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Shanghairen Near Nanluoguxiang

Visiting from Shanghai, Esta works in event planning and most enjoys shopping at fabric markets.

从上海来的Esta做的是活动策划。她最喜欢在布料市场购物。

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Fashion Historian on Gulou

Buyun says that morning she just threw on her few remaining clean clothes, so it was a bit of a shock to be included in a style blog. Born in Fujian, she has lived in NYC since the age of three, growing up on Roosevelt Island of all places. This little strip in the East River was originally intended as a kind of utopian community where all the classes would mix freely, but the end result was somewhat dystopian. Apparently, the youth of Roosevelt Island get pregnant earlier, use illegal substance in greater quantities, and generally become life-long hooligans if they don’t escape to Manhattan. Buyun made it to the larger island and is now getting her PHD at a famous school there. Her focus is Chinese fashion history, particularly the Tang. We might include some her findings on Stylites in the future.

陈步云在福建出生，纽约的羅斯福島长大。她在纽约读博士生，现在来了北京做研究。她写的论文关于服装历史，尤其唐朝。她说“自己没有一个特定的穿衣风格，但我一般会把经典的单品和古董衣混搭起来，再配上 结构化的外套或配师。” 她平时喜欢在北京的鼓楼和纽约的 Nolita逛街。

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Smokers at Versace

The Versace SS ’10 show was held in a former factory at 798, which was also the venue for much of Beijing Fashion Week. The reception brought out Beijing’s most stylish editors, stylists, PR executives, and creatives and most of them lit up. It seems the relationship between fashion, champagne and cigarettes is international and enduring.

Here are an actress and a director.

Justin represents Y3 and other brands in China.

The green machines are the centerpiece of this venue.

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IBanker 投资银行家

Nick Sheffield has been here for a year and a half. Half German, half British, he is an Ibanker. I asked him a few questions about life and style in Beijing.

在投资银行工作的谢宁哲在北京待了一年半。他有两个国籍：英国跟德国。我问了他一些关于生活在北京等等的问题。

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Miss Gaga at Maris Froig

Gaga is a freelance writer based in Guangzhou. She came up to Beijing to attend the Maris Frolg show, for which she wrote many of the marketing material. She insists that her choice of this particular English name long proceeded the rise of the American popstar.

She customized the shoes herself.

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Elegant Epicurean

In a vintage Prada hat, Robin Cheng is now based in Vancouver, but he used to live in Beijing.

Robin Cheng是个1/4德国血，3/4汉族的混血。原来在北京住过但现居温哥华。他喜欢“美酒美食，漂泊流浪。” 我问了他一些问题。

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From Astana with Glam

Photographer Danara Battalova moved from Kazakhstan to Beijing in 2005 and says that living here has been “fun, especially the nightlife, but to be honest sometimes taxi drivers make me go mad.” Her favorite part of the city is 798. She says Kazakhs are more obsessed with labels than Chinese, who are often happy to hang around in public wearing pijamas.

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Model at Jefen by Frankie

Kaka was one of the most memorable models in the Jefen by Frankie show. She is from Brazil and has been in Beijing for three weeks. So far, she has walked on the runways of Cabeen, Jefen and a few other brands that she doesn’t remember. Beijing is a bit too cold, she says.