Northwest China's Gansu province plans to build the world longest sculptures complex of key historical figures along the western section of the Yellow River scenic corridor, also part of the ancient Silk Road that runs through Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu.

The sculptures complex, which has been named "Passion of Ancient Silk Road", will be composed of 24 giant sculptures, featuring great Chinese ancestors and emperors and giving a panoramic highlight of China's 5000 year history. The whole complex will be 160 meters long and four meters wide, and will occupy an area of 10 thousand square meters.

China News Service quoted sources at Lanzhou's Bureau of Parks and Woods as saying, the whole project will take 18 months to finish, with a total investment of 8.5 million yuan, or about 1.1 million dollars.

Gansu-born artist, Zhang Chunyang, has spent five years completing the required archetype sculptures.

Fashion flashback

AS WE REFLECT on the fourth annual San Francisco Fashion Week, it is apparent that this year's designers teleported to various style eras for their inspiration.

The eclectic aesthetic of the Bay Area was reflected in the collections shown from Aug. 23 to 25. More than a dozen designers from the greater Bay Area presented diverse collections with looks ranging from the Southern-influenced, elegantly aristocratic gowns of Emily Jane to the vibrant Heatherette-esque "Romantic Sparkle Circus" collection from Sacramento native Richard Hallmarq.

The common thread woven through the collections was nostalgia. The current flow of fashion has been revisiting vintage styles and adding a modern twist. Many of the designers used their creative juices to craft looks that paid homage to distinct periods of style

Kimo, the San Francisco-baseddesigner of Effie's Heart, showed a contemporary redux of the Roaring'20s, and the San Jose-based Genevieve Primavera gave a wink-wink to the'80s with an eye-popping fluorescent color palette.