Tag: Nanluoguxiang – 南锣鼓巷

These two are students at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing (对外经济贸易大学). In a few months, they are both going to Rheims, France, where they will study for a total of three years.

Military influenced items and actual items from the military are quite popular with Beijing youth. Though originally intended for men, these shirts are worn by both sexes. Wearers tend to be young artistic types in rock bands, creative industries, etc. Stripy shirts, in the sailor style, other than these authentic naval ones do not seem to be overly popular. People want the real thing or nothing, it seems.

These shirts are available in several outlets in Beijing, though the biggest size, 1, is equivalent to an American small.

Liu Jian only wears Chinese navy shirts – he owns 25 in total. Since they only come with long sleeves, his had several of them altered a few for summer wear. These shirts are actually a pretty appropriate choice for Liu Jian since he served in the Chinese military for six years. He is an author and folk musician and a member of East District Power, a Shanghai-based folk rock collective.

I did a special report for That’s Beijing on stylish people’s perspectives on bicycling, and will be including some of the photos from it here.

Hinting at Christmas in pleasingly provocative style, software designer Aileen just arrived in Beijing from Hubei and has not had time to buy a bike. However, she believes Beijing is not good for driving since it is so crowded. Unlike many modern Chinese girls, to her it doesn’t matter if her other half owns a car or not.

我为《城市漫步》北京版写了一篇关于时尚潮人如何看待骑自行车的报告。我会陆续在Stylites上放一些报告中所使用的照片。

Aileen刚从湖北来到北京，是一名软件设计师。她的装束带有一点圣诞节的感觉，让人看到就觉得开心，但同时也有一点“淘气”。Aileen还没来得及买自行车，但是她觉得北京的交通太拥挤，不适合开汽车。与现在的很多中国女孩子不一样，她觉得男朋友/丈夫有没有自己的汽车不太重要。

Kiki works with Modern Sky, China’s largest independent record label. She is also in a band that performs frequently at Dongcheng District clubs.　With a different bag she would look even more sixties Brit Pop than she already does.

Kiki在摩登天空工作。摩登天空是中国最大的独立唱片公司。她是一个经常在东城区演出的乐队的成员。如果她手里拎的包不一样她会更有像六十年代英伦的风格。

Mr. Zhao said he comes from a small town in Yunnan. He just arrived in Beijing and plans to live here for a while. I asked him if his style is influenced by minority peoples. He said that it probably wasn’t. He is mainly going for the Bohemian look, adding that the important thing is to understand yourself and find an appropriate style. People shouldn’t imitate others or what they see in the magazines. I agree with this.

赵先生说他来自云南的一个小城市．他刚到了北京，打算在这里长期住。我问过他：“你的风格是不是带点少数民族的特色？”他说“不一定。主要的是波西米娅的。”他还加了：“最重要的是了解自己，找一个适合自己的风格。不要模仿别人或者杂志里的模特。”我很赞成他这个看法。

This cute young Qingdao girls studies set design at the Beijing Drama Academy. Her home in Beijing is on Beijing’s Chaodou hutong – like me， she lives in a old-style, one-story home. She thinks her school is the most fashionable one in the city. She describes her style as “luanda” or random mixing of different styles.

这个可爱的女孩子是青岛人，在中央戏剧学院学习舞台美术。她在北京的家在炒豆胡同-跟我一样住在平房里。她觉得自己的学校是北京最时尚的大学。她喜欢的穿衣风格是“乱搭”。

This pair of lovebirds view fashion as a way to express one’s own personality, and not as a representation of status. They say there are many good domestic fashion brands catering to women, but not so many for men. I asked them whether or not they were willing to wear second-hand clothing. The young lady said that she has not worn second hand clothing, but she has started to sell her own old clothes on Taobao. She explained: “Girls already have too much clothing. They tend to wear each piece only a few times.” Her boyfriend said that he would consider wearing second hand clothing.

这恋爱中的漂亮的一对儿觉得时尚是一种表达自己个性的方式，而不一定代表地位。关于自己喜欢的外国或者国内的牌子，他们说现在国内有很多好的女装品牌，男装基本上还没有好的牌子。我问他们愿不愿意穿二手的衣服。女孩子说她还没有买过二手的东西，但是她开始在淘宝上卖她自己已经穿过的衣服。她解释说：“女孩子的衣服已经太多了，穿了几次就不会再穿了。他的男朋友说他以后会考虑穿二手的衣服。

They are students at the University of International Business and Economics. The young lady studies finance, while the young man does media. I think this 1.9 meter dude is quite handsome, but some of my Chinese readers might disagree with this perspective, because of that old cliche: “Chinese and Western standards of beauty are completely different.” As for the girl, she’s also attractive. She always wears this particular expression. I think it is a bit cute, very much like a glamorous Paris woman.

他们是外经贸大学的学生。女孩子学的是金融，男孩子他学的是传媒。我觉得这位身高190公分的男孩子长得很帅，但是我的一些中国读者可能会不同意我的观点 ，因为这种陈词滥调的看法 ——中国人和西方人的审美观不一样。 这个女孩子呢，也漂亮。她总喜欢这个表情，我觉得有点可爱，很像个有魅力的巴黎女士。

Rules are being broken here. Japanese housewife hair and makeup meets ’70s fashion, which made it to China in the ’80s, for one of the best Stylites yet. The jacket and bag seem straight from the vintage shop that doesn’t exist here.

这次有人打破了常规。日本家庭主妇风格的发型和妆容，跟70年代的时尚风格混合在一起（西方70年代的风格可以说是在80年代影响到了中国）。 她可以算是”Stylites”上最有风格的人之一。她的包和夹克像是在二手店买的，也许我们只能想象北京有这样一个二手店吧。

She works in media and never rides a bicycle to work.

她在媒体行业工作，从没骑过自行车去上班。

Plenty of glitter on Beijing girls, and I’m not usually a fan, but this young lady’s sprinkled approach caught my eye.

北京女孩子穿带闪光的衣服太多了，我一般都不喜欢。但是这个女孩子“闪耀”的腿吸引了我的注意力。