Mouth Covered,Masks Talk

Masks hide half the face,but new designs have made them objects of expression Much of the world may be paralyzed by COVID-19,but not fashion.Face masks,the new accessory du jour amid the pandemic,have opened up a new avenue of creativity in the fashion industry.     

Beijing’s Got Style

<正>China Fashion Week, China’s premiere fashion event, was held for the 15th consecutive year from October 24 to November 2 in Beijing, displaying the 2012 spring and summer collections of various fashion designers.     

China：Through the Looking Glass

<正>Generations of cultural appropriation make for fashion eye candy at a Met fashion show Bad though centuries of accumulated stereotypes about China may be,they have produced at least one benefit:great fashion.That seems to be the running theme in China:Through the Looking Glass,on exhibit now at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.Blending film,history and designer gowns,the Costume Institute’s Spring 2015 exhibition is a veritable feast for the senses—exotic and     

Wherever You Are Going,Crocs Takes You There

On September 19,a special bus pulled out of the Joy City Shopping Center in Beijing.Just before it drove off,a host of fashion models in the latest arrivals of Crocs took people toDestination,the new theme of its autumn and winter show.     

Beautiful Life

WAWA is a makeup artist working in the wonderful world of fashion. She can repaint a model's face faster than a Formula 1 team can change four wheels in a pit stop. Originally from Harbin, Wawa has been living in Beijing for five years. She showed a talent for fashion from an early age and delighted in daubing her face with makeup and parading around in her mother's dresses and high heels     

Economic Transition

正China remains a powerful driving force for the world economy despite a slowdown in growth Stock traders in New York, factory workers in Shenzhen, freight companies in Seoul, technology and retail companies in Hangzhou and luxury fashion executives in Paris all have one thing in common. The state of the Chinese economy matters to them.     

Hong Huang: Promoter of Traditional Culture through Fashion

I met Hong Huang in a forum on the development of national culture.A leading figure in Chinese fashion circles,Hong strives to create new opportunities for the nation’s traditional handicrafts industry.Born into a prominent family,Hong gives the impression of being sociable     

THIRTY YEARS OF PROGRESS

As an average citizen of ,China, I am so delighted to see the great changes that our country has experienced in recent years. The second photo from the left on the cover of the 2008 December issue reminds my father of his youth. In the 1980s he also took a photo on Tian＇anmen Square in Beijing. My father was dressed in the same way as the man in the photo. As he says, dressing in bell-bottomed jeans was very much the fashion then.     

Horsing Around

The shine of the saddle leather contrasts nicely with the glint of steel stirrups and the chestnut sheen of the steed on giant hoard- ings shielding construction on an apartment complex in the Li Du. From real estate in the decidedly upper crust Li Du on Beijing's northeastern reaches to the back covers of the country's fashion glossies,equestrianism is being associated with middle-class aspirations in modem China.     

NE·TIGER 2011 Hua Fu Collection Fashion Show Hua FU Handed Down From Generation to Generation

On the evening of October 25,in the Golden Hall of Beijing Hotel,China’s leading luxury fashion brand NE.TIGER presented its 2011 Fashion Show of Haute     

Deyang Style Dazzles

Undergraduate fashion designers reveal creations at China Fashion Week To the accompaniment of music, models in bizarre and fancy outfits strutted down the T-stage at Beijing Hotel on March 27.     

The Business of Nostalgia

NOSTALGIA usually refers to a bitter-sweet mood in which one remembers "the way we were." Older people are prone to it, but recently, ersatz nostalgia has become a trend with the younger genera-tions born in the 1960s, the 1970s, or even the 1980s. Each age group has its own past to be wistful about. Retro ele-ments are in fashion, in entertainment, in f ilm and television, and in literature. It has become the critical yeast in the bread of commercial promotion.     

FASHIONABLE CELEBRATION

An employee of China Railway Construction Engineering Group walks the runway at a fashion show hosted by the company to celebrate International Women’s Day in Nanjing,Jiangsu Province,on March 7.SOCIETY Waterfall Scenery Tourists take in the scenery of the Hukou Waterfall on the Yellow River in Shaanxi Province on March 8.The waterfall is witnessing an increased water flow due to warm temperatures.     

THIS WEEK

<正>FASHIONABLE CELEBRATION An employee of China Railway Construction Engineering Group walks the runway at a fashion show hosted by the company to celebrate International Women’s Day in Nanjing,Jiangsu Province,on March 7.SOCIETY Waterfall Scenery Tourists take in the scenery of the Hukou Waterfall on the Yellow River in Shaanxi Province on March 8.The waterfall is witnessing an increased water flow due to warm temperatures.     

Big Love in Small Parcels

A school-supplies charity raises the bar for philanthropic accountability Zhao Weiwei,a student of fashion design at the prestigious China Central Academy of Fine Arts,is one of the most acclaimed young designers in China.At the Kopenhagen Fur Accessories Design Competition,which culminated in an award ceremony in Beijing on October 26,Zhao’s design-a fur hat that could     

What Does Winning the Gold Medal Count Really Mean?

The euphoria has gone and the stadiums are empty. Memories of amazing performances on the track and in the pool linger after the Beijing Olympics closed in spectacular fashion. And on the score board the numbers tell their own tale. The United States won the overall medal count with a total of 110 medals, 36 of which were gold. China won 100 medals, 51 of which were gold. Russia came in third with a total of 72 medals.     

WORLD

<正>REPUBLIC OF KOREA Yoon Suk-yeol is sworn in as president of the Republic of Korea during his inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly Plaza in Seoul on May 10 AUSTRALIA Models walk the runway during Afterpay Australian Fashion Week in Sydney on May 9.The five-day event celebrated the Australian fashion industry’s biggest established and emerging talents     

American Dream,Designed in China

Chinese dress designer plans her breakthrough into the U.S. fashion industry Luo Zheng,China's award-winning women's wear designer,was all smiles as she heard the applause for her clothing collection at this year's Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York,     

DIVERSITY,THE XINJIANG DNA

正Through her lens, photographer Hailun Ma allows people to ogle at the beauty of XinjiangBefore she graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City, one of the leading art institutions in the U.S., Xinjiangborn photographer Hailun Ma gained a new awareness of her hometown in northwest China. "So-called ‘high fashion' is far removed from my own life. I want to rebuild my connection with fashion photography," Ma said.     

Ancient Chinese Vogue Returns Restoring period clothing helps people learn about Chinese history and culture

Anwa model wearing a red dress restored according to the style of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty(770-256 B.C.)walked onto the ruy to the music of the xun,an egg-shaped aerophone and one of the oldest musical instruments in China.Her appearance kicked off a unique fashion show in early 2020 that showcased Chinese historical costumes from the Eastem Zhou Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty(1644-1911).