Baby Boom Beijing: Underground Capital Club Culture
Baby Boom Beijing went from a small tattoo shop in the heart of Gulou Dajie to a collaborative club space hosting DJs from all over China... Read More
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Pretty Cold Summons a Storm of Dark Wave and Dance in Beijing
Pretty Cold’s icy DJing burrow is the capital of Beijing, where they bring the house down with some grungy and frostbitten hot beats.... Read More
The First Ladies of China: A Close-Up of The Prima Donna Lookbook
The First Ladies of China. Trickling trends are vain. They too shall pass, though your style shall not. A lookbook of the primae inter pares. ... Read More
China Fashion, Urban Culture and Life at Large in The Middle Kingdom
Temper founder Elsbeth van Paridon and Ioana Gomoi of China Plus visited Beijing's 798 Art Zone to talk some China Fashion and Urban Culture.... Read More
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China’s History of Foot Binding, One Sensitive Style Issue
China's history of foot binding offers a powerful reflection on the cost of attaining beauty standards that cannot be reversed.... Read More
Beijing Garage Punk Rascals: Ravishing The Ravages
Beijing indie sensation The Ravages is ready to cause a ruckus... Music devotee Rochelle Beiersdorfer unveils the story behind the music.... Read More
China’s Cute Tribe Today Mushrooms In Designer Style: Meet Shiitake
China's cute tribe, indeed. The Temper Fact Checker presents the 5W flashcards of our most titillating and savory ones sauntering through th... Read More
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Under the alias NinjaBlade, Yagyu Ranzou manipulates various musical genres to create artistic club anthems. Fact. Check!... Read More
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The Temper Top Ten: The Avant-Guard of China’s Fashion Revolution
From the "Made in China" stigma to a new sense of eco- plus people-friendly production and consumption. ... Read More
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Fashion in its very Self is the Mistress of (Optical) Illusion -- just consider the visual effect of a vertical stripe. Nevertheless, the future of this illusion is very much a reality -- a paradoxical yet facetious liaison. ... Read More
Take Five With The Sustainable Revolutionary: Fashionably Wasted No More
Getting fashionably wasted is a go-go no more. Not even in China. Sustainability requires revisions across the supply chain, from raw materials to waste management. How to do a successful stint in rehab?... Read More
The Details Are In The Dress Code — China’s Minority Muses and Musings
The details in the different ethnic dress make China's minorities truly minors playing in the majors -- the major ‘tude stakes, that is.... Read More
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Its trade once criticized as a breeding ground for capitalism and its traditional manufacturing methods now nearly lost, xiang yun sha lives!... Read More
INSULAiRE Menswear Encapsulates Chinese Tradition and Transformation
Re-interpret, re-use, and re-design. INSULAiRE draws on China's artisanal heritage, producing garments and stories of cross-cultures and globalized design.... Read More
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The Temper Top Ten: The Avant-Guard of China’s Fashion Revolution
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