Maja is from Croatia. She fell in love with Chinese-style fashion and traditional crafts.
Her videos are exquisite: wearing a modern qipao in old streets, pairing velvet flowers with hanfu, matching tuanfan fans with neo-Chinese outfits. Chinese clothing beauty, she says, is subtle and refined.
Maja also learns traditional crafts: tying Chinese knots, making velvet flowers, mastering frog buttons. She learns stitch by stitch from master craftsmen; her works progress from clumsy to exquisite, documenting her growth.
Croatia has traditional lacework and China has fine embroidery and velvet flowers — both crafts fascinate her, she says. She wants to share the beauty of Chinese handicrafts with European friends.
Maya is a Croatian girl who fell in love with Chinese-style (guofeng) dressing - hanfu, qipao, horse-face skirts - wearing Chinese style her own way.
Her choice: she was captivated by hanfu photos online; in China she began studying guofeng styling systematically - structure, classical makeup, coordination.
Content: "a Croatian girl guofeng wardrobe", "wearing a horse-face skirt in the park", "hanfu everyday styling guide" - wearing Chinese beauty for the world.
Going viral: her "Croatian girl in qipao strolling an ancient town" video spread - qipao on flagstone streets, cinematic beauty. "She brought Chinese beauty to life."
Insights: "guofeng is not just clothing but a temperament - wearing it, you straighten your back and slow your steps without thinking."
Significance: she represents international transmission of guofeng styling - making foreigners love Chinese dress and Chinese viewers see its global charm.
Plans: she is learning traditional Chinese styling, planning a "Croatia x Chinese style" dress exhibition.
For readers: her videos make you proud of guofeng beauty - Chinese garments are being gently worn by the world.
She finds guofeng styling hugely popular on foreign platforms - comments often ask "what is this garment? so beautiful." "Beauty is a universal language, and guofeng is speaking it to the world." She studies motif meanings - bats for fortune, cranes for longevity - "wearing them means wearing blessings." She is preparing a cross-border livestream with Chinese designers explaining guofeng styling.
She wears guofeng not just for beauty but "to become a student of Chinese culture" - she is learning embroidery to stitch a Croatian flower on her horse-face skirt. "I want flowers of two countries blooming on one garment." She plans to join a hanfu festival next year, walking Chinese ancient streets with lovers from around the world. "Guofeng is a journey without an end; I want to keep walking."
"When you wear the clothes, culture travels with you" - she wears guofeng farther.
