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  • 'Best of best' footwear from Italy

    2010-04-29 08:02

    The world renowned footwear maker offers exquisite services for its customers.

  • Season's sunny sensibilities

    2010-05-13 08:02

    Fashion mavens catch a few rays at Beijing's hot shopping center

  • Custom shoes step on local market

    2010-04-29 08:02

    Despite the hefty price tags for a domestic brand, Tongshenghe's waiting list is long.

  • Feast for car lovers hits the city

    2010-04-26 08:12

    Car enthusiasts are in for a treat with some of the world's best and most expensive cars at the Auto China 2010 exhibition.

  • Foreign entrance Exams gain popularity

    2010-04-20 08:04

    The growing desire to study overseas is a result of ample family incomes and an appreciation of the Chinese yuan, as well as an inefficient Chinese higher education system, educators and parents have said.

  • A matter of seconds to form an image

    2010-04-23 07:55

    Look 10 years younger without plastic surgery. Impossible? Not according to Prunella Samuels. "It can be done regardless of your age or what you do," said Samuels while giving a presentation to a small group of women in Beijing recently on how wearing the right clothes, colors, hairstyle and makeup can erase years off appearances.

  • Stepping forward with fashion

    2010-04-14 08:27

    Sanlitun, at the heart of the city's diplomatic compounds and much of the city's nightlife, has grown into an excellent place for shopping as The Village, an open-air shopping complex, arises from the neighboring bar areas.

  • Spring fashion banks on the mid-90s

    2010-03-25 08:09

    In 1994-5 an American teenage television drama called My So-Called Life (episodes are available on Youku.com) made a deep impact on my adolescent self. What I loved about the program were the issues the show addressed, topics that seemed pretty radical for prime time television at the time: acceptance of gays, drugs, premarital sex.

  • Peek at Guanghua's hidden high fashion

    2010-03-18 07:55

    Tucked deep within the Ritan embassy area, 15 Guanghua Road is easy to miss. But many celebrities and fashionistas know where it is and they are loyally devoted to the unassuming jewelry and clothing boutiques inside. METRO fashion decided to take a closer look at two of our favorite shops to find out more about these retail gems.

  • Goodbye to jade and hello to amber accessories

    2010-03-18 07:55

    Chen Xiaoxia is the petite and soft-spoken owner of No 2009 Out & Out, and while the shop sells clothing and purses, amber is the main attraction.

  • Sipping whiskey, Japanese style

    2010-03-12 09:54

    Unique bars provide a small, unpretentious and peaceful atmosphere in which to savor a glass

  • Charity shop sells crafts, clothes and more to help women

    2010-03-11 11:56

    It looks exactly like other handicraft shops in a traditional Chinese hutong, or alley, except that each item has a story.

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