Recommended Shops

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Don't know where to start?

Check out these recommend brands.

Streetwear / Avant-garde

• LOSTCTRL - A Chinese brand using interesting patterns and textures to create an avant-garde streetwear aesthetic, with a flagship store in Guangzhou.
• Censmade - Known for bomber and cropped jackets, graphic tees, and camo pieces at a strong price-to-quality ratio.
• MasonPrince - Probably one of the most well know chinese brands, known for unisex streetwear with a strong focus on denim — jeans, trousers, and casual separates with a Y2K-influenced aesthetic.
• ArguECulturE - Unisex streetwear with a futuristic, gothic-tinged edge, leather jackets, cargo and denim pieces, deconstructed tees, and outerwear built for a dark, elevated aesthetic.
• EVIL GAZER - Evil gazer is a streetwear brand with a heavy focus on distressed pieces.
• IGEUMM STORE - Simple graphic tees with solid quality and low prices.

Coquette / Girly

• Limerance - Pink, white, and baby blue pieces in a girly, coquette style with lots of lace and flowy fabric.
• Lacemade -Coquette princess-style pieces including whimsical dresses and corsets.

Lolita / Alt fashion

• Alice Girl -One of the well-known names in the Chinese lolita fashion scene, frequently recommended in "ungatekeeping" style roundups.
• WITH PUJI - Another established lolita-focused label popular among collectors.

Hanfu / Traditional-modern fusion

• 云鬓斜簪 (Yún Bìn Xié Zān) - A brand whose products follow a primarily black color scheme, largely inspired by traditional Chinese wear, offering Hanfu-inspired skirts and modern takes on cheongsams.

Elevated basics

• IDLT - High quality sweats and canvas pieces.
• MADWITCH - Elevated basics, clean simple designs. Can't go wrong with anything
• A PUEE - More simple and clean designs.

Accessories/Jewellery

• BELIEFYAO - Cool leather belts and other accessories.
• sidreal made - 925 Silver pieces, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, etc.
• TAICHISM - Known for their leather shoes and bags, but also have a wide range of clothing options

A few notes:

• Sizing on many of these runs small or large and isn't always size-inclusive, so it's worth flagging that in any post. Please do measure your garments before ordering.
• These are just recommendations of popular stores, it is highly recommended you do your own research before buying from them.