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

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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?

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

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Quite the tights.

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Stanley is one of the main men behind Liquid Element, one of China’s premier PR/events companies.

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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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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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Here is yet another winterly sweater on this assistant of photographer and creative Übermensch 223.

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Here is an interesting mix of rugged and rugged, cozy, and chic.

Jo Liu is a fashion photographer who enjoys vintage clothing and checks.

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Also at the recent flea market was this fellow who collects windbreakers.

This young lady just returned after studying, and thrifting, in London.

Beijingers will know that this comes late. Wuhao, the premier concept shop in the city, has already been open for a year. Wallpaper already described it as one of the top twenty reasons to visit China now and Stylites has featured the Wuhao Tea Shop pop-up at Beijing Design Week.

But, strangely I have never spoken much about what must be the world’s most beautiful retail setting.  In a garden owned by the family of the last emperor’s wife, Wuhao Curated Shop is tucked behind an barely marked door in one of Beijing’s best preserved hutong areas.  Installations change by the season with themes based on the elements and drawing heavily on the Yiqing or Book of Changes.  The focus is young Chinese fashion and furniture designers, many of whom produce special lines or items for Wuhao.  More pictures of the yard can be seen on the website.

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Yesterday, despite the strong winds, a horde of hip retro kids migrated to northeastern Beijing for a vintage flea market.  The setting was the yard around 2 Kolegas, one of the city’s best known rock bars located in a former drive-in movie theater that never made it commercially.

Charmmy is fashion design student who also sells vintage clothes at markets like this and on Taobao shops for men and women.

There is a certain thingamajig at 798 that often appears in my photos, so I thought I would give it a post of its own.  It does kind of look like two people.

Here are Jeffrey and Nik nearby it.

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Jeff is working at Milk magazine these days and narrowly escaped a motorbike accident on his way to the Nuandao event.
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