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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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.

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.

This fashion design student is quite a successful taobao merchant.  Here is her shop.

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.

Hong Kong-based lyricist and a columnist Wyman has a major following in Beijing and counts among his friends designers like Xander Zhou.

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Tang Shuang is a senior fashion editor at Outlook Magazine in Shanghai. She is wearing a striped menswear inspired shirt under her leather-sleeve coat.

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A fashion designer,  Zhang Huishan is a devoted Yohji Yamamoto fan. He was lucky enough to get his hands on this coat during a sample sale.  This coat was also on the runway in black, naturally.

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I also met fellow streetstyle photographer Mavener. I like her unpretentious yet cool style but unfortunately don’t remember the site she works for, will update as soon as I find out.

Taipei-based designer and blogger Milla Huang, creator of a brand called méchant bébé, flew to Shanghai to attend the Colors magazine Transport event. She ordinarily relies on a combination of foot and subway to get around. However, she does have a car for longer excursions.

Also at the ColorsTransport event was Gene Ku Chien is Editor-in-Chief of ppaper, a fashion and lifestyle publication based in Taipei. Gene takes a subway to work most days, though late at night he cabs. With no car, bike, or motorbike, he finds driving unappealing. Cutting down on emissions was not the initial goal, though it is a welcome benefit.

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Cola first appeared on Stylites four years ago – in fact he was one of the earliest people to appear on this blog.  At that time he was working in a little shop in 3.3 that sold some rather interesting menswear.  Now, he is one of the owners of the first Initial Fashion boutique that just opened on Nanluoguxiang.

I commented that it was a surprising location for a fashion brand like Initial given the somewhat down-market or touristy nature of much of the other retail on this famous lane.  Cola responded that they wanted to be in a place redolent of Beijing’s traditional culture in keeping with the design of this specific shop.  The theme of the next Beijing shop, which will be  at Joy City mall in Xidan, will reflect that location.  Aside from the Beijing outlet, the brand has five shops in Shanghai, each with a different theme.

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Photographed two years ago on Stylites, Cecaa’s brand, Mon Cheri, has recently grown into something more major.  He was at the Initial Fashion opening party.  The first shop of this Hong Kong brand in Beijing is on tourist-overrun Nanluoguxiang, a somewhat unexpected location for such a hip shop.

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Beijinger Kim likes to dress funky for his job at Japanese Brand MerciBeaucoup, but he also told me he wouldn’t mind wearing his stripey outfit outside the store.

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Roxanne is also at Central St Martins. I particularly like her skirt made from Miao minority embroidery and batik cloth. She found it at Beijing Muxiyuan fabric market.

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Beautiful Fashion Designer Yang Shaojun was showing some of her designs during the Fly Tea fashion show at Seasons Place this Thursday.

Hats with ear covers have been quite fashionable recently, and not just when it’s cold.  By the way, both this fashion design student’s wristwatches were set to the same, accurate, time.

She studies fashion design here in Beijing.

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At the I.T. event the other day, the Union Jack gentleman appears to be a blogger and he mentioned something about a Halloween costume.

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Jeffrey with fashion designer Xander Zhou.

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