Chinese contemporary fashion:

Hello. What's Chinese contemporary fashion like? How does it change depending on region? What were your experiences with it like, if you had any?
23 Replies
Shrimp
Shrimp3d ago
High fashion? Street fashion? The average dressed people?
awz5082
awz50823d ago
https://discord.com/channels/1116793467654381685/1302079711626662062 I posted in that archived thread but you can look for Shanghai Fashion Week runways and brands
Suecifer
Suecifer3d ago
China's a big country. Would help with more context. Why are ya asking?
HarkTheChild
HarkTheChildOP3d ago
All three. I was mostly wanting to ask about 21st century urban Chinese fashion in regions like Guangzhou and Shanghai, though I wouldn't mind hearing about it in more rural/industrial areas too. I'm asking out of pure curiosity really
Suecifer
Suecifer3d ago
It's a broad question. But like any city or country, the industry informs the culture. Shanghai is more cosmopolitan so it will have more outside influence, that's my guess. Guangzhou is very industrial and also metropolitan. Probably doesn't matter these days. China's very digitally savvy so it all happens online.
awz5082
awz50823d ago
Follow your faves on xiaohongshu, tiktok, and IG honestly there are tons of chinese street style accounts, for better or worse
pinkkea
pinkkea3d ago
i like the komune website for introductions to chinese brands i havent see before (komune.space)
raisinpie
raisinpie3d ago
this still doesnt narrow it down lol. each of those areas has more people than some countries If you just want to browse and aren't looking for something specific, awz's advice is your best option
HarkTheChild
HarkTheChildOP3d ago
How much more specific do I have to get? What's urban street wear like in Shanghai?
raisinpie
raisinpie3d ago
Like others have said, if you just want to see what people in general are wearing, browsing Chinese social media is your best bet. If that's not what you're looking for, you have to be more specific in terms of fashion interests. It's hard to answer your question because "urban street wear" is extremely vague. What are current style trends, what are popular brands, etc. are easier to answer
HarkTheChild
HarkTheChildOP2d ago
Oh, got it. What are the big current style trends and popular brands?
pinkkea
pinkkea2d ago
uniqlo
HarkTheChild
HarkTheChildOP2d ago
What about Shanghai?
pinkkea
pinkkea2d ago
uniqlo
raisinpie
raisinpie2d ago
you said you were just curious, but you keep asking about Shanghai which makes me think you have a more specific question or answer you're looking for
HarkTheChild
HarkTheChildOP2d ago
I am just curious, I'm just specifying Shanghai because I thought it'd be easier to get answers that way
pinkkea
pinkkea2d ago
uniqlo is anybody listening to me some times i feel like i just talk and talk and no one hears it it’s like when you’re in a dream screaming at someone that something bad is about to happen but no one can hear you scream that’s the nature of dreams i guess recently i had a dream that i went into a bathroom and all the toilets were really high up the stalls were full of people who knew how to get up on those high toilets but no one told me it was like i was born missing some crucial information that everybody else had
raisinpie
raisinpie2d ago
Pinkkea are you ok
pinkkea
pinkkea2d ago
:yea:
carrion
carrion2d ago
u got some great answers with checking out social media, komune, etc. Id also rec checking out street photography of Shanghai fashion week. This isn't a China focused space tho and you're asking for fashion rundowns on entire regions (that, again, have larger populations than many countries)
awz5082
awz50822d ago
ok this is the last interaction I'm going to give this thread since this isn't even for personal wear, it's for character design, which you've had discourse over in the past about how it doesn't have to be completely reliant on real world fashion. Just look up walking tours of w.e city you want... ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY3a2h-ktnk
Walk East
YouTube
Explore Shanghai's Advanced Urban Landscape on Foot | China Walking...
Hey, friends, nice to see you again! I come to Shanghai once a year because it is the economic center of China. I have many partners in Shanghai. Every time I come to Shanghai, they will tell me that interesting things have appeared somewhere in Shanghai and suggest that I must go and see them. Shanghai is really the innovation center of Chi...
HarkTheChild
HarkTheChildOP2d ago
It's really not about character design either

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