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Vega at Dong Liang


Photos: Junshen

Dong Liang Studio, one of Beijing’s leading multi-brand shops focused on Chinese fashion designers, hosted the “Schoolmates Reunion Party & Indie Designer Autumn Collection Promotion”. Vega Wang, sporting a new hairdo, was one of the main designers with wears on offer at Dong Liang.

昨天Vega参观了栋梁同学会（栋梁设计师品牌店秋装推介）。

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Queenie of the Jungle

Cat has been so unbelievably popular in Beijing in the last year. I even commissioned a leopard print dress shirt, that I wear with a repp tie and suit, just to attempt to keep up with the trend. Here is Time Out editor Queenie, prowling through the jungle that is Beijing. Can she be dominant here?

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Hermès Opens First Shangxia Boutique

Of late, I have been trying to collect a list of Made in China luxury brands. There are not a huge number. This latest edition, Shang Xia (上下）from what industry experts describe as the lone “honest” luxury brand, Hermès, might change perceptions and usher in a new era. Hopefully, after this local brands will gain a deeper appreciation for quality and the importance of painstaking local craftsmanship. Our friends over at Jingdaily have more.

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Pang Kuan Smashing an Apple Monitor

If the Creators Project had a climax, for me it was the smashing of an Apple monitor by Pang Kuan (庞宽), keyboardist and singer for New Pants, at the climax of the song “‘Sex, Drugs, Internet”. Judging by the visuals on the LED behind, the smashing had something to do with anger related to sex and the internet, but it seemed an ironic act at a project showcasing the meeting of design and technology. Though I like the music, the visuals were the main highlight of the show for me.

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Cold Couples at Creators Project

Over the last three days, Beijing has finally stopped being stiflingly humid. People have clearly been itching to get out their warmer clothes. Vice‘s Creators Project was an opportunity to show off the coats, scarves, and hats that have been laying dormant for the last half year.

I have always found people in China more sensitive to cold (and less to heat) than in the States or other Western countries. I was sweating in a cardigan at the same event.

Photos by Junshen.

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A Critic

Jel, from X+Q Sculpture Studio, had some interesting things to say about my blog, which I will translate when I have a chance. To summarize: While professing that she doesn’t really understand fashion, she says that the people appearing on stylites are all rather mainstream and bound to meet with the approval of the fashion crowd. Also she thats from the perspective of the Chinese, “fashion” really is something from the West, so my selections make a lot of sense.

季震红对我的网站有些有意思的想法：

“我对时尚不是很在行，纯粹是仗着身高撑个场面，乱穿一通让你见笑了。