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CHINESE Fashion News, Sep 17, 2011


China falls back in love with the bicycle
Telegraph.co.uk
The humble bicycle, for decades the workhorse of the Communist proletariat, is this year's surprise fashion accessory in China. By Malcolm Moore, Shanghai The rivers of cyclists that used to flow through Chinese cities, all mounted on sturdy Flying ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Local fashion shines in 'Macau Closer'
Macau Daily Times
The fashion brief highlights the main trends for the upcoming Fall/Winter 2011/12 season: military dark looks blend with bright colours and romantic, flowing shapes. Closer also visits Paris and London to uncover the Chinese tourist shopping frenzy in ...
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Tea, fashion show aid Flagler Habitat for Humanity
Daytona Beach News-Journal
There will also be door prizes and a Chinese Auction. Flagler County Commissioner Milissa Holland, will be mistress of ceremonies for the event. Mothers, daughters and friends are encouraged to attend. Hats and gloves are welcome, but not necessary; ...
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Won Bin's Shocking Airport Fashion
Soompi
The photo was first revealed on a Chinese news website. In the photo, he is wearing a unique shaped hat, a grey shirt and khaki coloured pants. Netizens have seen the photos through an online new website and their reaction toward his fashion sense ...
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Selena Gomez: Stunning at Premiere of Abduction in Hollywood
Sawf News
Photo Credit: Andrew Evans / PR Photos by Ruchira Haldar September 16, 2011, (Sawf News) - Selena Gomez, with significant other Justin Bieber, was at the premiere of Abduction at the Grauman's Chinese Theater on September 16 to show support for her ex, ...
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A five-star autumn
China Daily
There are two selections, of a 1920s Shanghai night, and Red China; and six choices of themed coffee breaks, which include fashion, gym, tea, spa, jewelry and authentic Dongbei (Northeast) flavors. If you are a food connoisseur, you could segue from a ...
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China Daily
In the money: Esprit on long road to transformation
just-style.com
While fashion brand Esprit is taking steps to get back on track by exiting North America and disposing of its retail operations in a number of other countries, it still has a long way to go before it regains a steady footing. ...
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A Brother, Lost and Found
New York Times
Follow @NYTimesfashion for fashion, beauty and lifestyle news and headlines. Five years ago, a day after a court awarded sole custody of my brother to my father, his mother — my stepmother — used a secret second passport to spirit him out of the ...
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GaoJie Arrives Fashionably Late to the Luxury E-Commerce Party
Penn Olson
It brings brands such as Coach, Guess, and Miss Sixty to Chinese online consumers, with lots of other licensed partners on board to provide plenty of high-end fashionoptions. The company behind GaoJie is Yoka, the fashion portal that is well known in...
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Penn Olson
Auto Special: Benz's four new cars hit Chengdu Motor Show
China Daily
Bingbing is also a brand-ambassador, one who perfectly embodies the beauty, fashion, and charm of the SLK, which is widely acknowledged by car enthusiasts to be one of the most exciting sports cars in the world. The new SLK has already received an ...
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Christian Siriano's Boyfriend Says The Fashion Media Is Biased Against Reality TV
Jezebel
Christian Siriano's boyfriend, the musician Brad Walsh, wrote a long and impassioned blog post about what he perceives to be the fashion establishment's bias against Siriano's work because he came to prominence on a reality show. ...
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Hermes to expand Chinese brand in Paris and Beijing
Straits Times
PHOTO: AFP SHANGHAI (AFP) - Shang Xia, the brand Hermes launched a year ago in Shanghai, will open outlets in Paris and Beijing after sales beat expectations, the head of the French fashion label Patrick Thomas said. Industry experts are closely ...
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Straits Times
Rhino Horn Has No Health Benefit
Care2.com
President of the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM) and President of Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (CCAOM) Lixin Huang has publicly said that rhino horn is no longer approved for use in traditional ...
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Care2.com
Base commodities keep eye on European debt, but Chinese consumption strong
Commodity Online
However, Chinese consumption remains robust and it is evident that new infrastructure spending and projects are still moving ahead in rapid fashion,” she says, noting that 700 kilometers of concrete pillars can be seen being erected through the ...
