Festive Styling With Imogen Kwok

Anything by Cleo Sol.

My Gucci bamboo handbag in green – it has a touch of holiday vibes with the green while being timeless and chic.

Hermès lipsticks (I have a variety of shades) and the brand’s Plein Air mineral bronzer, Augustinus Bader serum and cream, Dr. Barbara Sturm gentle cleanser, and Le Labo The Matcha 26 Eau de Parfum.

The idea was to bring a unique food element into an unexpected scenario, so each card comes with a sheet of edible paper that has been hand-stamped by my studio with sugar ink as a nod to how I value craftsmanship. These can be dipped into tea (or champagne as we learned at the launch), or torn up as a wafer topping with grated cheese and salt (on soups and pastas).

Handwritten notes are always so much more touching - this probably comes from my background working in restaurant hospitality - how to make someone feel special. So this idea that you could read a note from someone while nibbling on a bit of edible paper dipped into your coffee was playful and memorable to me. I launched the collection at Hauser & Wirth’s Mount St. restaurant, as part of their cultural programming series, ‘Room Service.'

Rosewood invited me to create a menu for their Mirror Room, which is a tasting menu in collaboration with Ruinart champagne. I was so excited when they first asked me - it is an incredible opportunity to share dishes that truly represent me, my style, my culinary practice, and most of all dishes that I really just love to eat, with flavours that are punchy, delicate, refined and wholesome all at the once. They are the epitome of my work and how I am known for bringing artistic practice to culinary experiences, with a style defined by sculptural shapes and geometric structure - a feeling of ‘architecture meets cuisine.’ The project emphasises craftsmanship and experiments with form and minimalist pattern.