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One for your Little Black Book: Beijing’s Top Tailor
Upon arriving in Beijing, many of us thought the streets would be lined with fantastic dressmakers all providing chic for chips. Unfortunately it’s not quite that straightforward.
Because we’re nice, we begged Bespoke Beijing’s shopping expert Alice McInerney, to reveal her picks for Beijing’s Top Tailor. Tailor Ma in Yashow Market (yes, you can still find amazing and professional stalls there) is familiar with a wider range of fabrics and he will help you pick the best ones, while if you’re all about haute couture, Sanlitun based designer Huang Ye can create the perfect statement piece in his little studio.
Checking In…The Orchid Hotel Beijing
We heaved a sigh of relief when we first visited The Orchid. Not just because it took us a while to find the first time around, you understand, but because someone finally succeeded in creating a truly chic and comfortable hutong hotel in our beloved city.
Gossip – The Temple Hotel
The Temple Hotel near Jingshan Park may finally be worthy of its title! After years of delays, the beautiful Songzhu Temple is finally morphing into an 8-bedroom boutique hotel and restaurant due to open by the end of the year.
We Love… Secret Earl Grey Cocktail at Apothecary
Where would we be in this town without a brilliant mid end of week cocktail to look forward to? Beijing’s traffic can be especially infuriating, so we suggest you hop on your Penny Farthing after work and head straight to Apothecary for the most refined of all alcoholic beverages: The Secret Earl Grey Cocktail at Apothecary a.k.a the Secret Earl Grey MarTEAni.
