Author: stylites

Michelle, a self-described “desk-slave” in US public relations company Burson Marsteller, believes a girl should be loyal to a set of colors and hers are rose, sherbet, and lemon. Cute, princess-like styles suit Chinese girls best and for her that means round-toed flats and soft textures rather than fashion-slavish attempts to seem overtly sexy and chic; they should fight their inner sweetness. As for Beijing’s straight men, they have thousands of li left to travel style-wise, she says.

This pair grabbed my attention at once.

She is one of my favorites appearing here, for some reason or another. This quirky TV executive rides her bike every day. She says it’s the best way to get around in a city with such traffic, and bicycling also helps the environment and allows riders to fully enjoy their natural and urban surroundings. However, riding can be an unpleasant experience outside of the second ring road. Her cotton trench is from Sisley.

These two are students at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing (对外经济贸易大学). In a few months, they are both going to Rheims, France, where they will study for a total of three years.

Military influenced items and actual items from the military are quite popular with Beijing youth. Though originally intended for men, these shirts are worn by both sexes. Wearers tend to be young artistic types in rock bands, creative industries, etc. Stripy shirts, in the sailor style, other than these authentic naval ones do not seem to be overly popular. People want the real thing or nothing, it seems.

These shirts are available in several outlets in Beijing, though the biggest size, 1, is equivalent to an American small.

Liu Jian only wears Chinese navy shirts – he owns 25 in total. Since they only come with long sleeves, his had several of them altered a few for summer wear. These shirts are actually a pretty appropriate choice for Liu Jian since he served in the Chinese military for six years. He is an author and folk musician and a member of East District Power, a Shanghai-based folk rock collective.

I did a special report for That’s Beijing on stylish people’s perspectives on bicycling, and will be including some of the photos from it here.

Hinting at Christmas in pleasingly provocative style, software designer Aileen just arrived in Beijing from Hubei and has not had time to buy a bike. However, she believes Beijing is not good for driving since it is so crowded. Unlike many modern Chinese girls, to her it doesn’t matter if her other half owns a car or not.

我为《城市漫步》北京版写了一篇关于时尚潮人如何看待骑自行车的报告。我会陆续在Stylites上放一些报告中所使用的照片。

Aileen刚从湖北来到北京，是一名软件设计师。她的装束带有一点圣诞节的感觉，让人看到就觉得开心，但同时也有一点“淘气”。Aileen还没来得及买自行车，但是她觉得北京的交通太拥挤，不适合开汽车。与现在的很多中国女孩子不一样，她觉得男朋友/丈夫有没有自己的汽车不太重要。

Kiki works with Modern Sky, China’s largest independent record label. She is also in a band that performs frequently at Dongcheng District clubs.　With a different bag she would look even more sixties Brit Pop than she already does.

Kiki在摩登天空工作。摩登天空是中国最大的独立唱片公司。她是一个经常在东城区演出的乐队的成员。如果她手里拎的包不一样她会更有像六十年代英伦的风格。