You want to look good because you want people to look at you. That's why fashion capitals are often densely populated places.
Hong Kong is highly populated, so it makes sense that it is high up on the fashion scale. In general it feels a bit like a small town to me though - and there are some people here who definitely dress like it.
You would have thought that Canto-pop stars - the people whose jobs are to be looked at and not necessarily sing - would know how to dress. That's a no. I've heard that some of them like to order a complete look from a catalogue because they don't have enough sense to do their own matching. And others just copy those Japanese street looks (badly) and end up looking like they've been sleeping on the street. It's a fine line between the two, guys.
But back to being looked at: the best way to make it happen is to add silver to your look. And I don't mean just a few necklaces and bracelets; I mean silver shoes, silver jackets and silver bag.
I have a silver bag (made of composite leather) from adidas and at HK$650 it's a steal (far right). Everyone loves it. Carry that and you'll be the focus of attention. It's an Olympic-inspired bag, and there gold and bronze versions in the series (called Victory), but silver looks best. I know it means second place, but on the looks scale it comes out on top by quite a margin. The bag is completed with five coloured rings hooked on the zippers, representing the five Olympic rings.
But as I always say, if you can't carry it with confidence, don't do it. And the size of the bag also means that you'd have to be of certain height to carry it, otherwise it would make like the bag was carrying you.
If you dare, get your hair dyed to platinum and use this bag. I did something similar a few years back. I had a gold bag from FCUK and I was blonde. I also had a great yellow elastic shirt from DKNY. That combination was a complete knockout, and I made more new friends that day than ever before.