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ROLL CALL: Modern Family's Sarah Hyland Mocks 'Glee's' Lea Michelle
Access Hollywood
Gavin Degraw attends the Grammy Foundation Labels for Education Star-Powered Music Day at St. Edmund's Parish School in Oak Park, Illinois on April 5, 2011 Michael Nyqvist arrives at the premiere of 'Abduction' held at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in ...
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The Creative Mind Behind 'Cool Japan'
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Yoree Koh Kashiwa Sato is the face behind many of Japan's most famous designs — from the logos for Fast Retailing's casual-clothing chain Uniqlo to artwork for Japan's popular boy band SMAP and premier fashion designer Issey Miyake. ...
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Image Credit: Bruce Talamon
Entertainment Weekly (blog)
Taylor Lautner's first big post-Jacob movie as an above-the-title star — the I'ma-suburban-teenager-who-discovers-I'ma-missing-person thriller Abduction –premiered Thursday tonight at the famous Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles. ...
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Glam Slam: The Friday Five: Best Dressed Of The Week
Access Hollywood
I don't remember ever seeing anyone this dressed up at Fashion Week. The newlywed wowed at New York Fashion week in her flattering one shouldered dark blue satin Vera Wang gown. Her Christian Louboutin heels, dangly earrings, stack of bangles, ...
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Behind The Scenes At A Custom Suit Shop That New York Businessmen Love
Business Insider
Andrews, a self-described “recovering corporate lawyer,” targets trendy business elites and the fashion conscious who want to get the perfect suit with the perfect fit. The idea for the shop took shape while Andrews was still in the corporate world and ...
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Business Insider
Reamde by Neal Stephenson – Book Review
SFX
To unpick that a little: Reamde begins in typical high-tech thriller fashion, its plot kickstarted by backstreet hackers in China releasing a virus via the online game T'Rain. This requires the personal attention of the game's creator, multimillionaire ...
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Introducing: the second stop on the Drake Dining Roadshow, 1940s LA Chinatown
Toronto Life
There's also a smiling Buddha lobster cooked in traditional Chinese fashion ($33) and Peking duck confit crêpes with lychee and hoisin barbecue sauce ($26). For vegetarians, there's a mushroom chow mein ($14). The drinks list features Tsingtao beer as ...
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Toronto Life
Dior and Artist Daniel Arsham Collaborate on Special Window Display
JustLuxe.com
The argument can be made that the work of a fashion designer should be considered as art. A form of self expression, styles evoke emotions in those that view them, much like a painting hanging in a gallery. Christian Dior has been admired over the ...
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JustLuxe.com
M&A activity seen subdued till year-end
MarketWatch
The market for syndicated loans is also frozen, observers say, pointing to private-equity firm Blackstone Group LP's (BX) recent buy-out of Germany-based fashion brand Jack Wolfskin. Banks providing Blackstone with debt of around EUR500 million ...
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Dinosaur feathers frozen in time
Scientific American (blog)
These barbule segments or “internodes” are connected in a fashion similar to the segments in a bamboo shoot. Photo: Ryan McKellar A dark-field microphotograph that illustrates the apparent brown colour produced by pigments within the feather in amber. ...
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The perversity of Britain's diversity regulations is bad for men, women and ...
Telegraph.co.uk
About a decade ago, I sat round a management team table with my colleagues: aChinese woman, a Jewish-American man, a female Australian, a male Russian, an Indian woman, and at least one gay white Scotsman called Graeme. We were summoned to hear a ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
There's no romance left in espionage
Financial Times
Yet, in an even more confused fashion, the British think spying is something we excel at. We may not be as rich as Americans, as good at making things as Germans, as cultured as the French or as energetic as the Chinese. But John Buchan was only the...
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Financial Times
The Evolution of American Intelligence and National Security in the Decade ...
American Enterprise Institute
China requires our attention. Since 1989, official Chinese defense spending has increased by nearly 13% each year. Although the actual Chinese defense budget is unknown and kept secret, we suspect that they are spending hundreds of billions of dollars ...
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American Enterprise Institute
2011 OzAsia Festival Comes To A Close
Broadway World
OzAsia Festival also brought together top designers in food, furniture and fashion in FEAST by design. The OzAsia festival was once again proudly supported by Major Festival Partner Santos. OzAsia Festival Director Jacinta Thompson says "I am very ...
