The last year or more has seen an avalanche of articles predicting the demise of the logo and the growth of less flashy but more individualized style in China. Â See CNBC “Logo fatigue? Chinese now want understated luxury”, “Chinese Luxury Shopping Trends 2014: No Logos And Less Money Driven By Anti-Corruption Measures” from International Business Times, and “How Fashion Brands Adjust to China’s New Niche Style” at the Jing Daily.
Month: July 2014
Pattern Mixing
Tweeds and Patterns
Zhou Dynasty Redux
The style of this old man in Luoyang might blow away anything that has appeared on stylites – or perhaps anything on any street style blog in the world. Â He’s a sort of modern day Jiang Ziya, who was a sort of proto-Zhuge Liang that helped build the Zhou Dynasty.
Shawled Right
One good thing about being in Beijing for so long is that I can really watch people change and form relationships with the people I photograph. Cecaa is one of the more stylish people in the city. Here he is four-and-a-half years.
The Beijing Vintage Ride
This is four months old, but I still want to put up these photos. I have a few extremely good excuses for the delay and the relative lack of activity on Stylites. Those who know me, know what I mean.
Anyway, in the next few posts will be some of my photos from the second Beijing Vintage Ride, which occurred back in late March. I have been thinking about bicycling a lot recently, because it is one of my ambitions to make hotels in Beijing more bike friendly by convincing them to put racks in prominent locations out front. I am hoping to start with the Four Seasons Hotel Beijing.
Here’s more from the China Daily.
Blender x The HUB at Cicada
Home of Beijing’s fashion set, Cicada Ultralounge in North Village of Sanlitun is now the exclusive point in town to pick up a copy of The HUB x Blender magazine. Get your copy there.