In the past, when we talked about clothing, accessories, bags, etc., we always blurted out a few foreign brands.
But now, the oriental aesthetics represented by the new Chinese style are gradually returning to the fashion circle, and we will find many shining Chinese brands around us.
There are too many domestic designers and national craftsman brands that do not lose or even surpass international brands, which are worthy of our knowledge and love
Today, let's take a look at 6 brands with Chinese lifestyle from the three categories of bags, jewelry, and fragrances
One
There are pines at the foot of Songmont Mountain
Self-aware Eastern philosophy.
Some time ago, there was a pine space at the foot of the newly opened point mountain, which was very out of the circle The simple and atmospheric courtyard design is like a place to escape from the world.
When it comes to Yamashita Arimatsu, everyone may not be familiar with it, but everyone must know about the wonton bag, and the wonton bag is its classic.
Songmont is a local Chinese brand founded in 2013, inspired by the artistic conception of "the sky is far away and the mountains are high, and there are pines under the mountains".
In this era of glitz and anxiety, Songmont's grandmother handicraft team with an average age of 65 years is like an old craftsman who has been climbing the mountain for ten years, full of ingenuity and feelings.
This concept also coincides with the brand's best friends, Grandma Wu Yanshu and Yongmei, two women's attitudes of "not afraid of slowness".
Wu Yanshu. Yongmei.
Ten years of ingenuity make the bag of Yamashita Loose worth savoring. The simple version, the warm color scheme, and the just right details have playful thoughts.
The overall precise leather cutting of the bag is matched with the ultimate sewing process, just like the intimate small objects carefully sewn by the mother for her daughter when she was a child, and every place exudes an indescribable warmth.
This design also allows Songmont to achieve warmth in the bag, which can convey warmth, self-knowledge and natural emotional resonance.
Yongmei. The simple and elegant design has the attributes of versatility, whether it is used for daily commuting or going out on the street, it can be perfectly adapted, elegant and simple.
II
「 ben by song 」
The beauty of the balance of nature.
If it weren't for Gao Ye, the "sister-in-law" who was obsessed with "Hurricane" at that time, it might be difficult for me to know that Ben By Song is such an elegant, restrained, design, workmanship and texture of a Chinese brand bag that is not inferior to a big foreign brand.
High leaves. After learning about it, I found out that the doctor's bag that was once all the rage came from its family.
Ben by Song was founded in Shanghai in 2009. An original designer brand focusing on bags and accessories.
From the user's point of view, restoring the original style of design and materials, and the subtractive design of "Wu Wei", this is the original design intention of Ben by Song products.
A big part of what I fell in love with Ben's bags was the "Chinese" design, such as its classic latch design.
The Chinese latch structure is applied to the clasp, which reflects the modern oriental artistic conception in moderation.
It doesn't need to be preached or expressed directly, but at a glance, you can see that this is "wisdom" from China, which is both beautiful and practical.
The simple bag design also makes the ben bag very inclusive, which can not only be matched with the new Chinese style, but also very suitable for the current popular "quiet luxury style" and "old money style" wear.
Three
Soft Mountains
A reinterpretation of Yi traditions.
For a period of time, I was crazy about planting grass by the good things in Dong Jie's live broadcast room, including the niche accessories brand - Soft Mountain.
After understanding, it was found that the soft mountain is really a treasure, and the excellent design and texture have made it already stand out in the world.
Soft Mountain is an accessories brand founded in 2017 by Yi designer Long Hongziwei, and most of her works are silver jewelry.
Based on the Yi culture, Soft Mountain integrates modern design, which not only retains the totems and crafts related to the Yi nationality, but also simplifies the complex and cumbersome traditional jewelry, and the ethnic without losing the modern beauty.
And what was planted in Dong Jie's live broadcast room was his classic baroque pearl earrings.
Irregular baroque pearls have a natural wild beauty, simple but intriguing.
For the Cruise 2024 collection, Soft Mountain continues to combine traditional craftsmanship with modern design.
Most of the works are arranged in the shape of flowers with repeated silver threads, and then embellished with pearls and gemstones to form beautiful, light jewelry.
Cover of Zhou Xun's "T".
With the heritage and temperament of Yi culture, the soft mountain product is as its name, with a gentle temperament and a reliable and calm posture like a mountain.
