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第一次置身于粤语此起彼伏的广州超市，并非始于香港求学，而是在伦敦的Chinatown。吃了半个多月的腐国料理，冲进中国超市后，不常用的繁体字也变得如此亲切，恨不得拥抱满货架的康师傅；而看到包装成袋的竹荪，简直惊为天物。逛了半小时的超市，顿生穿越回国之感。可出了超市去街上的餐馆吃馄饨，老板是中国人，馄饨却并不是家乡的味道，于是终究醒悟过来，还是在异国他乡的唐人街啊。

过分鲜明的中国风装饰显得独特而招摇，“嘿，这是正宗的中国招牌！”后来到了香港恍然大悟，原来唐人街的装饰也算有所出处，毕竟是热爱繁复热闹的广粤风情。

唐人街上的中国居民大多是广东人，说着粤语，伛偻而过的老奶奶总是有着过分纤细的腿骨，这是来自祖先、地域的遗传特征。可是多年没有回国，在几百米的唐人街上搵食居住，乡音已改鬓毛也衰。而说自己是伦敦人、纽约人吗？身份变得难以定义呢。

这个喜欢穿着明亮水玉色运动鞋、戴着翡翠耳坠的老奶奶，被居住在唐人街、经常去咖啡馆写作的Valerie Luu所发现，之后才有了与摄影师Andria Lo合作的Chinatown Pretty（唐人街时尚志）摄影展项目。而深深浅浅的翡翠色，是她最爱的颜色。

“ Man Ta bought her jade-colored shoes at a store on Stockton Street. “I liked them so much I bought 10 pairs,” she said. “ I wear them until they break.” She’s been in Chinatown for the past 19 years, long enough to see that shoe store on Stockton come and go.

Man Ta奶奶一口气在一个小店里买了10双这个颜色的鞋子，每一双都穿到破损为止。她已在唐人街居住了19年，久到亲眼目睹街上的小鞋店开了又关。

摄影展开展后，许多”街拍模特“都去和自己的摄影作品合影留念，上图戴着大蝴蝶印花领带的老爷爷便是其中之一。领带夸张？不，这只是他40条藏品之一。

Before he moved to the U.S. in 1983, he was an accountant and abacus master in Macau. He also considers himself a poet and calligrapher. Most of his clothes are from Hong Kong or Macau and has owned them for a very long time.在他来到美国之前（1983），他是澳门的一个会计兼账房先生。他亦自诩为诗人、书法家。他的服装全部都是从香港、澳门购回，都有着悠久的历史。

We approached Yok Lan Chung, a 90-year-old Chinatown resident outside a grocery store on Stockton Street. She was a bit taken aback at first by the three of us, a gaggle of girls complimenting her on her tweed coat and layers of silk: a jade blouse with a purple paisley shirt underneath and a black-and-gold paisley scarf around her neck.We loved the silk on silk on silk.戴着圆形针织礼帽的90岁的钟月兰（音译）站在唐人街上的一家杂货铺外。一开始，因为一群女孩围着她评头论足，她往回站了站。然而大家是在看她的斜纹外套和层层叠叠的真丝服饰：一件紫色佩斯利花纹衬衫，一件绿色的罩衫，以及一条黑金色佩斯利花纹的丝巾。这种真丝层叠的效果不禁让我们想要大声赞叹。

She was picking out grapes while wearing a grape-colored jacket that she’s had for 21 years. “Fit is more important than color,” she said when we inquired about jacket. “Old people don’t care about color.”……“I just threw this on,” they’d say. But it’s so clever, so creative, that it can’t just be a happy accident.

这位从水果摊上拎起一袋葡萄的老太太，穿着一件已经21年的紫色夹克衫。在我们看来，这样的色彩搭配是这么地恰当而绝妙，可她却说对于老年人，合适比颜色更重要，她只是随意地穿上了就出门了。然而这该是个多么机智又有创造力的“巧合”啊！

深深浅浅的紫色都是唐人街居民喜爱的色彩，夹克、衬衫、绗缝背心甚至于鞋子帽子等配饰，都会让你深刻地感受到唐人街时尚的高深魅力。

老阿姨：“摆个娇羞的pose，你们拍吧！”

When we met Mr. Lee, he was window shopping at a shoe store on Grant Street. We were first drawn to his sweet old school Niners beanie and monochrome patterns. As we were talking, we noticed his furry vest was fastened with a row of safety pins and spotted sparkly bling around his neck and wrists (though he declined to give us a closer look). What a great mix of eclectic accessories.被采访时，老李先生正在围观一家鞋店的橱窗。一开始大家都是被他学院校风格的格子套装所吸引，而之后大家看到了他脖颈与手腕上的赤金色水晶饰品（但其实他不愿给别人近距离细看哦），以及为了扣牢毛线背心而别的别针，搭配得如此自然又酷炫！

We saw them at Portsmouth Square and frantically made a beeline for them, both in a brown, earthy palette with matching cheetah sweaters and furry hats. The gentleman didn’t want to pose for us or reveal his name, but thanks to her persistence, Kat, our translator, was able to banter with the couple long enough for them to agree to a portrait.And yes, they did match on purpose.在朴茨茅斯广场，我们看到一对穿着厚重毛绒、浑身大地棕色系的夫妻。豹纹、龙纹、毛绒帽，看来是皮草爱好者。感谢翻译的攀谈，采访群体才得以让这对夫妻同意摆拍。 “我们是精心搭配后出门的！”

就这样，唐人街的时尚狂人们用人生感悟着时尚，他们的搭配是别人无法模仿的，属于岁月的收藏品……

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