Though Tongli Studio is overhyped, this cluster of internationally-owned boutiques, cafés, and rooftop bars is worth a gander if you're already cruising Sanlitun. Feng Ling Fashion displays sexy thigh-high embroidered silk boots and punky qipaos. At Things of the Jing, Londoner Gabrielle Harris alchemizes silver with images of feudal-era Chinese women to create funky-elegant earrings and pendants. Radiance carries pagoda-shaped ceramic birdfeeders.
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