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I'm Steve today with Feifei and Yusha.
Coming up, so you think you've got personal style?
Try moving to Beijing in winter.
No matter how bold your wardrobe, there's only one style fate you can't escape.
The great all-consuming universally worn black-down jacket.
The great black-down wall.
if you will.
It's less a garment and more a cultural phenomenon.
The city's great style equalizer, if you want.
But is this really a fashion fail, or is it the capital's smartest style secret?
We'll chat about it.
After that, you get a wedding evite.
You click.
They know.
In China, e-invitations are turning curiosity into politeness,
and not so much, but more into pressure.
It's creating a whole new type of social weirdness.