Et Dieu… Créa La Femme Chinoise. Still Leftover Or New Power Woman ?
China, home to some of the world’s most successful, entrepreneurial thirty-something women. But can they have their jiǎozi and eat them too?... Read More
China Fashion
Major Tantrums: The Close-Ups
China Urban
Cigarettes to Bralettes: China’s Sexual Revolution Through Advertising
Sex sells. From 1930s calendar girls to actress Zhou Dongyu in 2020, Temper explores China's sexual revolutions. Through advertising.... Read More
Next Level Urban Culture: Chinese Heritage Sizzles At Hot Pot Lab NYC
Hot Pot Lab NYC, the interactive food-themed pop-up art gallery providing a non-traditional way to dip into this traditional China Cuisine. ... Read More
In China’s Ueber-Consumer Society: Is There “Real” Art After Revolution?
From hardcore politically motivated performance art to individually inclined artsy aesthetics… Do China’s artistic rebels still have a cause? ... Read More
The Temper Fact Checker: Artist Provocateur Xiaowu Zheng Presents His 头七
Zheng's First Seven collection discusses the unrelenting reign of censorship in China and how the nation's New Youth can create a better social environment.... 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
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 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
About Panda and Ping-Pong Diplomacy: China Propaganda Is Red Hot
The Jasmine Sour Collection presents an assemblage of China Propaganda wealth and wisdom. Raise the red lantern, it's lit!... Read More
Artists & Visionaries
China Sustainability
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
Close-Up: From Hair to Eternity, Tibetan Braids Rule the Waves
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
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Take Five With The Temper Tasties Spicing Up Shanghai Fashion Week SS21!
Who at Shanghai Fashion Week (October 8-18) presented an SS21 collection with a serious boost of “put a spell on us” piquancy?... Read More
