Delay No Mall and 24 Herbs Launch Party

Hong Kong is saturated with luxury malls carrying brand-name goods so it’s truly refreshing to see an entire mall dedicated to the arts and visual self-expression. 'Delay No Mall' in Causeway Bay is the brainchild of the founders of the funky lifestyles furniture shop- G.O.D (Goods of Desire). Thursday, there was a joint party for the opening of the mall as well as for the launch of 24 Herbs first album. Pretty much everyone who was anyone in the arts, fashion and music industry was there. 

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Delay No Mall is full of fashion-forward clothes and accessories for trendmeisters, too-cool-for-schoolers and gay boys. (Fabbbbulousss, dahling!) As we walked in, girls in Moulin Rouge like outfits from House of Siren were administering cranberry vodka shots. Once upstairs, people were getting temporary tattoos on their necks, arms and décolletage. Mine said “Lust” and “I’m your desire”.

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Then we entered an area that had these futuristic pod-like beds on a pond. Apparently it’s a type of vibrating bed where you can take a nap and re-energize. Very futuro. Along the way, I saw some models in one room that were paid to be pretending to play a game of strip poker. Their clothes and hats were in a pile on the floor and one of the beefy male models was wearing this “Delay No More” underwear that was completely open on the backside, so his entire butt was exposed! Now that’s cheeky!

I had to duck into the toilet before going into the party and the toilet has this packman/ videogame theme. When you flush, the toilet makes very loud video game noises. I thought the toilet was going to eat me alive!

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The party took place in a floor which hasn’t been opened to shops yet so it was in a huge open space with black walls, a large projector image and a stage at the front. Off to the side, models in hot pink underwear and boxes on their heads modeled their bodies as well as the underwear and some jewelery. Someone said they could see that the models were shivering and one person said it was good that they had those boxes on their heads so no one could recognize them. I got the best money shot for my cougar article- see exhibit A below. (I think this lady is a famous sex columnist or something like that.)

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The place eventually packed out and 24 Herbs took the stage looking extremely dapper (It’s a special occasion of course). They gave an amazing performance and I was happy not to have been carrying my video camera around so I could actually groove to the tunes.

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The only drawback was the bar was shut by midnight and everyone was forced to leave due to the absence of alcohol. On the way out, I spied a lovely male lingerie shop selling very groovy undies. Some were in neon candy colors and one pair even had fur! Got to love the male lingerie and the boys that are flamboyant enough to wear them.

We made a quick pit-stop at Racks and on the way home I saw Phat sitting on the steps outside Yumla and went in. All of the 24 Herbs guys were there as well as a bunch of AnD peeps. They started to play some of the 24 Herbs songs and the whole bar stood up. Everyone was bouncing and singing. It such a good vibe- there were no pretensions, just people enjoying themselves singing, dancing and drinking with friends. Congrats to 24 Herbs on your album launch ! You guys are awesome!

[Here's the link to the rest of the party pix

http://www.hiphongkong.com/party-photos/hong-kong/delay_no_mall.htm](http://www.hiphongkong.com/party-photos/hong-kong/delay_no_mall.htm)[](/batch.download.php?aid=204294)