Close-Ups | The China Temper

Close-Up: Androchine And The Limitlessness Of An Androgynous Gesture.

Elsbeth van ParidonNovember 29, 2018

A look at China's androgynous streetstyle throughout the centuries. Can any fashion trend actually be called a "trend"? Or are they sometimes simply actual "cultural staples"?... Read More

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A snippet of contemporary China Art. Piece by Lu Yang. Image via CNCREATE

Contemporary China Art Platform CNCREATE: The Coming Out Of Creativity

Elsbeth van ParidonNovember 28, 2018

The Chinese art market was worth US $4.8 billion in sales in 2016, making it the largest art market in the world. ... Read More

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Miranda V: When Music And Architecture Become Accessories

Elsbeth van ParidonOctober 30, 2018

In her brand's latest collection released in the fall of 2017, Vukasovic fundamentally embraces the boundaries between the "virtual" and the "transparent", creating a perception of volume through void. Constructionism all the way. ... Read More

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Close-Up: China’s Original TǔKù (土酷) For School Culture — Imitatio Et Aemulatio

Elsbeth van ParidonOctober 24, 2018

China's original TǔKù (Tu Cool) culture. Boasting a look-book brimming with "scenic spot views", the very Chinese phenomenon that is TǔKù takes a more direct approach to shooting images, in the case of multicultural Beijing-born MARRKNULL staged around and focused on popular tourist areas such as Tiananmen Square, the Great Wall and Shichahai Lake. “Tu” who now?... Read More

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Close-Up: About Handsome Girls And Pretty Boys.

Minyoung LeeOctober 11, 2018

We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto! The expression of gender ambiguity in Asian pop music is considered the attaining of a whole different, transcendent, level of beauty or charm; one that cannot be bound by the limitations of pure gender classification. ... Read More

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Close-Up: Sustainable Fashion In China. Long-Term Fix Or Trendy Fad?

Emily AspinallOctober 1, 2018

Sustainability. It’s pretty much everywhere at the moment from economics to the environment and society. Indulging in yet another cliché, China’s sustainability comes with a more complex model. All it's cracked up to be?... Read More

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Sensitive Style Issues: China’s History Of Foot Binding

Sandy ChuSeptember 25, 2018

If anything, foot binding provides a powerful parallel offering a historic reflection on the cost of attaining beauty standards that cannot be reversed without giving the irreversible procedures required to get there any deep, let alone critical, thought.... Read More

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