Ying wears Yueqi Qi necklace, own top

Hallcon Chen, on right, wears Yueqi Qi leg warmers. Members of Noah Chen’s family wear own clothing

From front: Ban Ma wears YAT PIT shorts, own top. Yiyi wears own top

Meng Li wears RUIbuilt skirt and Marrknull bag, own top

From left: Huaguo Zhang wears Grounds shoes, own clothes. Yongmei Liu wears Camper shoes, own clothes

Moussa wears YAT PIT shorts, other clothing model’s own

Huiying Lin wears YAT PIT top and headscarf, other clothing model’s own

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The Massive Price of China’s Low-Cost Goods

03.26.2025

Photographs by Alex Huanfa Cheng

Set and costume design by Pierre-Alexandre Fillaire

Cheap clothing and accessories are mass-produced in Guangdong province before being distributed worldwide. In this series, local residents are styled in these items to symbolize who pays the price of corporate greed, environmental damage, and fast fashion.

Talent Butterfly Minmin, Ban Ma (Bon Mgmt), Yiyi, Poppy (Tiffany Models), Haohao’s family, Chengdong, YouGa, Moussa, Huiying Lin, Noah Chen’s family, Qiu & Shu, Wei, Huaguo Zhang, Yongmei Liu, Ying, Meng Li Makeup Sakura and INKEE (Pin Artists) Hair Kris Binger and Ze (Pin Artists) Casting Alex Huanfa Cheng and FIFI Production FIFI PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANTS Jiaqi and Hugh Retouching 4pm Studio Styling assistant Aa and Olisom set design assistants Cocco, Cece Che, Emma, KJ, Donggu, Tinglei, Yanhe, Teddy production assistants Yunlong and Li (WUTONG）

This story first appeared in Atmos Volume 10: Afterlife with the title, “Full Circle: Common Goods.”

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