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Cosplayers Take Jinan


Photo : Eric Gregory Powell

The Shandong Provincial Government supports fun and fantasy. The 4th Shandong Cultural & Creative Industry Fair last week in Jinan brought hundreds of local cosplayers together, all extravagantly costumed. My friend, photographer Eric Gregory Powell was on hand to document the most gripping results.

Their Cosplay names are all listed, though I don’t have time to do the research on the identities of all of these characters. If anyone knows, please add it to the comments.

Above is Xiao Ji (小叽).

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China Fashion Blogs

As I’ve been in the US for the last few weeks, I haven’t had a chance to photograph on the streets of Beijing or regularly update the blog. To make up for the lack of new content here at Stylites, let me introduce some other English-language China fashion blogs.

In addition to the just mentioned Accidental Chinese Hipsters blog, the rather unfortunately named Chinese People have no Style gives a taste for what the “real people” are wearing. All of those who complain that my blog has little relationship to the average folks on the street should check this out.

At Shanghai Style File, Hart, the Life and Style Editor at That’s Shanghai introduces the best shops, designers, and style folks in Paris of the East.

My favorite is Eyestore, Guangzhou’s answer to Stylites. Though the writing is mainly in Chinese, photos are the highlight.