Shanghai Street Style marks the inaugural volume in an exciting new street style series from Intellect. With an array of up-and-coming young designers like Coko Wan, Nio and Helen Lee, Shanghai is swiftly cementing its status as a global fashion destination – its first fashion week was in 2011 – and this book brings together more than one hundred full-colour photographs showcasing the remarkable diversity of styles seen on its streets. Alongside the photographs are short pieces of critical commentary by Vicki Karaminas and Toni Johnson-Woods, shedding light on the city's changing culture and how this is expressed through the clothing choices of ordinary city-dwellers going about their daily routines. The result is a stunning street-level look at the trends shaping Shanghai's fascinating fashion scene, with interesting echoes of East meets West and old meets new.
'More than a look-book, 'Shanghai Street Style' documents an emerging 21st Century fashion city'
— Amanda Kay, West End Magazine
'An indispensable and welcome addition to Intellect’s World Film Locations series, World Film Locations: Shanghai is a lively and complete handbook that enables the cinephile and the broad culturally cultivated reader-traveler to apprehend the spell and complications of Shanghai through the vibrant lens of film.'
— Ying Xiao, China Review International
Vicki Karaminas is associate professor of fashion studies and associate head of the School of Design at the University of Technology, Sydney in Australia.
Toni Johnson-Woods is a senior lecturer in the School of English, Media Studies, and Art History at the University of Queensland, Australia.
Generating Style
Foreword
Introduction: Shanghai Street Style
Shoes
Handbags
Accessories