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Now You’re in Beijing

These hutongs are making her feel brand new. And being somebody in the China City is almost as good as being somebody in the World City. Sylvia is just in from Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi province, and is planning to live here permanently perhaps working in a magazine.

从江西省省会南昌来的Sylvia觉的到了北京以后让她感觉焕然一新，这个新的城市给她朝气，可以给她站在世界舞台上的机会。她准备在这个新的城市里面做出自己的一番事业，她的目标？杂志社～


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Premature Silver

It’s certainly an eye-catching color for IT girl Wang Xiaolei.

王小蕾(27)是IT公司职员。关于自己的穿衣风格，她说 “必须 this 让我任何时候都浑身自在的休闲随性不盲从的boyish风格”。

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Peking Pin-up

From Yunnan, Vivian Shi (23) appears the Chinese editions of men’s magazines like FHM and Maxim in very tantalizing poses. She gave me an autographed copy of her latest, which is a cover shot on Chinese Maxim (风度). Also an aspiring actress, she has a very provocative role in a new horror movie. Here’s her blog, which has more lovely images of her and some movie clips. She actually worked for a while at Beijing’s only Hooter’s. Apparently the clients were less flirtatious than one might have expected. Interestingly, she wears absolutely no makeup when she is not working. Her skin needs to breath.

The Chinese edition of Grazia has just come off the press with some street style images shot by me (including this one of Vivian). It is sold throughout China. Check it out!

施柳屹是个演员。她的穿衣风格是“乱七八糟，舒服为主”。看她漂亮的图片在她个人网站。

《GRAZIA红秀》三月份的杂志刚出来了里面。里面有施柳屹和三个其他的我拍的照片。请去看看！

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Reverse Rustication

Rustic is a big band at the moment. They won the top title in the Global Battle of the Bands for China, just held in Hong Kong.

This is Ricky, the bassist. He is from Shijiazhuang, Hebei. Just before he took this photo, Ricky was pissing on the hutong wall. He was on his way to getting a tattoo of his girlfriend’s face put on his back. He describes her as “rich”. He himself lives with four others in a flat in Tongzhou, where each roommate pays RMB 400.

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Clog Creator

This young lady from Jiangsu is studying shoe design. This is her first trip to Beijing and she really enjoyed it, though she barely left the area around Gulou and Nanluoguxiang. The rest of the city is rather revoltingly modern and homogeneous.

从江苏来的女孩在学鞋设计。这是她第一次来北京。她觉得很好-几乎没有离开南锣鼓巷和鼓楼那块。

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Check out the Latest City Weekend

The current issue of Beijing’s City Weekend has a two page spread on me in their “Fashionista” section. Unfortunately, I am sporting paisley and polka dots of the same scale (on tie and pocket square) in the same outfit, which is something of an offense. Also my overeager smile makes it seem like the can in my hand contains diet coke or red bull rather than sparkling rosé. Anyway, have a look for yourself.

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Ritchie, at Bryant Park

I encountered Ritchie right outside the tents at Bryant Park. Born in Xiamen, he now lives in LA and reports on fashion week for the Chinese website called M.Style. He also has a studio in LA called Triple Major. One project he has worked on recently is called Project White Tshirt, which brought 31 designers from 13 countries together to transform the basic white t-shirt. This is now on exhibition tour and will land in Beijing this fall and be at UCCA. The pieces will be auctioned to support Designers Against Aids.

Interestingly, Ritchie was profiled by the site Stylelikeu that just interviewed Jeffrey and me. I interviewed Ritchie in Chinese:

在纽约时装周采访了Ritchie。他是创意机构Triple-Major的创办人，也在M世代杂志写专栏。他在厦门出生，香港长大，现在在洛杉矶居住。我问了他一些问题。

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Advertising and Consulting

For the last year, I have been getting contacted by parties looking to advertise nearly every week. I rejected these requests every time, responding that this was a non-commercial site or that their products didn’t match the image of Stylites. Now, I have decided to allow advertising. There are costs involved with running the site; the biggest one is, of course, my time.

Please click here or on the panel above to find out more about advertising on Stylites. Consulting services are also available.

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Beijing Girls

So pretty, they could easily be as attractive as the NYC ones if they only dressed a little better, but the looks that hit me the moment I exit the plane run the gambit from mediocre to heinous.

北京女孩这么漂亮。如果穿的稍微好点肯定会跟纽约的女孩子一样有吸引力。

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More Jeffrey Ying…

The world – it was NYC this time – can’t get enough of him. Is he a modern Des Esseintes, a slimmer Oscar Wilde, or a reincarnation of Emperor Hirohito? Stylelikeu interviewed this polymathic dandy in a charming little apartment in the East Village, not two blocks from where we were staying. This website – which features profiles of stylish individuals and is not unlike Stylites – will carry interviews of both Jeffrey and me.