Robert Wun: Emotional Puzzles. Social Pieces. Gender Politics
Designer Robert Wun attempts to reinvent the fashion industry by challenging the beauty, identity and sexual standards set by and in society.... Read More
China Fashion
Major Tantrums: The Close-Ups
China Urban
The Xander Zhou Universe: A Virtual Immortality of Techno Orientalism
Creativity has all the space it could possibly desire in order to flourish. Xander Zhou's designs lean neither to the East nor the West.... Read More
Close-Up: Tighten Those Straps, There’s a New Power Suit in Town
From imperial repression to unisex Mao garb to embracing their feminine power (suit), China's modern women go from cliché to risqué. ... Read More
The Temper Fact Checker: Top of the 2020 Pops — Debutante Style
Getting the "debutante" accolade aka mastering the art of mixing understated minimalism with upper-class logo-love.... Read More
Close-Up: Teetering in the Trenches of China’s Lower Tier Urbanity
"One can see everything through fashion" (Vreeland), so what does China’s lower tier style scene tell us, from trendy to socio-politico tranches?... Read More
The Temper Fact Checker: Top of the 2020 Pops — Innocent but Sexy
“Innocent but Sexy"? China’s Gen Z in 2020 saw a new wave of male fashionistas opting for a genderless and dashingly bold dress code.... Read More
Androchine 2.0: China’s Masculinity Through Fresh Meat and Musk Ming
As gender lines blur and China becomes more culturally progressive, the notion of "masculinity," too, is in the throws of a grand makeover.... Read More
The Temper Fact Checker: Top of the 2020 Pops — Mengmei Style
Mengmei or "cross-gender" style. The No.1 style boldly walking the walk for a society of women on the prowl for a more powerful femininity.... Read More
Blemish BB Gone: China’s Male Beauty Loosens the Rigid Reigns of Gender
China's modern man is changing the face of the nation's cosmetics usage, with a New (digital) Youth collective cleansing the traditional canvas of what constitutes "masculinity."... Read More
Artists & Visionaries
China Sustainability
Close-Up: The Future Of Fashion Is Looking Brilliant And Bright
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
Close-Up: About Kathrin Von Rechenberg, Xiang Yun Sha And Mud Dye
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
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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The Temper Fact Checker: Shie Lyu, One Man’s Trash Is This Woman’s Treasure
Fresh, feminine, and futuristic served with a twist on and of elegance. Shie is ready to rage into the Year of the Bull.... Read More
