We went to visit Ding Yung today, owner of Yan Shang Kee. The moment you step into her store, you feel the old Hong Kong vibes that you can only find in movies nowadays. After admiring the beauty of the place, we sat down with Ding to talk about how she got to know Carbon Brews.
As a friend of our Operations and QC Supervisor Ryan, Ding has started to grow interest in Carbon Brews by learning Ryan’s day to day work at the brewery. Ding is especially intrigued by Carbon Brews’ label designs and beer names where she finds similarities with the colorful Qipao dresses of Yan Shang Kee. She thinks that each of the dresses and beers has a story behind waiting to be discovered.
Ding sources the fabrics from all around the world. Besides Qipao rental in Yan Shang Kee, they also provide tailor-made service. In many people’s minds, wearing Qipao is just like dressing up for a special occasion and they will feel confident walking in the street. Yan Shang Kee is determined to bring back the “beauty” of Qipao to the Hong Kong clothing culture like how Carbon strives to introduce the “beauty” of beers to the Hong Kong drinkers!
是日我哋去咗拜訪嫣裳記老闆娘 — Ding Yung，喺看似風馬牛不相及嘅兩個行業裡一探究竟！甫踏進店內，隨即好似入左舊香港嘅世界咁，倒咗杯酒坐低，聊聊 Ding 同 Carbon 相遇嘅故事。
Ding 同我哋嘅成員Ryan 係好朋友，望住Ryan喺Ig分享嘅酒廠日常，而對Carbon Brews產生咗興趣。尤其是我哋各有特色嘅啤酒命名、圖案標籤，同嫣裳記色彩豐富嘅旗袍一樣，每個都有背後嘅故事。
Ding嘅店內除咗有旗袍租借，亦都有嚟自世界各地嘅布料，提供度身訂造旗袍服務。每逢週末，店附近都會見到人著住旗袍，喺樓梯倚欄拍照，又喺馬路影張風格圖。對好多人嚟講，著旗袍就好似著特別嘅靚衫咁，走在街上，已經唔會覺得突兀不自在。
嫣裳記立志將心目中「美」嘅旗袍普及到本土衣著文化，其實都同Carbon一樣，努力將「美」嘅啤酒普及到本地市場。改變需時，希望大家一齊為推廣本土奮鬥！