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toc All past visits are blogged here with regular monthly Saturday visits to Raffles for their open day workshops. @http://www.raffleshongkong.com/our-open-house/ Another event to book into your calendar and attend are the Open Day Workshops at Raffles College, Hong Kong on **Saturday the 8th March 2014.** There are two free workshops: Fashion Draping, and Fashion Drawing.
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=Jan 30th - March 3rd 2014 = Another exhibition at short notice at the HK History Museum TST only on until the 3rd March media type="custom" key="25376658" =Jan 9th - Feb 19th 2014 = The Fashion Gallery of HK PolyU is currently showing the 'Storms and Dreams' Exhibition by Prof. Carolyn Kallenborn. Details: http://www.itc.polyu.edu.hk Opening times: Mon -Fri 9-12.30 & 13.30-1745, The Fashion Gallery, MN109, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

=November 14th 2013 = Visit to Heritage Museum, Sha Tin and fabric suppliers - trade and retail, and investigate the fabric markets in Sham Shui Po Herritage Museum - Eddie Lau Exhibition use the link and read the exhibition notes, watch the video and make comprehensive notes, relate your notes to the information in Chapter 3 - Design and Market Influences page 54-55.
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Fabric Markets on Tai Nan Street, Cedar Street, Yu Chau Street including Moon Yue Piece Goods, Brothers Leather Shop, and Finally the market stalls along Ki Lung Street and Shep Kip Mei Street. Up along Nan Chong Street for buttons and braids of every description, finally a trip to the Hawkers Bazaar on Yen Chow Street opposite Sham Shui Po Police Station. (If you go by public then head for Prince Edward MTR and walk up towards Sham Shui Po and the Dragon Centre).

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