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This Chinese clicker collective presents a visually-led narrative of interests, aesthetics, and experiences exhibiting the dizzying diversity of one nation.... Read More
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Daoyuan Ding delivers distinct designs that hover between eerie and ecstasy, the poetic and the prosaic, the minimal and the maximal. Velocity. ... Read More
Close-Up: About The Politics of Dressing and Passing a New Brand Bill
Fashion is an identifier, but in societies that vacillate between collectivist and individualist mentalities, it can both unify and rebel.... Read More
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Close-Up: The POW Of Mao – A Shabby Chic Rebellion to Surrounding Chaos
Breaking the mold some 40 years ago was considered a shabby, and punishable-by-law, thing to do in China. Come 2020, it's chic to dare, bare, and wear.... Read More
The Temper Fact Checker: Beyond Gender and Space Oddities — BOUNDARYLESS
The Temper Fact Checker sends up 99 Luftballons to get the 5W facts on one Chinese label going against all oddities. BOUNDARYLESS: Völlig losgelöst!... Read More
The Temper Fact Checker for Progressive Poshies: Rolling Acid
Raw, riotous, and keepin' it real. Go fact-check Rolling Acid, the turbulent yet ever-fluid creatively commercial and conceptual label. ... Read More
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The Jasmine Sour Collection presents an assemblage of China Propaganda wealth and wisdom. Raise the red lantern, it's lit!... Read More
Close-Up: China’s Brazen, Intoxicating, Rebellious Street Cult
All about non-conformist yet congenial rebellion, China's post-95ers are setting the pace for the nation's rejuvenation and unbridled Self-expression.... Read More
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SOS! The Style Doctor Will See You Now — Hong Kong Fashion Clinic
Save Our Souls! Radical repairs and healing fashion by Hong Kong-based designer duo turned ‘style doctor’s. With a little TC(f)M to tszuj it up. ... Read More
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Monks are bald because Buddhism says hair is three thousand threads of trouble. But why, then, do Tibetan Buddhists keep 108 braids to ward off the woe? ... Read More
Close-Up: China’s Xiāng — Das Incense in Hand, Sniff Your Way to Zen-Land
Incense, perfume, xiāng. Coco Chanel called it unseen, unforgettable, and ultimate. Mao Zedong called it wanton, wasteful, and Western.... Read More
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Sustainable Space Station Shanghai maps out the city's responsible hotshots and hot spots to help define what actually IS sustainability.... Read More
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Rising stars, couture icons, and multidisciplinary artists. These five London-based China Fashion bastions blend past and future, tradition and technology. ... Read More
