Photo: Suzy
This is quite a nice simple, summer look for the office or a stroll.
Tag: Hutongs – 胡åŒ
Shots taken in Beijing’s famous hutongs, the historic alleyways that wind through the center of China’s capital. The hutong area in the center of Beijing is the largest continuous stretch of historic cityscape in any major Chinese city.
It’s Only Rock’n’Roll
Photo: Suzy
But she seems to like it.
A Summer Escape
Photo: Suzy
This shirt makes me think of a tropical island or perhaps sitting on the coast nearby Alexandria.
In the Mix
Plastered
A Blonde Day
Photo: Suzy
If I am not wrong, the person in this picture has already changed her hair color.
Stroll on a Saturday
Authentically Beijing?
This is the Beijing I love: welcoming, diverse, cutely bohemian, vibrant, international in its own quirky way, and, of course, smoking. Sure, you might say they are poseurs, but then, I am looking for poseurs. Maybe they are a bit pretentious – but people have been leveling the same accusation at me since I was fifteen – but I would say that they just like to keep their world a little magical. I am drinking ginger ale out of a champagne flute at the moment. Even those who constantly lose themselves in escapist fantasies need to stay sober once in a while.
These two young ladies aren’t haughty or cold, but really quite welcoming in a way. Are they authentic or are they just mimicking the way that hipstresses like them dress in other parts of the world?
Sartorial exercise
Photo: Suzy
There appear to be more well-dressed Western gentlemen these days. Female and male layering are constantly taken to new levels during the winter months. which is a good thing.
Layer Lust
Photo: Suzy
It’s rare that an outfit seems to work so well with hair dyed in this color.
Holiday Cheer
Photo and Text: Suzy
I can’t help but thinking that her outfit has a somewhat christmasy touch to it. Maybe her blue army cap and fur coat evoke long russian winters?
From NYC
Photos: Suzy
She is a former resident of the Big Apple, where I just arrived myself.
Fit for an Empress
Beijingers will know that this comes late. Wuhao, the premier concept shop in the city, has already been open for a year. Wallpaper already described it as one of the top twenty reasons to visit China now and Stylites has featured the Wuhao Tea Shop pop-up at Beijing Design Week.
But, strangely I have never spoken much about what must be the world’s most beautiful retail setting. In a garden owned by the family of the last emperor’s wife, Wuhao Curated Shop is tucked behind an barely marked door in one of Beijing’s best preserved hutong areas. Installations change by the season with themes based on the elements and drawing heavily on the Yiqing or Book of Changes. The focus is young Chinese fashion and furniture designers, many of whom produce special lines or items for Wuhao. More pictures of the yard can be seen on the website.
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Street Furrier
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.