China Fashion, Design and Urban Culture Groupie, Editor-in-Chief at The China Temper
China Temper Founder and Editor-in-Chief Elsbeth van Paridon holds a degree in Sinology from the University of Leiden (Netherlands) and additionally is just another run-of-the-mill fashion aficionada.
After tackling Beijing for some six years where she worked for China International Publishing Group, she spent a moment in time moseying down steep alleyways and writing about their fashionable and underground features in Hong Kong.
Van Paridon recently managed to claw her way through a Europe-based academic endeavor called "Journalism". 'Tis in such fashion that she now saunters through the streets of Shanghai, her lust for China Fashion/ Lifestyle and Underground turned into a full-time occupation.
Van Paridon hunts down the latest in Chinese menswear, women’s clothing, designer newbies, established names, changes in the nation’s street scenery, close-ups of particular trends presently at play or of historical socio-cultural value in China plus a selection of budding photographers.
Paired with a deep devotion to China’s urban underground scene, van Paridon holds a particular interest in the topics of androgyny, the exploration of a new individuality, China's new urban culture, and the power that is China's New Youth.
After tackling Beijing for some six years where she worked for China International Publishing Group, she spent a moment in time moseying down steep alleyways and writing about their fashionable and underground features in Hong Kong.
Van Paridon recently managed to claw her way through a Europe-based academic endeavor called "Journalism". 'Tis in such fashion that she now saunters through the streets of Shanghai, her lust for China Fashion/ Lifestyle and Underground turned into a full-time occupation.
Van Paridon hunts down the latest in Chinese menswear, women’s clothing, designer newbies, established names, changes in the nation’s street scenery, close-ups of particular trends presently at play or of historical socio-cultural value in China plus a selection of budding photographers.
Paired with a deep devotion to China’s urban underground scene, van Paridon holds a particular interest in the topics of androgyny, the exploration of a new individuality, China's new urban culture, and the power that is China's New Youth.
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