China's Southwest is known for its laid-back attitude, relaxed lifestyle and fertile fields. There's also a burgeoning tech sector and lots of manufacturing. In Chengdu, one of the Southwest's largest cities (with Chongqing), the concentrated wealth of a region the size of Spain mixes with this cultural attitude.
Chengdu's booming economy and relatively high per-capita income mean it's a leader in another area: fashion. You see a truly stupendous range of clothing, from that-old-set-of-pyjamas-you-wear-to-buy-watermelon (it's a thing) to gear that looks like it's straight of a rap music video to jackets printed with beautifully nonsensical English.
What follows is a collection of some of the most noteworthy, fantastical fashion spotted over the past couple of years.
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"I don't mind your odd behavior, it's the very thing I love; If you were an ice-cream flavor, you would be my favorite one; My imagination sees you like a painting by Van Gogh"
