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Xidan: Simple is Rare

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Ms. Chen must seem fairly “normal” compared to most of the  people I find.  She caught my eye mainly because she was the most simply dressed person in a huge field of bubble-gum pink, leopard boots, and sequins at Xidan.  In that cacophony of fluorescent, overblown make-up and synthetics, someone can really stand out through not trying too hard and being gentle on the eye.  She said she doesn’t care much about fashion.

Posted on December 21st, 2007

3 Responses

  1. candid cool says:

    you cant go wrong with a military coat.

  2. Khavurta says:

    I wonder how much these young women in these photographs spend on clothing as a proportion of their wages? Where do they buy their clothes? Are they shopping hounds like some of their Western contemporaries or do they shop at the start of a season and then settle down to work?

    Just as interesting (the world over) is what happens to old clothes gone out of immediate style? How does a growing consumer crowd deal with such issues? fill apartments to overflowing? send clothes to relatives in the countryside? What do they say they do with it?

    Are there resale shops of “gently worn” clothing? High end? Low end? Is there stigma attached to this idea?

  3. h says:

    those who dont care about fashion always have the best style

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