K11 GALA 2022 stood beside the V&A and William Chang Suk-ping, the art director behind Wong Kar-wai's films. The work had to hold its own in that company. With my counterpart, I set a high-fashion editorial direction that let new couture and historic craft share one stage.

I directed the gold carpet on Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong's answer to the Met Gala, and every film from it passed through my hands. I led a crew of 30+ while shooting as DP, and shaped the Star Stage glambot from pre-production onward. By the next morning, three of the films I led were already live.

Celine Kwan was one of six emerging designers whose new couture was shown in the exhibition. With the designers based across Asia, each designer film had its own crew, and Celine's was mine: I directed, co-produced, shot and finished it. We built its storyboard and visual language around her retro-futurist world, letting her process set the rhythm. Our in-house team produced the wider campaign; the six films here are ones I led.