"The older it looks, the more experienced you are, " Mr. Tang says.

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And of course they have Cazals, iconic eyewear that is proudly displayed along with other time-warping oddities like a purposefully horrific hockey mask pendant, a homage to both Jason from the movie Friday the 13th and Ghostface Killah from hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, depending on which decade you are trying to transport back to.

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Still, you would think that Hong Kong would go to say a Hong Kong-born label like Shanghai Tang, a brand that patterns itself after Ralph Lauren, for its uniforms.

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As you would expect in a tome of this kind, the foreword is written by none other than David Tang, clothier, millionaire and cigar-toting local personality.

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