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For the start of the Year of the Dragon, I decided to share my personal favorite images from the Rabbit.

This is just so much fun and what a great pair!


Photo: Suzy

Perhaps there is a bit too much here and her taste may not be entirely unimpeachable, but there is something appealing about the eclecticism here.

I rarely put models up here, but this confrontational chinoiserie from a cosplay party was irresistible.

As was this dramatic coat from the same event.

And what a nice use of blue and lovely smile!

And here is some blue with pop!

Maybe it was the year that local fashionistas discovered blue and realized it is even more adaptable than black.

Thick frames and workwear were also major trends.

Behind this rather S&M look is the chemical tank at 751 that remained the most popular venue for fashion events this year.

An aggressive adrogyny kept appearing.

This was an interesting mixture of mostly items mostly from Western brands to create an effect that seemed undeniably Chinese, or perhaps Uyghur.

Retro florals were the thing to do.


Photo: Suzy

Chinese-influenced looks grew as a trend this year.

It was a year in which headlines constantly announced Chinese consumers were abandoning conspicuous consumption and logos.  The new fashionistas must wear labels with irony.

And it was also a year in which luxury consumers in second-tier gained increasing attention.

Which was your favorite look?

Happy New Year!

2012 won’t be a year of austerity and introspection on Stylites!

 

 

Layer Lust


Photo: Suzy

It’s rare that an outfit seems to work so well with hair dyed in this color.

Holiday Cheer


Photo and Text: Suzy
I can’t help but thinking that her outfit has a somewhat christmasy touch to it. Maybe her blue army cap and fur coat evoke long russian winters?

From NYC


Photos: Suzy

She is a former resident of the Big Apple, where I just arrived myself.

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Magazines, Shares and Chocolate

A few interesting happenings:

- Conde Nast China Managing Director Cao Weiming discusses the rise of Vogue, GQ, AD, and Self in the most important rapidly growing market for print media.  Vogue China now has the third highest revenue among the 15 international editions of the publication.  I also heard recently that GQ China is expected to surpass the UK one to become the top grossing GQ, right after the US version.  More from China Daily on Conde Nast in China.

- Not all is as buoyant as what fashion industry watchers were promised though.  Shares in HK-listed Prada have slumped 34% from their price at listing in July.  With 42% of its sales in Asia, Prada enjoyed 25% growth in the first nine months of the year and 39% in Asia (outside Japan).  Like everyone, investors are worried about slower than utterly exuberant growth in 2012, though Prada in China must still be a very good bet in the medium to long term.  The world’s largest listed jeweler, HK’s Chow Tai Fook, also saw its share price drop 8%.  Both of these are probably more cases of investors accepting that growth in the Chinese luxury market will be merely strong, rather than overwhelming, at least in 2012.

- On a lighter, or hopefully darker, note, a new chocolate theme park north of Beijing hosted a show with fashions made from chocolate.

More From A+

Sorry for the delay in getting these photos up.  I know the event was last week, but the exhibition is still on at Lane Crawford.

Above are make-up artist Tupper Bai and his friend, a fashion photographer.

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Pink and Blue

Tommy, the PR Director for fashion retailer Shine, shows us how to mix blue and hot pink.  Trousers are tailor-made, the shirt is vintage imported from the US purchased at Mega Mega Vintage and the sweater is Prada.

Efficiency-Minded

Photographer Wang Peng has evolved his own rather versatile way of dressing.  He has five tailored suits in this exact cut each in a different color.  They can be either worn as a suit or mixed and matched.  I will have to ask him next time if there are really are a total of 25 potential outfits or if some of the colors don’t really go together.  The fabric is canvass that he purchased at Muxiyuan.

 

Mega Glamour

Among the collaborative projects at the Lane Crawford and Modern Weekly ‘A Plus’ exhibition was a pop-up photo studio by designer Xander Zhou and photographer Trunk Xu.  Here is Mega Mengmeng being photographed.  Xander Zhou and Trunk Xu collaborated before on the famous Gay China issue of Hong Huang’s Ilook magazine.  Here are photos from that issue.

 

 

 

Joy Pops

Drink sponsors for the Lane Crawford and Modern Weekly‘s ‘A Plus’ exhibition, Pommery might consider sending me and Joy Island a couple more bottles.

A Plus Student

Former Hang on the Box frontwoman Gia (Wang Yue) is working on a tee-shirt brand called Bad Taste (more from the Global Times).

She was at the launch of Lane Crawford and Modern Weekly‘s ‘A Plus’ exhibition, which features collaborations between China’s fashion designers and international artists.

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