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Zadig + Voltaire’s New Hotel Will Ban ‘Chinese Tourists’

  

Thierry Gillier,  Zadig + Voltaire founder

If you make a mistake on the web, people will most definitely see it. And if you try to cover it up, well, that just makes it worse. Case in point: a racist remark in an article about Zadig + Voltaire‘s new hotel in Paris’ Left Bank.

The brand’s founder Thierry Gillier told WWD that a mansion in which the spring 2013 show was just held would become a “high-end hotel” opening in 2014. He calls it “a project dear to our hearts”, and it’s apparently going to be so exclusive that certain people, specifically “Chinese tourists”, are not allowed.

Read more: http://www.styleite.com/media/zadig-voltaire-hotel-racist/

Chinese Plastic Surgery

Being born in Britain, our parents wanted the best start in life for us. Indeed, many British Born Chinese excel beyond their parents’ expectations. Whilst British Born Chinese females get on with life, few feel a need to alter their looks to fit in with the western ideal of beauty. I know no-one that feels compelled to try out the outlets in South Korea or Hong Kong that perform the “double eye-lid” surgery, none that want to buy skin whitening cream, nor spend precious earned cash on calf reduction.

Opening a Chinese gossip magazine or seeing the hordes of fresh faced East Asian female students entering the UK, it’s apparent that many East Asians take their appearance very seriously, their skin is often lightened, their eyes widened, their eyelashes extended and their breasts don’t sit naturally on a slight frame - in many ways they look like a celebration of the western identikit.

In Britain, whilst many of our role models are white, British Born Chinese women do not feel a need to go under the knife to look white. FOBs on the other hand have been marketed to look up to white culture, its not uncommon for East Asian female stars to get by on their looks alone. The way the media markets beauty to East Asian women seems to be about the superficial things in life, especially in Hong Kong and China, this transforms into a copied culture often seen on the internet.

Statistics from The Asian Plastic Surgery Guide showed that in 2009, an estimated 74 out of 10,000 people from South Korea had gone under the knife. Typical Korean plastic surgery procedures include the classic double eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) and jaw re-alignment surgery. Other popular procedures include shaving cheek-bones to create a more smoother silhouette and calf reduction. Surprisingly, breast enlargement was not among the top procedures. Many believe a core is made up of Chinese nationals favouring top rated surgeons in Korea. 

The running theme is altering our natural Asian looks and replacing them with western ideals of beauty. Magazines are filled with western products designed mainly for the western market, but are pushed in magazines for Oriental women and modelled by Caucasian or Asian white mixed Eurasian models. This is the norm.

I believe that for many East Asian women, the competitive nature that has been well documented with the pushy Tiger mother/father upbringing has led to many seeking much more than academic achievement. Those lacking in that department, should at the very least have a presentable and enviable physique. Insecurity occurs when there is no real pride in our natural form. Our parents are ashamed, so we might as well be too. If parents spend more time criticising instead of encouraging us, how can we feel comfortable in our own skin?

As a British Born Chinese female, criticising and belittling was part of my upbringing. Being tall and pale was a measure of success. This can often lead to rebellion, or caving in to seek what our parents expect of us. Further from that, imagine being self-conscious and then being fed the idea that western beauty is the pinnacle of beauty. Yet, despite that, on closer scrutiny, there is a silver lining, our parents have inadvertently created a more robust British Born Chinese ready to rebel against all this superficial nonsense.

Here in Britain, you are living at close quarters, seeing things with warts and all, it soon hits you, aspiring to look like a white person is delusional. Perhaps in China, society is more competitive, looking like a white person may get you a better job, but here in Britain, you can’t fool the people here. Looks are not the answer, aspiring to look white will not earn you respect.

(By Guest Blogger- BBCNewAgenda is a British Born Chinese Female living in the UK)

Curvy Kate Star in a Bra

'Curvy Kate,' lingerie retailer of D-K size bras is holding its an annual 'Miss Star-in-a-Bra' model contest - targeting corpulent British women who wear a dress size 14 and have D cup breasts, this is now the UK average. However, British Born Chinese women never miss a trick, being competitive creatures in the beauty stakes, they too want recognition from White British society. The assimilated Chinese female can now be seen contesting mainstream British pageants, mainstream British porn and mainstream British glamour model competitions.

But is the Curvy Kate contest, a bridge too far? Whilst White 'fatshion' can claim to be 'fat and proud,' Chinese females however are ethnic, they must claim to be a proud fat person of colour, ie 'proud fat Chinese.' Hardly flattering is it? In consideration of the Chinese female's shorter, slimmer, flatter chested build, how many British Chinese females would even want to measure up to Curvy Kate's 'average' western standard (which is Obese by Asian standards)?

Step up chunkalicious Narissa Chan, a 22 year old British Born Chinese female representing the East Asian contingent at this years Curvy Kate Miss StarInABra 2012 Model Contest.

 Does Narissa Chan have the Chunk Factor?

Narissa Chan is a part-time Ann Summers party organiser, pole dancer and a full-time Sociology student at the University of Bristol. She says:

"I’m excited by the prospect of potentially being the first ever oriental in the final 10 in the history of Curvy Kate! Being ‘Chinglish’ I love having the best of both cultures but throughout my whole life, people have commented on my size, as I don’t look like the ‘stereotypical’ Chinese girl. We’re known for Hello Kitty but not for our curves!"

She even writes a poem for the White audience as a selling point for her exotic oriental flava...

I am different, exotic, and ‘Chinglish’ at its best!
I want to put societal perceptions of models to the test!
I wish to tell all to embrace the beauty of your shape in all its forms,
Don’t be embarrassed, you’re fantastic, it’s the way you were born.
Never in a million, when I entered, did I think I would make it this far,
But now I have I really hope you’ll vote me to be your next Star In A Bra!

Chinese women should celebrate their physique as indifferent to Caucasians rather than trying to shift perceived 'narrow' Asian beauty standards to a more European standard by entering these types of contests designed for porcine Caucasians. If 'Curvy is the first step on Britain's obesity ladder,' do we really want to encourage a British Born Chinese to win a contest equivalent to Miss Fat Britain 2012?
By BBCZeitgeist

Crystal Renn Vogue - Japanese Slitty Eyes?

 

 Vogue is caught in another race scandal for taping back the eyes of model Crystal Renn to make them slanted or slitty for a glossy photo editorial shoot to be featured in the October issue of Vogue Nippon.

In a video that shows behind-the-scenes footage of the shoot for Japanese Vogue, creative consultant and Editor-at-large Anna Della Russo is seen, with the help of others, to be stretching Renn’s eyes for the shoot.

For the full story : Yahoo News (Thanks Ken for the link)