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The Chinese Dandy, French Concession
I love dandies, but I don’t like the way Wikipedia describes them. They portray dandies as middle class people who would imitate the upper class because they wanted or longed to be of that status, but that’s not how I … Continue reading
Posted in Androgynous, Arbitration, Artistic, Best Dressed Generation, Bikes, Chinese People, Conspicuous Consumption, Dandies, Democratization, Domestic Development, Fashion System, Fashion Theory, Gen X, Gen Y, Imitation, Shang Xia, Social Integration, Socks, Stylish, Thesis, Xu Hui District
Tagged Androgynous, Arbitration of Taste, Aristocracy, Artistic, Bamboo, Best Dressed Generation, Bikes, Conspicuous Consumption, Dandy, Democratization, Domestic Development, Fashion Theory, Gen X, Gen Y, Gentleman, Imitation, Shang Xia, Social Integration, Social Stratification, Socks, Stylish, Suits, Taste vs. Money, Top Down Dissemination, Yunnan
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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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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 Chinese People, Counterfeits, Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Homogenizing Forms, Conspicuous Consumption, Fashion System, Cultural Imperialists, Peripheral Monogrammed Goods, Xin Tian Di, Imitation, Primitive Consumption, Literal
Tagged Xin Tian Di, Imitation, Fashion System, Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Conspicuous Consumption, Cultural Imperialists, Primitive Consumption, Homogenizing Forms, Peripheral Monogrammed Goods, Coach, Gucci, What's Going On, Focus on You, Join the Club, Come With the Lumber Girl Beat, Chinese Fashion System, Big Western Brands
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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
Top 10 of 2010 Installment 5: The Future, aka Chinese Kids
I’ve posted about kids being the future of Chinese fashion before, so I had to include a bit about where Chinese fashion was heading on my Top 10 List… So for your consideration: Please note the shoes on the ground: … Continue reading
Check out the Theory Page!
I’ve finally updated the Theory Page of the CPHNS blog with a great article on fashion by Georg Simmel. Just click on the link above, or if that’s too difficult just click the link below: http://chinesepeoplehavenostyle.wordpress.com/theory/
