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.
He had this shirt custom-made of this cotton in a traditional pattern.
It was interesting that I happened to meet him as we were passing this painting.
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Skulls are not getting any less popular.
It’s a sort of modernization of the traditional Scottish style since it is neither a real kilt nor traditional brogues but certainly very reminiscent of both. Tupper Bai is a makeup artist.
I’m just so happy that traditional men’s shoes have recently become popular among women.
To me this seems like a highly representative look for this particular moment in time, here in Beijing.
Here I talk about two must-visit trendy restaurants that opened recently in Beijing. These are frequented by the higher-end of the fashionistas appearing on stylites.
A rather nice navy blazer. Such things always manage to look stiff on males.
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?
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Why? I just wanted to show a typical shop owner on Gulou Dongdajie. She is from Tianjin and her shop, called Famous, sells interesting items bearing labels with names like “Marc Jacobs” and “Louis Vuitton”.
Designer Xander Zhou (周翔宇) thought the agnès b. show as good. His avant-garde designs blur gender, geographic, and subcultural lines in startling ways, but it is rare that I see a piece from him that I can imagine on my own back.
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agnès b. just opened a new shop in Sanlitun’s north village.
