Chinese subway fashion police stop student in Goth-style make-up

The operator of the subway system in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou has apologised after one of its staff asked a university student to remove her Goth-style make-up because it might distress other commuters.

Wearing a long black dress, dark red lipstick and purple eyeshadow, the student was stopped by staff at a security checkpoint at Xiaogang station and told to remove her make-up to enter the system, according to a post she wrote on the Twitter-like Weibo service.

“The woman security guard told me the make-up was problematic and too horrifying. It must be removed on the spot,” the student wrote.

“I was angered and amused at the same time. The make-up looked ordinary to me. They asked me to remove the make-up but there was no water,” she told video site Pear Video.

Still in full make-up, the student continued on her way and took the train.

But she later took the subway authorities to task online.