Stylites contributor Crystal Xu caught up with Chen Xing, the designer of Bifu, now exhibiting at the Four Seasons Hotel Beijing, to talk about making the transition from architecture to fashion, the experience of working with a luxury hotel and the impact of traditional culture on his work.
Stylites: What inspired you to transition from architect to designer?
Chen: In China, architecture is all about money, politics, and power.  There are not many choices for architects.  I transferred to a different career to express myself.  I want to be creative and free.  When I was in Italy, I saw so many [foreign fashion] brands and that most of the costumers were Chinese.
China has so much culture I want to show it in my designs.
As summer begins, The Four Seasons Hotel Beijing collaborates with Wuhao a third time, this time to celebrate Wuhao’s fifth anniversary.  The first Wuhao pop-up in the lobby area was in Spring of 2014 and the second one was in October.