Close-Up: A Prickly Past, A Bright Future, Women in China’s Tattoo Culture is as Thick as Ink
China's tattoo culture finds widespread acceptance among the nation's metropole urbanites, with women at the forefront of this movement... Read More
Close-Ups
Born to Be Wild: Heavy Metal, Fashion and Individualism in China
Fashion, an essential element in the heavy metal scene since first shaking western musical norms in the late 1970s and China a decade later.... Read More
Close-Up: Hear Her — Hot on the Heels of China’s Female Urbanite
As China's new urban woman is re-writing society's traditional narrative, she is also re-visiting her own consumer values and virtues.... 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
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
Close-Up: Nailing It — China’s 5,000-Year Saga of Adorning the Fingertip
Ancient Egyptians and Babylonians saw long, colored nails as a status symbol. So did the Chinese, starting from 5,000 years ago.... 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