The 'Boys' editorial in the GQ Style China Spring/Summer 2013 issue features the styling of Dan Cui. The men in the editorial are donned with unusual accessories: mint-colored Mickey Mouse ears, equestrian helmets with strange attachments, glasses with pixelated emoticon faces on them and a metal headpiece that you might think only Lady Gaga has the gumption to pull off.
If you can take your eyes off of the riveting accessories for a moment, you'll notice that the men are dressed in sharp, simple clothes for the hip urbanite. Photographer Yuangui Mei captures these men wearing these items well, highlighting the unabashed mix of colors, patterns and the equally fearless.
The eclectic styling unabashedly mixes colors and patterns, but with the equally fearless accessorizing, this is to be expected.
Oddly Accessorized Editorials
The 'Boys' Editorial in GQ Style China SS 2013 is by Dan Cui
Trend Themes
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