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About Losing The Signal And Staying In Touch: Yang Lu

Elsbeth van ParidonFebruary 7, 2018

Yang Lu's designer philosophy bases itself on the fact that fashion conjures up one person's concrete expression of ideas. Fashion design is not just about clothes, but entails a process of mastery. ... Read More

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Close-Up: The Power And Panache Of Fashionable Foundations

Elsbeth van ParidonJanuary 19, 2018

"As a student, it is your time to innovate and experiment; it is your time to take a chance and a stance and say to the world: I am here! It is the time to experience pure creative freedom and invest in the future. Your future." Alla Batiuk... Read More

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Ping Wang: The Core-Shaking Touch Of Visual Art.

Elsbeth van ParidonOctober 4, 2017

"Luò Hóng (2015) is a project that reflects my own opinions on the obsession with female chastity and female virginity in traditional Eastern culture." Temper talks to photographer Ping Wang.... Read More

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Fake Natoo And The Hopes For Fashionable Health.

Elsbeth van ParidonMay 19, 2017

Upcycling is a trend that is both fashion forward as well as rooted in rich heritage. Explore China’s growing environmentalist community through Beijing's very own Fake Natoo!... Read More

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Kitayama Studio: The New Revolutionary Kitty Kat On The Block.

Elsbeth van ParidonApril 23, 2017

Marching to the beat of their own Watusi warrior drums, designers Mao and Juno of handcrafted leather goods brand Kitayama Studio create bags that combine uniqueness and versatility. With a revolutionary angle. ... Read More

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Laurent Hou: About Fashion And Flash Bulbs.

Elsbeth van ParidonMarch 1, 2017

High up in the Michael Spano clouds, yet bursting with that in-your-face Basquiat flash-bulb vibrance: Laurent Hou. About photography, Moreau and Hirano. Focus!... Read More

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Use You Illusion III: About Slash, Stardust and Zhu Lanqing. 朱岚清: 镜头里的陌生人.

Elsbeth van ParidonJanuary 15, 2017

Obscure, intimate, weird… These are key words in the "to share or not to share -- on social media" debate. Combined with the actual visualization of photographer Zhu Lanqing's thoughts on our media-minded mass-likings, the lines between (online) reality and illusion have blurred. ... Read More

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