At Intro Electronic Music Festival

Organized by Acupuncture Records, Beijing’s largest outdoor electronic music festival, Intro, was at D-Park in 798. There were a larger portion of foreign attendees than at indie-focused Strawberry Festival.

由国内先锋电子音乐团队针刺疗法(Acupuncture Records)主办的北京最大的户外电子音乐节INTRO于22日在798里的751时尚设计广场D-Park举行。这次参加该音乐节的外国人比参加草莓音乐节的外国人要更多。

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Hermès to Launch China-Made Brand

Hermès is going to launch a Chinese-designed, Chinese-manufactured “affordable luxury” handbag brand “Shang Xia” (up down) this coming spring.

爱马仕家族2010年春天将为中国打造一个全新的品牌,取名为“上下”。

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Italy Pavilion Uniforms at Expo

I guess giving the “Best Uniforms at the Expo” award to Italy is not exactly a shocker, especially given that they are designed by Prada.

The fabrics were a little bit too techno for me – I often find this with Prada – but the color and pattern matching is quite memorable. I will talk more about the Pavilion itself later, but Italy deserves to do well in the China market after such an effort. Having the backing of such major fashion houses helps of course.

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A Model Agent

Ben is a model agent in Shanghai. He often came to Beijing looking for models. I asked him a few questions.

NF: Do you think opportunities for foreign models in China will increase or decrease?

Ben是个模特经纪人在上海。他经常来北京找模特。我问了他些问题。

NF: 你觉得以后外国模特的机会在中国会比现在多还是少?

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