Stylites

Army Green


Photos: Suzy

Covered with stickers is the typical winter coat for soldiers in Beijing.

Stage Center


Photo: Suzy

The sleeves of his trench and trousers seem to match in length.

Mses. Moneybags


Photo: Suzy

These young ladies keep all their dollars in plastic.

Dye it Yourself


Photos: Suzy

Finally, here are some photos from the Modern Sky festival. Suzy and I both visited the remote, but dramatic venue in the shadow of the Great Wall. Were it only a less hazy day, the location would have been spectacular rather than shrouded.

Many of the styles on display were quite vivid though.

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Cat Shorts


Text and Photos:Suzy

The year of living wildly continues.  Leopard always seems festive, so this is really a perfect look for the Kama Love Music Festival.

Uma at Kama


Text and Photos:Suzy

Kama Love Festival, held this past weekend at the Olympic Park, was without a doubt the dustiest music festival so far this year. The above couple used the scarf that was the gift at the Uma Wang event to protect themselves from the blowing dust.

Colors of Intro


Photo:Suzy

Here is my last batch of photos from Intro.

For me, this is retro.  It reminds me of the the sort of image one might have seen three years ago on the cover of a report by some hip consultancy on consumption patterns in trends of youth in China. I guess it is the short, dyed hair that does it, plus the slightly inscrutable confidence.

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Shark Attack

The singer Queen Sea Big Shark, she was just shot by renowned photographer Mario Testino for a profile likely to appear in the September issue of US Vogue.  As you may have heard, there was an unprecedentedly huge delegation from that magazine in town last week interviewing, photographing, and generally making a footprint here in China.  China is going to be one of the main themes for Vogue’s thickest issue of 2011.

Dots and Flowers

Just as solids – especially black – is the norm at fashion parties, polka dots, floral prints and other patterns predominate at music festivals.

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