The operas, which opened on Saturday at Sadler's Wells Theatre, are being performed until Wednesday.Ī River All Red is based on the true story of general Yue Fei from the Song Dynasty (960-1279). The China National Peking Opera Company, China's most elite organization in the performance of Peking Opera, has returned to the British capital for a fourth time, bringing with it two masterpieces: A River All Red and The Phoenix Returns Home. Londoners now have the opportunity to experience it and define it for themselves. And others see it as a symbol of China and a cultural link between the East and the West. Others say it is a stage performance with fancy costumes and masks. Some say it is a comprehensive art form that combines many elements, including singing, speaking, acting, and fighting. People describe Peking Opera in many ways. And on my ears, a set of lucky bat earrings.A scene from A River All Red in London on Saturday. I decorated my fingers with symbolic rings by Bao Bao Wan: one in the shape of a Chinese vase and another that resembles a Chinese golden frog for good fortune. It’s a classic tale of star-crossed lovers (China’s answer to Romeo and Juliet), written by Tsao Hsueh-Chin. While my favorite is the White Rabbit as it’s so nostalgic, I went for the Dream of the Red Chamber book clutch. (It launches at Net-a-Porter and Bergdorf Goodman this week.) The collection features evening bags embroidered with whimsical scenes from some of China’s literary treasures. When it came time to choose a clutch, I had many an option, having just collaborated with Olympia Le-Tan on a Chinese New Year capsule. I was choosing between Valentino and Marchesa that evening, and wore the latter, an elegant midnight blue fringed caftan gown, which somehow had an air of “hostess” to it, according to my friend Vogue Fashion Editor Allie Michler, who came to get ready with me and who I’ve counted on in the past, as the inaugural member of Vogue100, with styling for the Met Gala. Everything else was red and gold, including some of the guests, who looked rather dashing and festive. I’m also obsessed with feng shui as well as symbolism in interiors (and in life in general) my apartment is on the 68th floor as the number six is said to bring good luck and eight, prosperity.įor the party, which I hosted at home, I put up a 20-foot-tall pink cherry-blossom “lucky money” tree, decorated with customized red sachets for guests to take home. At home and in the office, I make sure to surround myself with these animals of good fortune in the form of art and decorative objets. Of pigs, in China, we say they look silly but they are actually very wise-the animal represents happiness and the good life. 2019 marks the Year of the Pig, which is my second favorite animal in the zodiac after the horse (my sign), where imagination and free spirit reign.
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