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Thierry Chow, Hong Kong’s acclaimed “feng shui designer” meanders her way along narrow streets, looking for interesting finds in the stalls and antique shops of Sheung Wan’s Upper Lascar Row – known by many people as Cat Street.

“Some say Cat Street is touristy, but if you know what to look for, it’s a good place to go on a treasure hunt,” says Chow, 33, instantly recognisable with her striking, avant-garde half-blonde-half-black-bob hairstyle.

“I think the beauty of Hong Kong is that it’s such a small city, but it has all kinds of secret places you can explore. Take your time and walk around, you’ll always find something new.”

After graduating from Canada’s Sheridan College with a bachelor’s degree in applied illustration she started to teach art in Hong Kong for two years. “I loved working with kids and I loved art, but I felt that something was missing,” she says.

In a sudden epiphany during dinner one evening, she realised she had to learn about feng shui, the ancient Chinese practice of positioning objects in harmony with nature, from her father.

“I thought to myself, ‘Oh God, this is just what I said I wouldn’t do’,” Chow says with a laugh.

In recent years she has become a permanent fixture on Hong Kong television programmes, at media events and on the covers of lifestyle, travel and fashion magazines while embracing her unique, eclectic style, which combines her dual passions – modern design and feng shui.

“It took me 25 years to go on that journey and to come back around,” Chow says.

“I realised that something was missing in feng shui. Let’s bring in fashion. Let’s bring in design. Let’s talk a lot more about art in feng shui.”

Chow has helped to modernise the traditional practice and make it a fashionable topic in the city over the past few years.

In 2019, she launched Go Lucky, an innovative feng shui homeware line, which saw her co-design a capsule jade jewellery collection with jadeite expert Samuel Kung for the luxury Hong Kong department store, Lane Crawford.

Chow says she now follows feng shui principles when it comes to shopping for herself.

“Feng shui is my anchor,” she says. “It gives me a direction when I shop, too. It can help me to decide how many plants I need, or what are my lucky colours in clothing.”

One of her proudest purchases is a large metal sign displaying the Chinese character, hong (行), meaning “business firm”, which belonged to a Sheung Wan shop.