NEW YORK, Jan 31, 2003 / FW/ --- The East will finally meet the West on February 7, 2003 at Bryant Park when Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week hosts 7 of Hong Kong's most acclaimed and dynamic couturiers.

Organized and sponsored by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, the group show which will be held at the Studio in Bryant Park will feature Annie Ling, Blanc de Chine and Bleu de Chine, Dorian Ho, Flora Zhang Tian Ai, Harrison Wong and Hidy Ng.

Undoubtedly a very talented group, these young designers are defined by their sharply contemporary sensibilities and vivid East-meets-West eclecticism.

• Annie Ling's fall collection draws its inspiration from the classic TV series 'The Addams Family,' presenting whimsical yet sleek gothic pieces featuring bright colors, empire waists, and long, flowing, sexy cuts.
• Sister labels Blanc de Chine and Bleu de Chine offer nouveau reinterpretations of traditional Chinese styles - with the Bleu line putting forth a younger and more casual look. This fall, Blanc de Chine favors elongated, enveloping, deconstructed shapes in grays, truffle browns, and blacks, with dark wine highlights, while Bleu de Chine offers subtly androgynous looks in high-tech, richly colored textiles.
• Dorian Ho, whose Dorian Ho collection is carried by Lane Crawford in Hong Kong and in selected boutiques in Australis, the U.K., and Dubai presents a ballet-inspired collection that embraces the grace and glamour of 'Swan Lake'. Tight bodices, marked by flared skirts, and bias-cut silhouettes in tulle, chiffon, lace and velvet are paired with luxurious bunches of plumage and magnificent headgear.
• Flora Zhang Tian Ai is known around the world by edgy, fashion-forward urbanites from London to Bangkok. She takes this season as her inspiration the 12 signs of the Western Zodiac, in a collection that matches earthy browns with heavenly blues - all studded with a constellation of semi-precious stones.
• Harrison Wong, winner of Young Desinger of the Year at the 1996 Hong Kong Fashion Week and now the design director for the retail chain Mastina, looks back to the Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age for the second season of his line, with flapper-inspired silhouettes in faded jewel tones.
• Hidy Ng's fall collection also embraces nostalgia, but for a different time and space - th eclassic Hollywood of 'Sunset Boulevard', featuring opulent fabrics like cashmere and printed lambskin in antiqued, tarnished colors.

"These designers represent the essence of Hong Kong, a place of enthralling variety, and one that bridges past and future, East and West," says HKTDC's Regional Director for the Americas, Robin Chiu.

"We believe that re/visions will reshape people's perceptions of Hong Kong fashion."