Top and pants by MS MIN, Matter Matters bag, and Maya Magal accessories.

Whenever I’m in London, a trip to Chinatown is a must. Not that there is a particular restaurant of supermarket I desperately need to hit up, but I just need those vibez. We ventured over on a busy LFW day, and it proved to be an adventure. Dressed in my electric suit from Renli Su, I turned into a temporary tourist attraction. Optimistic tourists passing through asked for pictures and I felt a bit like I was on Disney princess/mafia character duty. I obliged, peaceful and welcoming.

I obviously didn’t take any of it personally: it was all the suit. I first found out about Renli Su through her collab with the Dong Liang store in Beijing. Her remix of Mark Rothko’s colorplay, the elegance of Victorian-era women and her Tibetan roots made her clothes a Desirable Number One on my list – located smack center between China and the UK (which is also where my brain happens to chill most of these days.) Aesthetic-wise, her clothes take me to another era – a time where people want to express rather than impress. And I like that. A lot.

My team and I have been sweaty and busy preparing for the next issue of KNEON – dropping on Monday yay. I’m also getting ready for London Fashion Week. My focus will be very different this time around: I’ll mostly be looking out for Chinese designers and creatives. Also looking forwards to Ai Weiwei’s exhibition at the Royal Academy. I met him for a very solid 20 seconds back in Beijing at his solo show, and damn, that man has patience. Hundreds of people were crowded around him, asking for photos, and he remained smiley and welcoming. #selfie.

My mom is my number one hater when it comes to my dressing habits. “Why you wear so much black? You look like mafia Taitai”. Um, excuse me? The least you can say is that I look like a mafia boss. I don’t have the patience to dress up solely to be someone’s little wifey.

The styling for this shoot was inspired by this image, which reminded me of Gong Li’s two braids in ‘Raise The Red Lantern’ (which I just saw on Sunday – and is a genius cinematic piece of art, highly recommended)