The Independent Fashion Bloggers website has a list of the top fifteen China fashion bloggers that includes Stylites. Most of these blogs are probably best left untouched unless you really enjoy the voyeurism of seeing what some fashionable young girls in Hong Kong are wearing every day. Beyond my site, the only other one that really merits being included in your bookmarks is Black Renaissance. The author writes about issues like eco-fashion and the history of retail in China. It is doubtless one of the top blogs for learning about this area, and will be included when Stylites comes out with its own list of the top Chinese fashion blogs, which we should be releasing soon.
Stylites intern Justine Schepers gives us her reactions to the blogs on the list, which she found mostly to be more useful for understanding the tastes of the authors and current fashion trends than for getting a look into the China fashion and style sphere.
“When I read this blog I get a good sense of Chinese style mainly from the way the author dresses and from the phototgraphy. I feel like the size difference and the quantity of photographs in contrast with the passage of writing isn’t so good. Instead, I think that you should be able to see part of the image along with writing, which you cannot.”
“This blog isn’t exactly a Chinese fashion blog, mainly because the author isn’t Chinese. It’s mainly about her travels and daily outfits. I also find the layout of the blog a bit difficult with all the swirly writing on the images.”
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“I’m not quite sure what aexxrntic means though it sounds a bit like eccentric. Yan Chen, the author, certainly has a large wardrobe and she matches things up in all sorts of fun ways. She also gives readers the links for many of the taobao shops where the items can be bought. This Shanghai girl loves vintage style. I wonder how many of the items are sponsored.”
“The photography and layout is so simple and elegant, and because her blog is largely based around DIY fashion, which gives her a unique angle, the photos have to be clear and understandable for the viewers to follow the directions. The writer of the blog is Australian and lives in Hong Kong, but not much on her blog has any connections to the Chinese fashion scene.”
“Another blog by a stylish girl in Hong Kong, this one is very similar in layout and design to the one above, which was quite nice as well, I think the simplicity and attention to detail of the blog is enjoyable to read and look at. I also found the way she wrote very pleasing to read…even though some posts are just too long to read on a blog.”
“Of course Han Huohuo is one of the most famous China fashion bloggers. Go with him all around the world and look at all of his gender-bending, aggressive outfits.”
“This is again about the writers personal style, what she likes. What I liked about this blog, which most of the others didn’t have is she documented her life, rather than documenting what she is wearing – places she goes, eats, drinks, buys, etc..as well as this the photography is just beautiful as well as large, which really draws my attention and gives me a good feel of where she is, eating , buying. The author is an HK-based public relations professional and fashion and lifestyle writer.”
“Well, this one is a total standout. The author, Daniel Kong, is a fashion writer based in Hong Kong and Canada who contributes to Monocle, Winkreative, Lane Crawford and Shangri-La Hotel Group’s SHANG Magazine. With such insightful pieces as “The Logistical Nightmare of Eco-Friendly Fashion”, “Hong Kong’s Shopping Malls: The Origins and Development of the Retail Mecca”, “China’s Fashion Designer Vanguard: Their Past, Present and Future” and others, this is the place to turn for a deeper look at fashion and luxury in Asia as well as other topics. I am looking forward to going through Kong’s back archive and learning everything I can.”
“And we’re back to the model of Hong Kong girl recording all of her outfits and what she does every day. This girl is a bit more glam than the rest.”
“This was a good one. I found the variety ideas that the blogger has come up with was really good and made every different post individual. I got a feel for the Asian style of author Stella Zheng but also get to accompany her as she explores fashion the world, from her base in London. The ‘weekly wish list’ and ‘studio visits’ make her page a sort style map. She writes for many of the main Chinese fashion publications and there are links to a lot of other key Chinese bloggers on the site.”
The Style Voyager
“The layout of this blog was very clean, organized however I think that it was all too small which made me just scroll down and not read anything or really look at the images. Only having come back to the blog a couple of times did I actually realize that you could click and the post would expand.”
“It’s kind of funny that this site made it onto the list. This does give a very good look into what Chinese girls think is pretty and fashionable. The girl has the exact look – big eyes, sharp chin, and pointy nose – that every girl in the country wants. Or maybe she just has a friend who is good at photoshop.”
If you haven’t had enough China fashion bloggers after this, you might try weibo, or there’s also a website by Timothy Parent that is actually called China Fashion Bloggers.
