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Chinatown Pretty: Fashion and Wisdom from Chinatown's Most Stylish Seniors

by Valerie Luu

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Style, portraiture, and community across six Chinatowns

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Style, portraiture, and community across six Chinatowns

Built from a project begun on the Chinatown Pretty blog and Instagram in 2014, this hardcover gathers portraits and stories centered on fashionable older adults in six Chinatowns. The book places personal style within a broader record of Chinatown communities, using photography alongside interview-based material. Its subject is not trend forecasting but the distinctive dress and lived perspectives of elders whose appearances shape the project’s visual archive. With its focus on individual portraits across multiple neighborhoods, it offers a fashion-minded lens on age, self-presentation, and community visibility.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Photography readers interested in portrait projects
  • Fashion readers drawn to personal style beyond runway culture
  • Readers interested in Chinatown communities and elder perspectives

Themes

Personal styleAgingPortrait photographyChinatown communitiesSelf-presentation

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Book overview

Chinatown Pretty features beautiful portraits and heartwarming stories of trend-setting seniors across six Chinatowns.

Andria Lo and Valerie Luu have been interviewing and photographing Chinatown's most fashionable elders on their blog and Instagram, Chinatown Pretty, since 2014.

Chinatown Pretty is a signature style worn by p
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