IV
The sound of cunzu is east and west
The craftsmanship inheritance of Miao intangible cultural heritage craftsmen.
Shengdong Jixi can be regarded as the most popular of the brands recommended today, and I discovered it by accident when I was writing about new Chinese accessories. Upon closer inspection, I feel as if I have found a treasure
Founded in 2021, Shengdong Jixi is a national jewelry brand rooted in the craft culture of the Miao people in southwest China.
Domestic designers collaborate with French artists and more than 30 Miao intangible cultural heritage craftsmen in Guizhou to produce a full line of sterling silver jewelry, so as to inherit the traditional silver-making process.
What attracts me the most about CUNZU is its unique sound flow design, which uses the lines on the jewelry to convey the national sound.
The sound of the wind in the mountains, the birdsong by the river, and the sound aesthetics of nature are hidden between every line.
Among all the works of Shengdong Jixi, I like the Spike series the most.
It makes a ring in the traditional Miao silver ornaments, and the ear jingles at the fingertips, crisp and not harsh, giving people a hazy and mysterious sense of "not seeing the person, hearing the sound first".
Although the shape of the ring is exaggerated, the visual area is small, which is very suitable for adding a bit of agility to the plain and elegant Chinese outfit.
Woo
to summer
Contemporary beauty with five senses.
Oriental plants and trees quietly tell about the mystery, inspiration, and poetry of life, and there must be a soul similar to you. —Guanxia.
As a fragrance lover, I have been to countless offline stores to try incense, but watching the summer makes me linger.
It is like a paradise, from the moment you step in, the noise in your ears stops instantly, and the faint fragrance in the air makes the impetuous heart sink with it.
As an oriental cultural fragrance brand born in 2018. Guanxia takes the original intention of tapping the emotional complex in the memory of Chinese and doing a good job of original oriental plant incense.
Viewing nature with the oriental realm is intended to create a contemporary oriental beauty that integrates the five senses, can be seen, smelled and felt.
I like the fragrance of Guanxia because it has a high-end oriental scent, with an irreplaceable charm and irreplaceable uniqueness.
photo by colin
Just like my favorite "Kunlun boiled snow", I was deeply attracted by this poetic four words at first sight, and then I felt that the word "boiled" was used wonderfully.
The perfumer restored my imagination of the artistic conception of "returning to people on a snowy night".
It is like standing under the majestic Kunlun Mountains and looking up at the vastness and purity brought by the top of Kunlun. Although it is cold, it is also warm**.
Land
Smell the offering
Interpret the philosophy of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism with the sense of smell.
The first time I knew about Wenxian was because of its pop-up store in Shenzhen. The bold store style, the red décor makes it stand out and attract attention.
It's like a physical magazine, with not only unexpectedly good-smelling but very individual perfumes, but also all kinds of sophisticated photographs and texts.
Such a unique style attracted me to understand, only to find out that Wenxian is a "Chinese new fragrance" brand founded in 2021 and out of the circle with the new Chinese style of "Zen Cool".
It is intended to create a modern alternative "Chinese Zen" expression. With a unique olfactory carrier, it interprets the philosophy and lifestyle of Chinese Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.
Wen Xian uses Chinese-style ink black and scornful yellow as the brand background color, and adopts the appearance design of mortise and tenon structure, highlighting the neutral and restrained and impactful style.
The main products represent the six imperfect personalities of naivety, arrogance, indifference, shyness, sensitivity and stubbornness.
Personification of the concept of Zen cool, the integration of aesthetics and temple elements, the neutral style and sense of refinement are the attitude of young people today.
The main visual combination with 3D digital art expression makes Wenxian more like a visual artwork that expresses the avant-garde thoughts of contemporary Chinese young people.
That's why Wen Xian gives me a sense of the materiality of avant-garde magazines.
The thousand-year-old cultural heritage of the East has given us a lifestyle and aesthetics that pursue balance and harmony, simplicity and refinement.
And these brands rooted in the local area and committed to depicting Chinese aesthetics, because of the cultural genes flowing in their blood, can better present this lifestyle of dancing with nature.
The aesthetics of oriental life, which is not deliberate and unpretentious, is free and chic, which is really worth savoring and loving.