Category: Stylites Projects

I had the opportunity to see the showroom of Woopin, the Beijing design studio that organized one of the most attractive pop-ups that has appeared at the Four Seasons.  Their pop-up was in September and October last year and became one of the major destinations during Beijing Design Week.

Stylites presents Kee Atelier at Shanghai’s famous Kee Club on Huaihai Road.  This three day pop-up event will bring some of the top designers from China and beyond to what may be the most beautiful private club in Asia, which is set in twin 1920s grand stone villas, which are practically a palace.

The first event this weekend will pair Shanghai and Beijing based Yiwen Studio with Cerrito, a collection of vintage new oldstock jewelry from Rhode Island.

This installation at the Four Seasons Hotel Beijing is particularly special for me because my father my father, Richard Frye, was a professor of Iranian history and I grew up surrounded by rugs at home.  When my mother, Eden Naby, and her family immigrated to the United States they sold their land in Iran and used the money to buy rugs, which they shipped their new home.  Some of these they sold, using the proceeds to purchase their first house in the Philadelphia.  Others of these rugs are still with my family today.

This heritage made me especially happy to work with Zamani Collection to put together the pop-up that will be at the hotel for the rest of this month and early February.

Above is the inside of Wuhao’s Curio Box at the Four Seasons Hotel Beijing.  The Pop-up program at the hotel has received a great deal of publicity and praise over the last year.

The giant size of the lobby – something that I initially saw as a flaw in the hotel’s layout – has been turned into a great advantage that has made the hotel a focal point for the design and fashion crowds.  Major magazines agree.  More below.

Dejue, a super-high-end tailoring shop based in Beijing, also did a pop-up at the Four Seasons a while back.  Here are the photos.  They collaborated with Barker shoes from England.

Above is an image of a rather monumental event that De Jue did a few weeks later, mostly related to overcoats, inside the Imperial Lounge and on its balcony.  Click below and scroll to the bottom for more images of this.

After the success of the first Dutch Design pop-up at the Four Seasons Hotel Beijing, they have returned once again.  Conceived of by shoe brand O’Quirey, the pop-up is once again staged in collaboration with Ubi Gallery and Studio Henny van Nistelrooy and will be hosted by the Four Seasons until November 29.

Not only does the pop-up have a lot more bikes than last time – these are special edition that was made for O’Quirey’s China business – but the opening party was attended by their highnesses King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, who were staying in the hotel at the time.  Click below to see more photos.

Here I am with Peter Caplowe on translating duty for the TV interviews at The HUB last week in Shanghai.

The HUB, Asia’s leading premium fashion trade fair, is coming to Shanghai for the first time next week (Oct. 13-15). American Rag will be hosting a party that is sure to be the best of Shanghai Fashion Week, which goes from . Most interestingly, my dear friend Gia Wang will be performing at this party. I first met Gia on Nanluoguxiang when I took a photo of her for Stylites. If you want to attend this party, please RSVP to brian@thehub.hk.