Chan Launched Triple-Major Last Fall In Beijing’s Baochao Hutong
Ritchie Chan (Image: Stylites in Beijing)
Although major luxury brands tend to monopolize press about China’s fashion industry, it’s important to keep sight of the emerging local designers and boutique owners who are catching on among some of the more fashion-forward residents of Beijing or Shanghai. Over the past six months, we’ve kept a close eye on one of these taste-makers, Ritchie Chan, whose studio/boutique Triple-Major has injected new life into Beijing’s sleepy Baochao Hutong. (As well as the city’s avant-garde fashion scene.) Hong Kong native Chan has outfitted Triple-Major to resemble what our friends at Stylites in Beijing referred to as an “aesthete’s apothecary,” with acupuncture dummies and traditional Chinese medicine cabinets sharing space with Chan’s carefully curated inventory.
Since opening last October, Triple-Major has also branched into the arts and established itself as a sort of roving brand, hosting a solo exhibition by the Australian art and design collective ffiXXed and launching its Triple Major Nomad Store pop-up series in Hong Kong.
This week, the always-excellent and insightful China Youthology talks to Ritchie Chan about the current state of streetwear and avant-garde fashion in China and where it might be headed. From the interview:
Read the full interview at China Youthology.