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Healthy Hollywood: Fab Food Friday – Host An Emmy Award Bash!
Access Hollywood
Besides the awards show, the other must-see is the pre-show red carpet fashion showdown. Trust me – it's a lot more fun to critique the looks with friends than shouting at the TV “Can you believe she wore that?!” all by yourself.” Never fun! ...
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Day in pictures: 16 September 2011
BBC News
This piece entitled Chinese Solder is expected to fetch £20000-£30000. The monsoon rains are once again causing havoc on the subcontinent. Flood waters have finally begun to recede in parts of northern India - to the evident relief of residents. ...
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BBC News
Hong Kong Dollar Doubters Rush In
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Because Hong Kong is so linked to the mainland economy, investors would think the strengthening was a precursor to Hong Kong delinking to the dollar and marrying the Chinese yuan. That would cause a massive wave of capital that Hong Kong couldn't ...
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Broker tips: BG, Burberry, ASOS
ShareCast
By Benjamin Chiou LONDON (SHARECAST) - Shares in BG Group were helped higher by speculation that two Chinese oil companies are interested in acquiring BG's Brazilian business, which UniCredit believes could act as a catalyst for the stock. ...
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We Call It South Korea Nowad..
Daily NK
“Because of the preference for South Korean goods, smugglers working the border and Chinesemerchants are making a fortune,” the source said, adding, “People take second-hand South Korean clothes before new Chinese ones. Traders can name their price. ...
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Burlington Arcade buying into wealthy tourists
Financial Times
New York-based property investor Joseph Sitt and European property company Meyer Bergman acquired the Grade II listed arcade last year in a £104m deal, and have enlisted fashion's favourite architect, Peter Marino, who designed Louis Vuitton's ...
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Kristin Cavallari Defends Chaz Bono: "Leave Him Alone!"
TooFab.com
I'm working with Chinese Laundry, the shoe company; I'm doing online fashion blogging with them so hopefully it will eventually turn into my own shoe line. I'll hopefully get back into acting after “Dancing With the Stars” too. “Dancing With the Stars” ...
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'Plagiarists, liars, make-it-up merchants, they all exist' in foreign reporting
Poynter.org
16, 2011 4:39 pm The Economist weighs in on the Johann Hari plagiarism scandal (in typically unsigned fashion), noting that some of his offenses occurred on foreign reporting trips, away from the watchful eye of his editors. With no one to call foul, ...
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It's Not So Far From Here to There: My new book now available
NorthJersey.com
"A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step," said Chinese philosopher, Lao Tzu (604 BC - 531 BC). That is the inspiration for the title of the book. The idea is that, when we get into a rut, we tend to see everything as a huge obstacle ...
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Spotlight on the new arts season
Palo Alto Online
Periodic concerts include a look at Asian musical heritage with the Firebird Youth ChineseOrchestra and other performers on Oct. 9. 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. 650-917-6800, arts4all.org. Scott Amendola, GE Stinson and Phillip Greenlief ...
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Hermes to expand Chinese brand
FRANCE 24
Shang Xia, the brand Hermes launched a year ago, will open outlets in Paris and Beijing after sales beat expectations, the head of the French fashion label Patrick Thomas said. AFP - Shang Xia, the brand Hermes launched a year ago in Shanghai, ...
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FRANCE 24
The dumbing down of WikiLeaks
Tehelka
And have we forgotten that the cables are less holy writ and more Chinese whispers? If we stop being distracted by the gossip, we may notice the shallow analysis being unearthed by WikiLeaks. How disorienting to find diplomatic cables filled with ...
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Tehelka
I'll Order the Ryan Gosling to Go, Please
Seattle Weekly (blog)
Drive is, like its hero's fashion sense, earnestly anachronistic, without a trace of flea-market hipster irony. It's out of sync with everything else in theaters right now, as if miraculously freed from the vaults of 1981. So to eat after the movie, ...
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Seattle Weekly (blog)
The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Liya Kebede Covers Numéro ...
By Jihan
The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Liya Kebede Covers Numéro China #12, Prada's TrippyFashion Film, and Jil Sander Also Hates Leggings. by Jihan. • Instead of actually wearing the dress, Liya Kebede holds it up against her for the ...
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