Taiwan

Constanze Han, The Betel Nut Beauties (Bing Lang Xi Shi)

In pictures: the controversial ‘betel nut beauties’ of Taiwan

Constanze Han’s photo project explores and documents an ‘intimate, peculiar’ aspect of Taiwanese culture which has obsessed her since childhood

Art & Photography

Mar 11, 2024

Madeleine Pollard

Fashion

These intimate portraits explore the tender, complicated notion of family

The brothers behind Taiwanese label Namesake invited a bunch of their global collaborators to capture their new AW23 collection

Fashion

Nov 21, 2023

Emma Elizabeth Davidson

Fashion

Namesake is the Taiwanese label using fashion to resurrect family secrets

The three brothers behind the LVMH Prize-nominated brand are fusing personal history with basketball-inflected tailoring

Fashion

Mar 03, 2023

Hannah Bertolino

Beauty

OOO-ing Studio, the hair salon defying Taiwan’s beauty taboos

Bringing jellyfish cuts and acid-neon colour to the streets of Taiwan’s fastest-growing city, the Day-Glo masterminds behind OOO-ing Studio have kickstarted a movement, tackling social taboos head-on to tell stories through hair

Beauty

Dec 05, 2022

Brian Chee-Shing Hioe

Film & TV

A Confucian Confusion, 1996 (Film Still)

9 highlights from this year’s London East Asia Film Festival

From South Korea and Japan to Taiwan and Hong Kong, we share our highlights from the 2022 lineup

Film & TV

Oct 10, 2022

James Balmont

Film & TV

A Sun: Taiwan’s heartbreaking epic and Oscar hopeful hidden on Netflix

Chung Mong-hong’s film has been on Netflix since January 2020, but has remained mostly unnoticed – now on the Oscars shortlist, the director talks the tragic drama, box office failure, and a potential project about a virus

Film & TV

Mar 08, 2021

Nick Chen

Fashion