A young accounting student who hopes to get into a more creative line of work.
I seem to keep photographing people with these trousers.
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A young accounting student who hopes to get into a more creative line of work.
I seem to keep photographing people with these trousers.
At her No. 46 Fangjia Hutong studio, Lingxifang, Designer Xu Dong finds unconventional fabrics (like snakeskin print silk) for qipaos, but uses traditional embroidery and construction techniques. Garments are about 80% handmade by a tailor who schooled under Yang Chenggui, one of China’s most famous Qipao masters. Xu Dong, descended from the Qing imperial family like most Manchus in Beijing, grew up in a courtyard house nearby her studio, not five minutes from the Confucius temple. Now she commutes from an apartment by the Fourth Ring Road.
Regular updates will begin again.
The US has been fun.
Fans don’t show up enough over the course of Beijing’s hot summers. Though http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuge_Liang#mce_temp_url# wields a feather fan to alter the course of the wind and rains, this one immediately made me think of the famous strategist.
I wrote a little piece assessing the changes in fashion over the last 60 years for the current China Daily, which includes a big supplement celebrating National Day.
That picture is execrable. I must have overindulged the previous night and not found the light switch in the morning.