Happy Chinese New Year, especially to my fellow little monkeys! I guess this is a good time as any to announce that I will be moving to Beijing to join the Vogue China team after I graduate. Thank you Angelica and Daniela for finding me on the internet. I’m still a bit shocked. Also I want to thank you – no matter if you’ve been following me here since ’08, or just discovered this little dot com today.

Photographed by Lucy Henshall

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)