Conceptual Cuts
Aurelien Lecour, co-creative director of Le Divan, a design studio at Caochangdi, divides Chinese male dressers into three demographics: (1) the typical man who wears an over-sized suit and doesn’t care, (2) young professionals who timidly seek to be fashionable but rely on their female partner for all decisions on purchases, and (3) young teenagers and students who care much about looking different. Le Divan offers unique and detail-oriented garments for those with a more conceptual attitude toward fashion.
very cool
I’m sorry to say this but the fella in the pic falls into category #3… No offense, and I admire and respect what they are trying to do, but in that pic he’s trying a bit too hard
Well, I would agree that he cares about trying pretty hard to create new, original, and different styles and wearing them too.
b/w is always striking but the photo says more about the composition than the originality of the costume. That red door and grey walls are excellent contrast.
This is nascent quality fashion photography.
no offense, but nothing matches on his outfit!
One wonders if he would dress like this if he wasn’t in Beijing. There are certain fashion attempts that foreigners make here because they feel like nobody’s looking or that they stand out anyways, but wouldn’t dare try the same thing in their home country. This stuff is all very conceptual, but it can’t be incorporated into most people’s daily life.
Whenever I see this guys work I want to go to You Tube and fire up some 80′s New Romantic videos.
It’s not my cup of tea, but if it makes you happy then go for it.