Vivienne Tam's Shanghai

Guangdong-born, Hong Kong-raised and New York-based fashion designer Vivienne Tam has been visiting Shanghai twice a year "to find inspiration" for more than 20 years. Tam recently gave Travel and Leisure a look at her "hidden Shanghai." We'll let Shanghaiist readers determine just how "hidden" it really is. Here are the places mentioned in the story:

• Lao Shanghai (No. 5, Lane 210 Taikang Rd.; 86-21/5465-1580)
• Guo Chunxiang Family Collection (179-181 Duolun Rd.; 86-21/5696-3948)
• Laiyin Art Garden (158 Duolun Rd.; 86-21/5671-5506)
• Chinese Classics Bookstore (424-440 Fuzhou Rd.; 86-21/6322-0825)
• Nan Fang Curio Market (69 Jiuxiaochang Rd.)
• Chinese Hand-Printed Blue Nankeen Exhibition Hall (No. 24, Lane 637 Changle Rd.; 86-21/ 5403-7947)
• Wangkai Photography Shop (378 Nanjing East Rd.; 86-21/6322-1098)
• Xian Qiang Fang (600 Jiujiang Rd.; 86-21/ 6351-5757; dinner for two $50)
• Dongbeiren (1 Shaanxi South Rd.; 86-21/ 5228-9898; dinner for two $38)
• Old Shanghai Teahouse (385 Fangbangzhong Rd; 86-21/5382-1202; tea for two $6)
• Paramount (218 Yuyuan Rd.; 86-21/6249-8866; admission for two $10)
• Fifty Moganshan Road, Art Scene Warehouse in Building 4 (86-21/6277-4940), ShanghART in Buildings 16 and 18 (86-21/6359-3923)

Regarding Moganshan Lu, the story says this:

On the way out, she heads up a rusty fire escape, which overlooks a field of red and yellow calla lilies and empty buildings waiting to be renovated. "Can you imagine how great it would be to have a workshop here?" she asks. "Now that's my fantasy."

Um, Vivienne, that fantasy can easily be reality -- you are Vivienne Tam.

We also learn that Tam likes foot massages, carries around the Chinese addresses of her destinations and reads That's Shanghai, which she says is good for the "latest hot spots."