January 2011
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China's Top Lookbooker: An Interview with Leopard...
The infamous firewall of China has caused not only a political divide amongst netizens of China and the West but also a cultural one, specifically with fashion blogs in this case. Whilst sites like Tumblr, Blogspot and Wordpress are show prominent usage by bloggers in North America and Europe, their Chinese counterparts have had little representation in these fields. Instead, the Chinese end up...
Separated at Birth? Nowness and Business of...
When I saw the similarities, I just laughed. I think the minimalism is simply a trend we are seeing in aesthetics…
Image source: screenshots from nowness.com and businessoffashion.tumblr.com
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消息 － Rise of the Gaysian：Bryanboy, Xander Zhou,...
Gaysians are making headlines more significantly as of late in the media. Apart from the rise of the Asian Americans such as Alexander Wang, Prabal Gurung, Jason Wu etc, I thought these links below give justice to the other world views that represent the gaysian community in all of its diversity.
CNN TalkAsia | Phillip Lim Talks with Anjali Rao
A wonderful introductory video into the...
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Taobao Revolutionizes E-Commerce with Fashion Week...
As contemporary times has seen a marked trend in Chinese consumers finding less and less time shopping, there has been a tendency in how e-commerce websites have presented their website navigation systems. If one looks at sites like Net-A-Porter, consumers are guided to find products with ease and comfort (see image above). And though this may be extremely convenient for consumers who don’t...