In a vintage factory uniform made in Beijing’s Fengtai district, Meng was back to the assembly line his weekend for the Creators Project, which took place in a range of former parts factories and warehouses at Beijing’s 798. Sponsored by Vice Magazine and Intel, the Creators Project was on its final stop after events in New York, London, and Seoul.
Jel, from X+Q Sculpture Studio, had some interesting things to say about my blog, which I will translate when I have a chance. To summarize: While professing that she doesn’t really understand fashion, she says that the people appearing on stylites are all rather mainstream and bound to meet with the approval of the fashion crowd. Also she thats from the perspective of the Chinese, “fashion” really is something from the West, so my selections make a lot of sense.
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Chen Zhuo (陈å“) is an artist based in Beijing.
Here is Vega’s store manager at the party. And Vega being very affectionate…
The last party was the media event. This time the hipster masses came to celebrate the opening of Vega Wang’s shop.
And here is designer Zhang Chi ready for the return of heavy heat. Beijing has been in the mid-thirties again.
Guangdong native and ’60s band Trashmen fan Lulu opened fashion boutique Surfin’ Bird after returning from London, where she studied fashion.
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One doesn’t normally think of general managers of hotels as particular exemplars of cool, but in my job I run across quite a few of them, I decided to a do a shoot for my magazine of the small bunch that actually have a bit of flare. This shoot for LifeStyle by Teresa Yeh, a long-term collaborator, included, among others, Joe Ho and Francois Vanvi. Jeffrey Ying, an important business associate of Stylites, has also been busy recently.
After a working vacation in London and Dubai, I am now back in China’s capital. Hopefully I will have a chance to take some more street style photos in the near future.
I am seeking a web designer for a major upgrade and expansion of Stylites.net. If you are interested in helping on this, please contact me through email (available here).
I always wish for managers of hotels, bars, and restaurants to have a certain glamour and something approaching a distinct personal style. Joe Ho and Francois Vanvi (above) are the only two hotel general managers I have encountered here in Beijing who look a bit like the hotel GM of my dreams. Francois was born in Paris and grew up there and in Hong Kong. He has been in Beijing for several years and is about to take over the opening of a new boutique property, the Hotel Éclat Beijing, in that new triangular structure called ParkView Green. Recently, I asked Francois a few questions about style and being a GM.
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Sad to leave London, just for fun and to see if it as fantastic as is purported, I am heading to Dubai tomorrow for the first time. Apparently, there is not much walking on streets there, so local styles are probably only visible in the malls and high-end hotels. It will be nice to visit the tallest building in the world. I will be back in Beijing next Monday.
One always wonders whether certain stripes or checks can be put in the same outfit. I never even consider putting two different polka dot patterns together, but it seems to work here.
I know that she checks here regularly and will see this. I thank her for that as well as the other support she has provided me throughout my life.
This editor is from the magazine 1626, which focuses on readers in the age range of 16 to 26. I might be doing a column for them in the near future.
I have another friend who is the publisher of 0086 (0086 is the country code for China). He commented that his magazine is for everyone between 0 and 86.
Here’s another editor from that magazine.
