Beatrix Ong has been bestowed the honour, Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) on Her Majesty The Queen's 2011 New Year's Honours List for services to the fashion industry.

Beatrix Ong, comments. “I feel delighted and humbled to be recognised for this honour. I love what I do, and this has come as such a lovely surprise and a wonderful start to the year!”

Beatrix Ong, now just 34 years old, launched her eponymous line in 2002 and was quickly credited as one of the Top 10 Leading Shoe Designers alongside Manolo Blahnik and Patrick Cox by The Independent. Ong has collaborated with Nike, customising the Nike iD Blazer Trainers, and Globe-Trotter, creating a luxury limited edition luggage range. In 2008, a stylish new menswear line, Ong London, was added to the portfolio.

2010 saw the opening of the new Beatrix Ong flagship boutique in Chelsea, the re-launch of Ong’s transactional website: www.beatrixong.com and an invitation to become an honorary liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers (one of the City of London’s most historic and long-established livery companies), denoting Ong's achievements in the craft of footwear.

Beatrix Ong's luxurious accessories have been endorsed by some of the world's most celebrated stars including: Sienna Miller, Thandie Newton and Quentin Tarantino.

Beatrix Ong, the royal-approved British accessories designer, is proud to support The Hepatitis C Trust's GET TESTED! campaign.

Beatrix Ong has used her design expertise to create an exclusive print for The Hepatitis C Trust which is available on a selection of T-shirts and hoodies at: http://hepctrust.printedwardrobe.com

Beatrix Ong comments, "The Hepatitis C Trust is one of the charities of which I’m a huge supporter. When asked to design for the charity, I wanted to do something wearable and at the same time get the message across to ‘Get Tested!’; and at the moment, I’m totally in love with pandas!"

To further raise awareness of the hepatitis C virus, Boy George - showcasing his talent as a photographer - has taken inspiration from the 1980s (the time of the virus' discovery) to produce an imaginative series of photographs using today's celebrities portrayed as 1980s icons. Beatrix Ong was delighted to be involved, striking a convincing pose as 1980s icon Sade.

Boy George's Hepatitis C GET TESTED! photographic exhibition is currently on display at HMV Oxford Street. It will then be auctioned on 31st March at The Jazz Cafe by guest auctioneer Jodie Harsh. Josh Weller and Paloma Faith are among special guests performing on the night.

Buy tickets for GET TESTED! An Evening with Boy George at the Jazz Cafe, London on 31st March at 7pm here: http://www.hmvtickets.co/events/2118

The Autumn/Winter 2010 campaign film stars World Pole Dancing Champion, Elena Gibson in her studio, uncovering some of Beatrix Ong’s key styles of the season.

A technical first in the growing stable of BEATRIX ONG short films, Director Mark Jubber, co-founder of EXIT Magazine shoots and edits the film entirely on the iPhone.

Performer: Elena Gibson
Director: Mark Jubber
Music: ‘Tightrope’ by Lyla featuring Jujulele
Hair and Make up: Alice Oliver
Stylist: Beatrix Ong
Assistant Stylist: Victoria Marston
Special Thanks to: The Pole Dancing School

Inspired by the concept of ‘conceal & reveal’ , peeling back, veiling and unveiling and in some styles just getting a hint of something unexpected. With styles named after some of history’s great love affairs, this seasons collection will make anyone want to cheat on their old favourites with a new pair of heels. Now available on the 1st floor of Harrods, Knightsbridge.

Harrods, 87-135 Brompton Road Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 7XL, +44 (0)20 7730 1234

As part of asia house's ongoing film programme. Featuring q&a with, Peter B. Sun, great nephew of Dr Sun Yat-Sen, Director, Sun Yat-Sen Foundation, Director Soong Ching Ling Foundation, Advisor Dr Sun Yat-Sen education and charity foundation.

7pm Thursday 11th november 2010 at Apollo Cinema, Piccadilly Circus, 19 Lower Regents Street, SW1Y 4LR
Price: £12 (Concessions £8) All bookings through Apollo Cinema, Piccadilly Circus

www.apollocinemas.com

Nearest tube: Piccadilly Circus

Beatrix Ong found inspiration for her stunning SS10 collection in ancient Greek and Roman mythology and the subsequent nudes painted by masters such as Bottichelli.

As a nude inspired collection suggests, the palate is essentially muted off white, tan and champagne tones in signature soft Italian leathers, metalic linens, satin and some patent accents of colour including red, turquoise and yellow. Now available on the 2nd floor of Liberty in London.

November sees the opening of BEATRIX ONG's New Concept Store in London's uber cool design led Newburgh Quarter.

There is certainly nothing humdrum about a Beatrix Ong store and with this one she is having some fun. When asked how she would describe the new concept store Ong replied ‚'It's my interpretation of 'Alice in Wonderland meets Sleepy Hollow'. Customers can expect pastiches from 'the mad hatters tea party'‚ to more sinister, darkly gothic but always glamorous window displays with greedy magpies making off with Ong's divine key rings and strappy high heels in their beaks!

Beatrix Ong recently launched her men's collection ONG London and has now turned her attention to a unique customization of the ever popular white patent leather classic Nike Blazer. The Phoenix represents power and strength, yet its incredible beauty is portrayed in the fluid but strong image.

This encapsulates the ethos of BEATRIX ONG designs that are characterized by balance and sometimes contradiction.

The journey of a thousand miles continues with a union marrying new world style with old world functionality. British luxury accessories designer Beatrix Ong has joined forces with handmade luxury luggage brand Globe-Trotter to create an exclusive limited edition range of travel cases. With a creative aesthetic, clearly focused on blending desirability with practicality, Ong injects quirky style to Globe-Trotter's world-renowned strong, durable luggage.

In an exclusive range sure to become the must-have of every discerning traveller, the lining of these limited edition cases, illustrated by Natasha Law, feature two eye-catching prints of Ong's signature men's and ladie's shoes.

Building on the success of her first season working with cult London emporium Dover Street Market, BEATRIX ONG has now created an even bigger exclusive limited edition collection of five key styles from the Autumn Winter 2009 collection. These styles are available exclusively at Dover Street Market from July/August 2009. The main BEATRIX ONG collection for AW 2009 celebrates all things fairy inspired and fantastical with many bursts of colour and texture in luxurious suedes and exotic skins such as cyber python and holographic lizard. Metallic patents, perspex accents and even origami inspired bows feature. The exclusive designs for Dover Street Market are in am uber stylish monochrome palate and with one style also featuring in navy.

The display windows in Jaeger Regent Street tell the story of the latest Autumn Winter collection from BEATRIX ONG. And they all lived happily ever after.

In the Summer of 2009 the BEATRIX ONG team wanted to go to the seaside, but were too busy working on beautiful shoes. So the beach came to us. With a few sacks of sand and some visiting seagulls, the team and those passing by were all treated to a great British summer.