By Suzy

After what seemed like an eternity, summer is here at last. This year’s Modern Sky Strawberry Festival was one of the first occasions to enjoy the sunshine. We will soon post more pictures of beautiful ladies and cool boys.

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Wang Peng captured some great images of all the tweedy people that came out yesterday for the first ever Beijing Vintage Ride, mostly inspired by similar events in London, Tokyo and elsewhere.

The event was startlingly successful in terms of number of participants, their level of style preparedness and the fanciness of their bikes. There was general level of enthusiasm for a stylish sort of bicycling culture, but more of my thoughts on this in future posts.

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Summer is the season in Beijing that I especially loath, but cold weather has really endured this year.  I keep having to turn the heat back on in my hutong.  In offices and most high-rises, the heat has been off since mid March.  The frigid temperatures indoors mean the tweed sport coats have had ample play recently.  Supposedly, there is yet another colf front coming in tomorrow.  All of this probably means that it will be an even more sweltering summer than normal.  Temperatures above 30 degrees will probably start next Monday.  

I kept thinking that these images from over the winter would not really fit given that it was already late in the year.  Perhaps this most violent and eternal of winters warrants this reprisal that includes all the photos from the last winter that were not posted here.  So below are some profiles and photos from the snowiest, longest winter in all of my years in Beijing.  Suzy talked to some of the hip young ladies that give Beijing its character and bohemian charm.  Read More

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I will be posting some of the outtakes from the Aritzia feature that Suzy photographed a while back.

You can read more about Karen, a vintage shop owner, on their site.

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By Suzy

Hopes are high for the upcoming spring, but it seems that cute sweaters like this one from emerging young designer Momo Wang‘s latest collection could work as transitional pieces too. Read More

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Marlon is a rising star in the field of general necromancy and PR.

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Australian Dion is founder of Afflux MCC, a boutique marketing agency that is partner for Stylites on PR-related projects in the hospitality and fashion sectors.

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Here is Juli outside Maison Boulud on after the recent COS fashion show. The first COS store in Beijing will be opening at Parkview Green, one of the latest shopping malls in the city.

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Ah the Givenchy dogs resurface! This time the setting was the COS show at at Maison Boulud.

Pipes and ducts are the best thing about Beijing’s 798.

This slightly intimidating duo is studying fashion design.

Here are some more photos of people waiting around before shows at Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week. Read More

This photographer and stylist was out in full grandeur by the various contraptions at 798 during fashion week.

Well-known actor Li Chen is wearing a suit from the same collection of Simon Gao that he was watching from the front row.  The material is 100% silk and the pattern is something of a polka dot, though I am looking forward to having the opportunity to see it up close in the workshop.

The presence of Simon Gao on the Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week  schedule was notable because have not previously been younger, hipper designers represented at the event.  The tendency had been for figures like Xander Zhou, Zhang Chi, Vega Wang, etc. to do their own events off-location either during the Week or at other times of the year.  Most of the designers that show at China’s premier fashion week are from larger and inevitably far dowdier brands, design schools, or just people who seem to have really good connections with government.

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This design student was outside of the Simon Gao show.  I am trying to remember the name of that pattern that is on his shirt.  I suppose it wouldn’t be categorized as some kind of Arabesque.

This filmstar was the first person who caught my eye.  This event was one of the first of the many that will be surrounding China Fashion Week this year.

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I dropped by a photo shoot by Leon magazine focusing on men’s black tie & evening wear at Capital M, which has one of the best views of any Beijing restaurant.  Leon, the original edition of which is from Japan, provides almost painstaking comprehensive advice on how to be a well-dressed gentleman.

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Here are Allen Xie and his colleague Kieran Wang on the patio of Capital M.

Allen Xie is the founder of a Allen and Co., a super stylish bespoke business that offers suits only in Allen’s signature style, which is somewhat like Tom Ford – with wide lapels and super slim waists, but cut in such a way that flatters the Chinese physique. Allen also works with local producers to create unique fabrics like the blue one he is wearing.

The brand started in Shanghai and now Allen is opening his first workshop in Beijing, which will be headed up by Kieran.

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Here is another designer who came by the Bai Peng opening.

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Independent fashion designer Bai Peng just opened his first space on Ceramic 1 Street 798 in a rather picturesque warehouse that I think may just be the most attractive boutique in Beijing besides Wuhao.

Bai Peng invited some friends and media over to celebrate the opening.

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