Peep & HER: The Future Vintage Store

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Marking the third collaboration between Hong Kong artist Peep and local fashion brand HER, The Future Vintage Store embraces the city’s signature organised chaos where yesterday’s Hong Kong meets tomorrow’s fashion. By re-imagining the city’s cultural touchstones, the exhibition creates an immersive environment that invites visitors to explore the evolving identity of this dynamic city.

Laundry Lines: Threading Through Hong Kong’s Soul

The exhibition unfolds as a treasure-filled labyrinth where decades collide in enchanting ways. Spanning every room is an intricate network of suspended laundry lines—a familiar sight to anyone who has wandered through Hong Kong’s older neighbourhoods. In the exhibition, they take on a new purpose, displaying HER’s contemporary fashion pieces in thoughtfully arranged compositions.

Ordinary Seats, Extraordinary Encounters

Beneath the canopy of suspended clothing, foldable tables paired with pink plastic stackable stools create intimate gathering spots. The tables display Peep and HER’s collaborative creations over the years: porcelain dinnerware reimagined with distinctive ceramic patterns fused with contemporary motifs, Red Packets, Lucky Omamori Charms, and a transformed Fish-Prawn-Crab game set—a gambling pastime deeply embedded in local culture now reinvented as a collectable art piece.

Nostalgia Reimagined

Throughout the gallery, visitors will find traditional Hong Kong-style laundromat signs hand-painted by Peep, alongside vintage toys such as Chinese Checkers and tumbler dolls—beloved companions from 1980s and 90s Hong Kong childhoods.

The Future Is Vintage

Through ‘The Future Vintage Store,’ Peep creates a unique Hong Kong dialogue between eras, aesthetics, and experiences. Visitors are invited on a journey of rediscovery, where they gain fresh perspectives on their own early years through thoughtfully curated antiques delicately enhanced with contemporary brushwork, creating a harmonious bridge between Hong Kong’s rich cultural heritage and its dynamic present.

 

ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

Peep (Hong Kong | B.1991) is a Hong Kong artist. Her works are often infused with a dash of cuteness in hopes of bringing joy and positive energy to the chaos in this world. After graduating from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2015, she enjoyed a fruitful career as the Art Director in an advertising agency whilst pursuing a career as a visual artist on Instagram. Since then, she has collaborated with well-known brands such as Samsung and Casetify, and her works can be seen across the urban and media landscape, such as K11 Musea in Hong Kong, Vogue Hong Kong, Elle Hong Kong and M+ Museum Shop.

Founded in 2019 by Hilary Tsui, HER is a fashion brand that seamlessly blends local and global influences with a strong commitment to sustainability. HER promotes a thoughtful and inclusive approach to fashion retail that resonates with today’s conscious consumers.