Pout and Grin
June 10th, 2008
At an American PR firm, Wang Xiaodong rocks the long cardigan and works mainly on Vidal Sassoon. Song Ying, in media, just got back from studying in Korea and she says that the air is worse in Beijing now but the people are much more fashionable. Does that mean that overall things are improving aesthetically? In any case, Beijing girls still don’t care as much about appearances as Korean ones, who literally all have had plastic surgery.
Entry Filed under: Nanluoguxiang - 南锣鼓巷, Hutongs - 胡同, Beijing Street Fashion - 北京街头时尚
7 Comments Add your own
1. REM | June 10th, 2008 at 6:31 am
I like the composition of this picture: the wall, which looks to be in a general state of decay typical of my hometown, has the appearance of a watercolor painting. While the monochromatic color scheme is reflected in the jacket and pants of the couple, a tiny, seductive splash of pink and purple can be spotted in the undershirt. Everyone looks fashionable and intelligent…nice!
2. khavurta | June 10th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Yes, the photography is greatly improved. Is that one of the new cloth shopping bags or just an old fashioned plastic bag. Does anyone aspiring to fashion of futurism really carry plastic bags any more……
3. stylites | June 11th, 2008 at 5:21 am
@ REM - I’m sure that anyone who frequently views this blog has noticed that I like the walls of Beijing. Some times I think this project is really about the walls in the hutongs. Soon they will not be in such disrepair. They will look new and very presentable. I love how they look in decay, so I am recording that. Of course, they also provide a good backdrop for showing off the closes.
@ Khavurta - It was a cloth bag. They are really enforcing those fees on plastic bags, at least in some locations. Young people like the ones in the photo tend to be quite environmentally aware.
4. KJ | June 11th, 2008 at 7:32 am
People in Beijing are much more fashionable?
That is so untrue! People can’t even simply dress up tidy. But she’s right if you count out the millions of migrant workers and only look at the recently established upper class spitting from a Mecedez.
5. weina | June 12th, 2008 at 9:19 am
i totally agree with REM, this wall is an exceptional beauty, it even reminds me of paintings of wlliam turner (http://sudelblatt.wordpress.com/2007/08/04/fischer-auf-see-william-turner/)
6. stylites | June 12th, 2008 at 9:32 am
@KJ - I think she was saying that people are more fashionable than they used to be. I guess I didn’t express that clearly, but that things have improved is hard to deny, I think.
7. Wang Xiaodong | June 16th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Finally see the photo got published, it’s taken on late March. Anyway, it looks good, although I dont like the Pout! but it’s fun to see the title.
Thanks and wishes to run into you somewhere again in Beijing!
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