MIME vintage

China’ s Vintage Lookbooker: Juliette Xiao

theblackrenaissance:

With an eye that conjures up a colonial Shanghainese past, Juliette Xiao’s style is purposefully constructed. It is a succinct mixture of nostalgia and thoughtful spiritedness. East and west seem to mix and coalesce in her garments, with allusions to traditional Chinese art, Qi-Paos and western influences. As Lookbook gawkers click the hype button, they’ll be pleased to know that many of the looks shown are on sale online. Xiao is co-founder of Mime Vintage, an e-tail store that has sold clothes on Ebay, Taobao and Etsy. A native Shanghaier  who currently resides in Hong Kong, I managed to spend some time with her to find out what makes her tick, the story behind her striking style and what it means to be vintage in an uber-materialistic China.

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(Source: theblackrenaissance)

Vintage Mania in Shanghai

靡靡梵太奇 Mime Vintage and 新假期 Weekend Weekly HK presents a feature of vintage shops and market in my hometown Shanghai:

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靡靡梵太奇 Lost and Found

 @ The Embassy; Mime Vintage 1980s Funky Shirt + Leopard Pencil Skirt (avalaible at SHOP) 

Mime Voyage Top

@ Weird Karaoke; Mime Vintage 1970s “Chinese Bride” Red Gown

@陸羽茶室 Luk Yu Tea House

 @ Kapok; Mime Vintage Map Dress (avalaible at SHOP) + Balenciaga Oxford Shoes

The Last Song

I couldn’t help to cry when happened to see the photos of McQueen’s latest show!

Yes there was one! And only 16 pieces. 80 percent of the work had been done before his death according to Sarah Mower’s critique. 

“He wanted to get back to the handcraft he loved, and the things that are being lost in the making of fashion.” Said his right hand, Sarah Burton.

I cried for such a pure and vulnerable soul

Singing his last song under the serenity of the Byzantine sunset…

I didnt really get you when i started to check your work 10 years ago. And now just … gone too soon… But still, thank you! I feel so grateful for having you being with me.

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Mime Vintage_PREVIEW_qipao dresses & others

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Your Ascendant: 13°43’ Aquarius

You are particularly sensitive to the values of friendship in the sense that you see yourself as a link within a chain, certainly a different and original one, but with no will to flatter your ego or to individually assert yourself. On the contrary, your aim is to immerge yourself in your friendly relations and to participate in projects and ideals of the whole human community.

With this Ascendant, you come across as idealistic, altruistic, detached, independent, original, surprising, gifted, contradictory, innovative, humanistic, likeable, friendly, self-confident, impassive, quiet, intuitive, creative, charitable, elusive, disconcerting, generous, tolerant, paradoxical, and you cannot stand any kind of constraint. But you may also be marginal, resigned, distant, utopian, maladjusted, eccentric and cold.

90% true on me!

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