PRESTIGE | 2025.02.27

Bess Leeder: The Milliner Turned Wine Seller On Creating Her Own Path

Flying the world, making exquisite ladies’ headwear, and importing and selling wine and spirits sounds like an
improbable career trajectory. But not to Bess Leeder, who’s done them all.

You’ll find the store near the Sheung Wan end of Wellington Street – the “wrong” end, or at least it was until the district’s locus began its westerly shift. Its glass frontage is unremarkable, but push open the door and you’ve suddenly stepped back into old Hong Kong.

Behind the store’s glass frontage …