beijing street fashion - 北京街头时尚

BTV8 was doing a documentary on Stylites at the time, so there was no time to ask for names, hobbies and favorite colors. A Shanghai girl, she works for Converse, a brand that can do no wrong in the eyes of hipsters globally and particularly in China. Camo prints are not favorites but [...]
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Sure, they don’t have the jacket, but they are buttoning the top button.  It’s not just these two either.  All over Beijing and the world, men are becoming comfortable with this look that was formerly considered too daft or too nerdy.  New England mothers used to clip off the top buttons of shirts to make [...]
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People who like to pose are lovely.  They are like interviewees who enjoy telling their own story.  The dress may not be a perfect fit or material, but the slouchiness and that of the hat give this young student a perfect vibe for summer.  As you’ve probably noticed, the truth is that I haven’t been [...]
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There have just been too many guys wearing hats recently.   The hat-wearing rate has spiked massively over the last six months.  Girls are even getting on the action.  Personally, I have lost several rather pricey pieces of headgear over this same period.  I had a particularly nice hat from Sicily, made of velvet, that seems [...]
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Did anyone notice that Converses – international symbol of free-thinking and youth – became increasingly red in Beijing this summer?  It must have been the patriotic fervor surrounding the Olympics.  Skinny jeans also became black, and girls studying finance adopted the Brit-rocker style of many of the young blokes, complete with the narrow, red, white [...]
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A perfect pair, these two would fit in on any trendy street in Asia.   They capture the current fascination with hats on boys.  This kind of hat actually looks better on Asia guys, so I think this style will remain.  These two photographers have a certain louche aura, but the one on the right is [...]
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Those appearing on Stylites usually hail from the self-described “creative elite” or the white collar world of foreign multinationals, but it was clear from Daphne’s rough accent and manner that she claims neither of these two backgrounds. Unlike most girls from the provinces or others without foreign exposure, she has some natural [...]
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