Boyz at Vogue Night Out

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Xander Zhou (周翔宇) was one of a huge crowd of celebrities attending fashion for Anna Wintour’s Fashion’s Night Out.  All eyes have been on this young fashion designer since he guest edited the August “Gay China” issue of media sorceress Hong Huang’s (洪晃) fashion magazine “ILOOK” (more at Gayographic and China Hush).  Though there have been many smaller gay-friendly publications opening and closing over the last decade, this was the first time a mainstream magazine made nature’s bachelors and their role in fashion the focus of an issue.  I met Xander last at a fabric store in Muxiyuan.

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Also at the Vogue party in the basement of the World Trade Center was Beijing brit-rock band Super VC (at a Burberry event).  There were huge crowds and droves of celebrities making more stylites photos during the after-party up at Aria difficult.

Vivienne Westwood Socks at Dita Opening

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Love this, mainly because they seem like a chic version of the notorious nylon pop socks, favored by so many in this city – though the wearers seem to become older and older as the youth become generally hipper.  The hated skin-colored pop socks are also often paired with strappy footwear, typically of the plastic variety.

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They were sighted on this editor (I am not allowed to mention the names and publications of others in the magazine business) at the opening party for Beijing’s first Dita shop at Huamao.  Most of the glasses on sale are made in Japan as part of collaboration between Dita and the venerable brand Masunaga.  Read more on Dita at High Snobiety.

At Hermès, in The Opposite House

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Mickey is a senior fashion editor at the Chinese edition of a well-known magazine that is part of a still better-known American publishing group.  I met her at the Hermès fall trunk show held at the Presidential Suite of The Opposite House.  Much of the collection was aviation inspired.


Chaoyangmen Subway Station Blues

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I just encountered Adam, a rather remarkable fellow who will be blessing Xicheng district with his gentle but quirky charm for the next two weeks.  He is a Wushu practitioner who is, rather amazingly, just back from teaching this Chinese martial art in Shanxi.  Fluent in Persian, French and English, this LA-born half-Iranian has become quite good at Chinese after just a month in this country.

The all blue, all linen (besides the gator shoes) ensemble includes a sport coat from Armani and trousers from Comme des Garçons.


A Pleasant Editor

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Also at the Bulgari party, Shanghaiese Lina Deng is Associate Publisher and Editorial Director at Chinese Marie Claire, which must be the most “intelligent” fashion magazine available for women.   She has a more appealing demeaner than many of the top editors at other major fashion magazines.  She is wearing an Alexander Mcqueen dress and a very unique necklace, though I forget the brand.

At Bulgari with Save the Children, Beijing Launch

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To celebrate its 125th anniversary, Italian luxury goods maker Bulgari introduced a limited edition ring to be sold worldwide this year with all funds going to the Rewrite the Future campaign of Save the Children.  Bulgari’s very enjoyable Beijing launch and fundraiser party at the Today Art Museum was attended by Stylites veteran Laura Lan, still jetting between Taibei, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Beijing but with a less gripping hair color.  Laura is now the Editorial Director for Greater China at Revolution, a premier watch lifestyle magazine.

CCTV-9 Anchor

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This look may be (mercifully?) less startling than the usual eye candy appearing here, but I rarely see traditional Chinese attire looking so nice.  It’s mainly the color.  London-born James Chau is morning and lunchtime presenter of CCTV-9’s News and World Wide Watch.   A contributor to the Evening Standard and the Sunday Mirror, he graduated from Cambridge University and King’s College London. Check his website, blog, and fanclub blog. James said he had heard that I was very “fun”.


China Preppy

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This young editor attending the opening party for Bilancioni in Beijing is really on the summer trends.  He’s got the double collar, the slim madras tie, and the shrunken sport coat with shorts – nice smile too.

Stripey Type

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Another young magazine editor.

Rofty Designing Pair

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Having graduated from Beijing Agriculture University in ‘08, Li Huawen (李画文) and Zheng Ran (郑然, English name: Ro) are now devoting themselves to their own brand that blends illustration, design and fashion. Called Rofty (ro联厂), they produce original T-Shirts, various badges, graphic posters, environmentally friendly shopping bags and other items.

The more vivacious one in the pair – she will inevitably handle the marketing – Ro studied landscape architecture and environmental planning and he graphic design. He has worked in an advertising firm before, but now they are both freelancers at the moment and hoping they never have to work in an office in the future.


Peak Lapels: Two Levels

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Compare these lapels.  I had been meaning to introduce Mr. Jeffrey Ying, one of my main partners in crime.  He is staying in Beijing this summer, and I will do a more full profile in an upcoming post.

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Qu Ying may be more well-known than Jeffrey, at least on this side of the Pacific.  I’m not keen on celebrities, but the unprecedentedly low notch on this coat from Stella Mccartney coat convinced me to photograph this model, singer, MC and actress.


Dior F/W in Beijing

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Dior released its fall collections here in Beijing today at Nanxincang.  This young Hunanese lady was wearing a cute Dior dress from the current spring collection.  She was determined that I must not mention her name or position.

I Hate and I Love

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Wang Xiaobei is a (Catullus loving?) fashion designer with a brand called Odi et Amo who gets around.   Here he was at the Accupuncture music festival, but Shanghai street fashion blog Streetaholic captured him just a few weeks before at the 2009 Midi Festival in Jiangsu.

Pretty in Blue

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Pretty but shy Wang Yi was also at the music festival.

Young Artist

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This is a 21-year-old artist, whose works are already shown at major fairs.

Beijing Electronic Music Festival

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Last weekend, Acupuncture Records staged its first Beijing Electronic Music Festival.  The event was on three stages, lasted 15 hours, included 28 artists, and was attended by over 10,000 people. Here is D of D and the Hutong Cats on Stylites again, this time with his dolly.

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Mylène Chen appears again as well.

These are the first photos appearing on Stylites by new contributor Weina Zhao.  Thanks a lot Weina!  Check out Weina’s photo blog at obskure abstrusitäten and find a brief bio of her in the About Stylites section.

Oversized Buttons

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From Hong Kong, Victor is in fashion PR.  He has a great photo blog, unfortunately blocked in China with the rest of blogspot.

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This quirky shirt is by Comme des Garçons.

Mysterious

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This fellow refuses to carry business cards for fear that people he meets (like me) might contact him.

Asymetrical Cardigan

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Right after a runway show…The eye-catching cardigan is from secretive Martin Margiela.  While admiring the eccentric form, I guiltily found myself  searching for the function.

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These shoes unite quite a few patterns.

In a League of Her Own

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Not long before seeing her at the Burberry party (the post before), I encountered Ivy in the hutongs.  Born in Beijing, she grew up outside the Second Ring, she now lives near Nanluoguxiang.  At the moment, in addition to studying design and designing, she writes for a range of fashion magazines. Ivy frequently travels abroad, preferring Paris and Tokyo.  

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This pair of shoes is part of one of her collections.  Anyway, I am eager to see more.  Her website will be up soon.  I’m sure her aesthetic thoughts will creep into our hearts and enchant us away from the codes we hold to most dogmatically, the way ivy encircles the most stolid, old, structures, breaking them down…
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