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Former Hang on the Box frontwoman Gia (Wang Yue) is working on a tee-shirt brand called Bad Taste (more from the Global Times).
She was at the launch of Lane Crawford and Modern Weekly‘s ‘A Plus’ exhibition, which features collaborations between China’s fashion designers and international artists.
Photos: Suzy
Oversized cardigans with little rams show the start of a new era.
Photos: Suzy
Here is an interesting mix of rugged and rugged, cozy, and chic.
Jo Liu is a fashion photographer who enjoys vintage clothing and checks.
This fashion design student is quite a successful taobao merchant. Here is her shop.
Also at the recent flea market was this fellow who collects windbreakers.
This young lady just returned after studying, and thrifting, in London.
Yesterday, despite the strong winds, a horde of hip retro kids migrated to northeastern Beijing for a vintage flea market. The setting was the yard around 2 Kolegas, one of the city’s best known rock bars located in a former drive-in movie theater that never made it commercially.
Charmmy is fashion design student who also sells vintage clothes at markets like this and on Taobao shops for men and women.
Who would have thought? Well-known photographer Gao Yuan is now in a creative directorial-type role at ihavu.com, a frenetically growing online commerce site that is the official web retailer for Rimowa and a growing roster of brands. Many respected media people have recently moved over to this site. I believe this is something of a mini-trend and suspect the other players in this arena have been attracting top editors and probably sales and marketing staff. Expect to hear more about this here.
Other rising flash sale, discounting and other sites in the fashion realm include VIPstore, xiu.com, 5lux, and Shangpin. They have all done major advertising campaigns in the subways, on TV and in magazines. Investment is clearly flowing in this direction.
There is a certain thingamajig at 798 that often appears in my photos, so I thought I would give it a post of its own. It does kind of look like two people.
Here are Jeffrey and Nik nearby it.
Hong Kong-based lyricist and a columnist Wyman has a major following in Beijing and counts among his friends designers like Xander Zhou.
This Hui fur seller operating near Houhai had a rather interesting pair of glasses, probably from the Qing Dynasty. Apparently, it might be possible to buy these at Panjiayuan antique market.
Photos: Suzy
These two might consider producing camel babies.
