Liu at H Park agrees. "Reading what others are doing is very important," he said. "So is flipping through magazines, and even going overseas -- Tokyo, Europe and New York -- to see what's happening there. I think we all sneak a peek at each other's work."
One of the people whose work is peeked at more than anyone's, both Liu, Lu and Chen agree, is Andy Wong (
Like Liu, his client list reads like the seating arrangements for the Golden Melody Awards. His designs have graced the covers of Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire and others.
"Beauty is a person's ability to realize their most special characteristics and bring them to the surface," he said. "I only help them realize it." Does he think there are similarities between styling and psychiatry?
"There is an amount of psychology to what I do," he said. "A new style can be the same as a new perspective."
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