Based in Shanghai, Edison is a visual merchandiser.  Edison is a native of Nanjing, where he studied fashion design as an undergraduate.  He lives in Shanghai and has previously visited New York.

I never know who I might run into at a shirting shop.  Xander Zhou (also here) shouldn’t need much introduction to viewers of Stylites.  Among the most well-known Beijing-based menswear designers, Xander studied in the Netherlands and his brand sells internationally.  For more information about him check out JC Report, an interview with him at [...]

Mylène Chen is an economist at Shell China Exploration and Production Co. Ltd. On the side, she sings for a rock band.  Only 22, she speaks English and French, perhaps taking her name from France’s answer to Madonna.  It’s funny because, in one of their constant comparisons of China with “developed” countries, several Beijingers have [...]

These hair stylists stand outside the malls of Xidan all winter long, waylaying unsuspecting passersby, attempting to drag them in for a cut. They insist that the potential victim’s hair looks terrible and that they can do a better job – or perhaps it is just my hairdo that is particularly dreadful. Even if it [...]