The Sunday style magazine called MS of Danish newspaper Berlingske just carried a feature on Stylites.
Author: stylites
Nels Frye is a freelance writer, photographer, consultant and stylist, based in Beijing. Focuses are on street style, other consumer trends, and broader social issues.
5:15 pm, Financial Street
Hats with ear covers have been quite fashionable recently, and not just when it’s cold. By the way, both this fashion design student’s wristwatches were set to the same, accurate, time.
New Blazers
Outside of the Ullens Center were New Pants singer Millionaire Peng (Peng Lei) and his new fiance who actually interviewed me for a magazine about three years ago.
East End Girl
Like more and more people appearing on Stylites, she is studying in London and home on vacation. It’s increasingly common for Beijing’s hipsters to shop in Shoreditch.
Shop Girl
She runs a vintage shop on Di’anmen street with her boyfriend. Product is sourced from Japan and is sold at a relatively reasonable price compared to nearby competitors. The Gulou area has about 4 or 5 vintage shops and all of them sell items shipped in from abroad.
Another Mountain Man
Up for the opening of the Kenya Hara show at the Beijing Center for the Arts was Stanley Wong, one of Hong Kong’s leading creatives. A long-time advertising genius, multidisciplinary designer, and TV-commerical producer, Wong is also a visual artist specializing in photography. He is known in the scene as anothermountainman. Wong is a close friend of Muji Creative Director Kenya Hara, whose show, open till early July, is a must-see.
Oddly Uighur
Having studied fashion design in Paris, Xiao Qiao has returned to Beijing for work.
More from Kama Festival
Text and Photos：Suzy
This is not the sort of look one expects for a music festival. Luo Qiang, English name Lucia, works in the arts for this organization.
Cat Shorts
Text and Photos：Suzy
The year of living wildly continues. Leopard always seems festive, so this is really a perfect look for the Kama Love Music Festival.
More from Chi Zhang
Here is the final set of photos from the Chi Zhang fashion show.
Gaga’s Little Brother
On Weibo (China’s Twitter), he is being compared to Lady Gaga and is even described being as her little brother.
Revealing All
Right before the Chi Zhang show, I imagine she was alerting a friend regarding the humidity, huge number of spectators, or extreme styles.
Leaving the Tank
This big former chemical tank at 798 has hosted numerous events including those for Tod’s and Mont Blanc. Exiting it after the Chi Zhang show is Super VC bassist Zhen Yang, a regular on Stylites.
The Face of Change
Things are happening so fast in China today Рor at least that is the clich̩.
On Topic
Bazaar stylist Anan dressed appropriately for the Zhang Chi show, which was help in the converted chemical tank in 798 area. She stands in front of it.