Traditional Chinese clothes like qipaos and tang suits invoke a certain “Lunar New Year” sort of look. But does it have to be so? Jason Mui and Lai On-ying, of Hong Kong fashion design house Yat Pit, are hoping to change things, and bring traditional Chinese design back to the streets.

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Producer: Jessica Novia
Videographer: Nicholas Ko and Tiffany Ip
Editor: Joel Roche

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