Bonnae Gokson on Refreshing Sevva and Her Formidable Fashion Career

HONG KONG — In many ways, it was every host’s worst nightmare. It was a mid-November day that Bonnae Gokson had scheduled to meet WWD to talk about her restaurant-bar Sevva, and  immediately following she was to host a glittery reopening party for the venue. But that day, political protests, which had been agitating the city for half a year, abruptly sparked — this time, clashing in the heart of the city’s financial district. The streets just downstairs from Gokson’s venue were barricaded with angry police and protesters, tear gas spreading heavy through the air. The performers who had flown in for the reopening had already dressed and gone through hair and makeup when word was sent out: the party was off. It was only the following week that Gokson was able to sit down to discuss the relaunch of her concept: a swanky 9,000-square-foot space on the 25th floor that’s become a favorite among the city’s bankers and socialites alike for its spectacular views of Victoria Harbor. The party couldn’t be restaged but if Gokson was in bad spirits about the cancelation, she didn’t show it. These days, she is best known as the maestro behind Sevva, but Gokson first had a

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