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Will All You Clones Please Line Up, Hong Kong to Shanghai
My trip to Hong Kong was quick yet productive (which is why I haven’t had time to catch up on blogging until now), and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the Lane Crawford team and visiting their stores again. I ended up … Continue reading
Posted in China Fashion Collective, Chinese People, Conspicuous Consumption, Cultural Imperialists, Homogenizing Forms, Hong Kong, Imitation, Jing An District, Louis Vuitton, Peripheral Monogrammed Goods, Ruxury
Tagged Chanel, China Fashion Collective Blog, Chinese Clones, Chinese People Standing in Line, Conspicuous Consumption, End of Exclusivity in China, iPhone, Lane Crawford, Line at Louis Vuitton, Luxury Brands in China, New Year's Resolution, Nikon AW100, Roller Disco
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12 Day Countdown to Christmas, Day 2 – Seeing Green and Red
So the reason why this 12 Days ’til Christmas Countdown is going to be relatively easy to complete this year is because I recently realized [even though it seems blatantly obvious now] that there are two colors that Chinese people … Continue reading
Posted in 12 Day Countdown to Christmas, Arbitration, Best Dressed Generation, Bikes, Chinese People, Colors, Comrades, Fashion History, Festive, Gen Y, Green, Just for Fun, Patriotic, Red, Uniforms, Xu Hui District
Tagged Camouflage, Chinese Christmas Style, Chinese Colors, Green, Military Uniforms in China, Red
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Androgyny, Shanghai
I’ve been wanting and meaning to do a post about sartorial androgyny for forever… But I never had the right pictures to correctly portray the manifestation of this sartorial trend in China, which seems to be more inherent here than … Continue reading
Posted in Androgynous, Chilling, Chinese People, Context, Fashion History, Historical, Homogenizing Forms, Interpretive, Jing An District, Just for Fun, Masculine vs. Feminine, Uniforms, Xu Hui District
Tagged Androgyny, Chinese Fashion History, Chivalry, Context, Fumin Lu, Gender Bending, Homogenizing Forms, Jing An District, Mress, Murse, Neck, Pearls + Necktie, Post Office, Qi Pao, Ruxury, Uniforms, Unisex, Xu Hui (French Concession)
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Individuals vs. The Masses, Jing An District
Behind Plaza 66 lies a quiet little street called Nan Yang Lu [南阳路] that’s usually only used by scooters, as most people end up in the big malls right off of Nanjing Xi Lu. But I was going to pick … Continue reading
Posted in Artistic, Balance, Chinese People, Color, Conspicuous, Conspicuous Consumption, Counterfeits, Cultural Imperialists, Domestic Development, Gucci, Homogenizing Forms, Jing An District, Louis Vuitton, Peripheral Monogrammed Goods, Ruxury, Style
Tagged Artistic, Balance, Chinese People, Color, Conspicuous, Conspicuous Consumption, Contrast, Counterfeits, Cultural Imperialism, Fake Market, Gucci, Homogeneity vs. Individuality, Homogenizing Forms, Individuals vs. The Masses, Jing An District, Layers, Logo Bots, Louis Vuitton, Monogram Bags, Nanjing Xi Lu, Nanyang Lu, Plaza 66, Ruxury, Strictly Cookies
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Not Mainlanders (but kinda), Hong Kong
My trip to Hong Kong was short but enlightening and inspiring. They certainly have their own sense of style in Hong Kong, but I don’t think it’s as drastically different as most people make it out to be… It seems … Continue reading
Posted in Back, Bags, Burberry, Chinese Designers, Chinese People, Clash, Conspicuous, Conspicuous Consumption, Context, Counterfeits, Cultural Imperialists, Domestic Development, Homogenizing Forms, Hong Kong, Joseph Li, Kids, Louis Vuitton, Old, Peripheral Monogrammed Goods, Ruxury, Stratification, Stylish
Tagged Back, Bags, Burberry, Chinese Designers, Chinese People, Clash, Conspicuous, Conspicuous Consumption, Counterfeits, Cultural Imperialists, Domestic Development, Gareth Pugh, Gucci, Homogenizing Forms, Hong Kong, Joseph Li, JOYCE, Kids, Kowloon, Louis Vuitton, Mainland China, Old, Peripheral Monogrammed Goods, Pitti Immagine, Ruxury, Show Studio, Social Stratification, Stylish
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RUXURY, China
You all certainly know what luxury is, but have you heard of ‘ruxury’? Well if you haven’t, it’s simple: it’s China’s version of luxury. The name is admittedly not entirely of my own invention… Actually, I didn’t come up with … Continue reading
Posted in Bags, Burberry, Chinese People, Conspicuous, Conspicuous Consumption, Counterfeits, Gucci, Homogenizing Forms, Imitation, Louis Vuitton, Peripheral Monogrammed Goods, Primitive Consumption, Ruxury
Tagged Advertising, Bags, Burberry, Chinese People, Clash, Conspicuous Consumption, Counterfeits, Exclusivity, Fake, Gucci, Homogenizing Forms, Imitation, Louis Vuitton, Luxury Advertising in China, Peripheral Monogrammed Goods, Primitive Consumption, Ruxury
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Chinese Fashion History Update!!
I’m very excited to announce the addition of one of the most interesting periods in Chinese Fashion History, the founding of the People’s Republic of China… Check out the fourth installment to see what Chinese people wore from 1949-1960.
Posted in Androgynous, Chinese People, Domestic Development, Fashion History, Historical, Homogenizing Forms, Series, Uniforms
Tagged 1949-1960, 1950s Style, Androgyny, Chinese Fashion History, Chinese People, Domestic Development, Fashion History, Founding of PRC, Historical, Homogenizing Forms, Series, Uniforms
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What’s Going On China?, Xin Tian Di
When I first came to China, I quickly became disinterested in the oodles and oodles of (usually fake) Burberry, Coach, Gucci, and Louis Vuitton products that pollute the Chinese fashion system, and I thus stopped documenting it; recently though, I … Continue reading
Posted in Burberry, Chinese People, Conspicuous Consumption, Counterfeits, Cultural Imperialists, Fashion System, Homogenizing Forms, Imitation, Literal, Louis Vuitton, Peripheral Monogrammed Goods, Primitive Consumption, Xin Tian Di
Tagged Big Western Brands, Burberry, Chinese Fashion System, Coach, Come With the Lumber Girl Beat, Conspicuous Consumption, Cultural Imperialists, Fashion System, Focus on You, Gucci, Homogenizing Forms, Imitation, Join the Club, Louis Vuitton, Peripheral Monogrammed Goods, Primitive Consumption, What's Going On, Xin Tian Di
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Happy Chinese Valentine’s Day!
Although the Chinese have their own Valentine’s Day on August 6th this year (the 7th day of the 7th month on the Lunar calendar), they have been borrowing and celebrating the Western Valentine’s Day since the 1990s… But two Valentine’s … Continue reading


