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Accidental Chinese Hipsters
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It is all of a sudden so hot that I can’t blog from my own...

It is all of a sudden so hot that I can’t blog from my own (un-a-conned) home. Today’s ACH comes to you from a damn cafe. I’m listening to Jackie Mittoo’s rendition of Summer Breeze on repeat and wis...

3 days ago

Someone please put this man on the cover of W magazine...

Someone please put this man on the cover of W magazine immediately. It’s as if Megan Draper did a Freaky Friday body switch with a greasy Chinese parking lot attendant and decided not to lower her dr...

23 may 12

Hey, now I want to dress up like the kid from the Tin Drum too....

Hey, now I want to dress up like the kid from the Tin Drum too. Riffing off a child icon has got to be a great style trick. Not necessarily a character meant to entertain children, just thinking abou...

14 may 12

It’s been a rough week. Don’t worry! You can take a...

It’s been a rough week. Don’t worry! You can take a little “me” break. Spotted by Danielle at the VanDusen Botanical Garden (Vancouver BC).

09 may 12

Class, as seen in a Taipei night market.Photo by Sean Marc Lee....

Class, as seen in a Taipei night market. Photo by Sean Marc Lee. For more deftly captured Taiwanese ephemera visit his tumblr.

26 apr 12

San Francisco is a Wonderland and these girls...

San Francisco is a Wonderland and these girls (“half-Chinese, duh” -their older sister and photographer) are like twin Alices in the moment of meeting the Caterpillar. In his hand he holds a Mandarin...

24 apr 12

Spring is here! Spring is here! Put on your socks and sandals...

Spring is here! Spring is here! Put on your socks and sandals because spring is here! Crocs and sandals, socks and sandals, crocks envy socks with high heel sandals. Johannes took this photo in July ...

15 apr 12

Let’s layer up some colors, hunch ourselves in a headless,...

Let’s layer up some colors, hunch ourselves in a headless, Nick Cave soundsuit, sort of way, and go on a coupon safari! Carman Chan from Vancouver, Canada says she saw this granny maintain her pose f...

05 apr 12

He likes to party and he likes The Party. Even before taking...

He likes to party and he likes The Party. Even before taking into account the overall twinkly, Disney-chrome quality of the scene, just the man and his boom box are somehow almost achingly sweet. One...

27 mar 12

To set a lone tenant of aesthetic appraisal to this man, I...

To set a lone tenant of aesthetic appraisal to this man, I choose: Balance. Notice how the graceful curve and heft of his exposed belly is terminated in another bulge, the artfully hanging codpiece p...

18 mar 12

The submitter of this photo swears that the following story is...

The submitter of this photo swears that the following story is 100% true. No posse was hidden in the car with their discreet video cameras and slow-smirks blazing, but maybe this was a masterpiece of...

14 mar 12

Let’s do this. You are in a wheelchair now, but nothing...

Let’s do this. You are in a wheelchair now, but nothing can stop you from becoming the break dancing light of the world. Just ask that young man to hold your bag so that you can get to dazzling us. T...

08 mar 12

Sneers, raised eyebrows, confrontational poses, nonchalance,...

Sneers, raised eyebrows, confrontational poses, nonchalance, Mom’s sunglasses, advanced color coordination, killer hats: these Canadian siblings know what they’re doing. One’s even got a tiny messeng...

29 feb 12 1 person likes this

A simplified overview of “CHINA.”(found via reddit)

A simplified overview of “CHINA.” (found via reddit)

27 feb 12 1 person likes this

“I think he just came in from shoveling snow… I told my dad,...

“I think he just came in from shoveling snow… I told my dad, “DON’T MOVE” and went to grab the camera.” -Sonia in NYC This is an almost wax museum perfect replica of a scene from my own Williamsburg...

24 feb 12 1 person likes this

Remember the Magic Eye Puzzle Granny? This is her American...

Remember the Magic Eye Puzzle Granny? This is her American counterpart, Color Blindness Test Granny. If you can’t read the backwards number seven in the above photo, then you have to go to the doctor...

22 feb 12 1 person likes this

Let’s start from the right and work our way over:1....

Let’s start from the right and work our way over: 1. Tropical Buddha with bread-offering necklace. Respect. 2. Military toilet cleaner (way too happy). 3. Wh… WHAT?! Androgenous topless nun without n...

15 feb 12 1 person likes this

This week I was interviewed for an article on public pajama...

This week I was interviewed for an article on public pajama wearing in the Global Times. I can’t say that I understood the subject fully before I read the completed piece (which is very enlightening)...

10 feb 12

This week I was interviewed for an article on public pajama...

This week I was interviewed for an article on public pajama wearing in the Global Times. I can’t say that I understood the subject fully before I read the completed piece (which is very enlightening)...

10 feb 12

Do you believe in the concept of “The One,” as in a...

Do you believe in the concept of “The One,” as in a single meant-to-be person for another whom they may tragically never unite with and yet are inexplicably connected to by Fate? Having recently been...

09 feb 12 1 person likes this

Happy birthday, Niki! You are 22, but once you were 2 and this...

Happy birthday, Niki! You are 22, but once you were 2 and this is what you looked like at your home in Melbourne, Australia. I think you were going for the classy lady thing, with the twist of ironic...

04 feb 12 1 person likes this

The backlog that I have right now of great, unused submissions...

The backlog that I have right now of great, unused submissions is perhaps unethical. Nicolo saw this guy on top of the Eiffel Tower. He sent the photo to me last September. I give it to you now, havi...

27 jan 12

Happy Year of the Dragon, y’all! I hope you get lots of...

Happy Year of the Dragon, y’all! I hope you get lots of gold and explosions and a long life. The woman in the last picture is proof that if you are good about giving cabbage to dancing lions, all thi...

24 jan 12

Current top result for Google searching “Chinese New...

Current top result for Google searching “Chinese New Year”: “Warren Buffett sings in the Chinese New Year.” Maybe it’s complicated to parse who is being the most un-ironically hilarious here, audien...

23 jan 12

Racism-baby is like a salve to 1,000 wounds.Adam from Suzhou...

Racism-baby is like a salve to 1,000 wounds. Adam from Suzhou took this at the 2011 Strawberry Chang Jiang Music Festival.

21 jan 12

Nobility. Lavishness. Peer-less. Co-lor Coordinated. You are a...

Nobility. Lavishness. Peer-less. Co-lor Coordinated. You are a dog-owner and a style-maker. No one can touch you and yet everyone is touched by you. Melissa Hellmann and Mark Gong in Shanghai saw thi...

18 jan 12

This man looks suspiciously like a relative of mine would if he...

This man looks suspiciously like a relative of mine would if he had a bad perm and were traveling undercover in Shanghai, disguised as a brown bear. Perhaps he’s targeting the Honey Tree as the site ...

11 jan 12

STYLE-TREND-WATCH from Accidental Chinese Hipsters, now in the...

STYLE-TREND-WATCH from Accidental Chinese Hipsters, now in the reality of 2012 and riding the newbornest waves of color-based mind-ripping to the pale, sandy shores of Internet connections from Shang...

09 jan 12

If a hipster could have the perfect, most coolest pet accessory,...

If a hipster could have the perfect, most coolest pet accessory, it would be a trained hawk that would hang out while its owner was drinking an Americano in the garden of a nice cafe - sort of a yin ...

16 dec 11

Daily Mail: Chinese madam who ran prostitution racket executed by lethal injection

Daily Mail: Chinese madam who ran prostitution racket executed by lethal injection: Click through to see the picture which I did not feel quite right about re-posting on this blog to be tumblrd throu...

10 dec 11

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