Sleepnaked.hk is an online shop that offers bedlinens, duvets and pillows that are used in five-star hotels all over the world. The linens are 400 thread count, 100 percent cotton percale. Each set for a double bed costs between US$159 and US$249, depending on the size of your bed. Sleepnaked ships anywhere in the world, but offers free delivery to Hong Kong and China. Hotel towels and robes to come soon. enquiries@sleepnaked.net, www.sleepnaked.hk.
With many years’ entertaining experience in Hong Kong, Tyson can provide entertainment in the form of both male and female strippers.
Perched up on the 72nd floor of the W Hotel, Bliss Spa has superb harbor views and fantastic facilities. Hailing from New York, the Bliss brand doesn’t take itself too seriously, and treatment rooms are a world away from whalesongs and waterfalls—instead, guests are treated to platters of brownies, olives and cheese, and rooms are decorated in a cheerful blue, with rubber ducks to accompany you in your bath soak. It has a manpedi zone which is perfect for pre-wedding parties with your bridesmaids, and its range of Bliss body and facial treatments are popular stateside for their dramatic, skin-perfecting results. Their signature Blissage is a 75-minute massage that envelops your feet in a warm paraffin wax while your tensions are rubbed away.
72/F, W Hotel Hong Kong, 1 Austin Rd. West, West Kowloon, 3717-2222.
Pretty yet inexpensive, Mango is an ideal place to pick up a dress for younger wedding guests, although there are classic cuts on offer that suit women of all ages. With regularly changing collections and only a few of each design, you can be pretty confident that you wont’ suffer an embarrassing doppelganger incident. Dresses range from $500 for basic cuts up to $1,500 for more ornate designs, and go up to a UK size 14, while trouser suits come in longer leg lengths if you’re tall. Keep an eye out for the special collection designed by actress Penelope Cruz.
Outlets in IFC, Festival Walk, Elements and Times Square, to name a few.
