Tag: Beijing Street Style

On the Benetton It’s My Time blog, I have created a hopefully amusing little game that asks you to match the shoes of people who have been on stylites with their profession. Though I’m not sure what the meaning of it all is, I do believe you can make character judgements on the basis of footwear.

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.

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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。

I am so anxious for it to end. Winter is my favorite time. In fact, I would choose year-round winter if it meant odious summer would cease to exist. Beijingers, however, are more opposed to the cold than I am. Being unstylish is excusable in such supposedly savage weather and wearing a overstuffed, synthetic coat is seen as justified given the supposedly extreme cold. I was always under the impression that winter was a very stylish time. One can wear all sorts of different scarves, elegant cinched-waist wool coats, and dramatic boots. Heat is more the enemy of style since it reduces the amount that can be worn. I suspect that wool coats are perceived as being a bit oldmanish – or they are too expensive.

Of course, it is usually the heavy hat plus coat combo that keeps me warm. As has been noted by many observers, hats are barely worn at all here, even on the coldest days. Chinese tradition places more importance on the legs and feet; the head is virtually irrelevant.

到处都是我最讨厌的羽绒服。我承认有的羽绒服不难看，但这样的特别少。大部分的北京人真的很怕冷。我自己不会欢迎12个月的冬天如果没有可怕的夏天。我以前一直觉得冬天应该是时尚的一个很好的机会。当然我这个人如果穿羽绒服会出一身的汗不管有多冷。可能我的身体对冷的反应真的不一样。

Want to meet the quirkiest Beijingers? Looking for an inroad into China’s publishing world?

Internships are now available at both Stylites (Beijing) and LifeStyle Magazine (Beijing and Shanghai). Contact me for more details (nels (at) stylites (dot) net).

Please note that internships are generally unpaid.

现在在Stylites（北京）和品味生活杂志（在北京和上海）有实习机会。这一般是没有报酬的。感兴趣的话，请联系我(nels (at) stylites (dot) net)。

I just arrived back in Beijing and regular updates on Stylites will start soon. Sorry for the interruption. I was back in the States for my father’s 90th birthday.

May all of your oddest, most dazzling, fantasies become reality in 2010.

Sorry for the slow down in posts. It is the holiday season now and I go whole weekends without the internet.

Dear Stylites Viewers,

Have a blessed Christmas this year! I am by the beach in Sarasota, Florida, which is lovely, though not terribly Christmas-like. Anyway, it is amazing that I was in Beijing just yesterday.

Best Wishes,

Nels

Qi Gang (祁刚) created a remarkable show for Secfashion. There was a bit of the jungle (with an actual stuffed wild cat in a model’s arm), a bit of Midsummer Night’s Dream meets The East is Red, and a large dose of high-octane glamour. I should think Qi Gang will be one of the main lights on the fashion scene for years to come.

It’s going to be raining men. Come chillier times, I have a preference for men’s attire, and over the last few days, my lens has been more drawn to those of the male persuasion. Gents benefit from fashions that don’t reveal skin, just as the deadly sex looks appealing while displaying legs, cleavage, shoulders and all those other delectables.

I really should have figured out a way to host this site in China, because access has suddenly gotten tough again. Please accept my apologies for the more sporadic updates.