Victoria Beckham (L) sits on the judging panel at the International Woolmark Prize finals in Beijing next to Vogue Italia Editor-in-Chief Franca Sozzani (R). (Courtesy Photo) Whether promoting her eponymous fashion label, attending philanthropic events, or scouting out her next store location, fashion designer Victoria Beckham seems to be one of China’s most frequent celebrity…
Month: March 2019
Asian American Fashion Circle Endorses Crazy Rich Asians, Fueling Public Interest
Click:Chlorine tablets manufacturer on sale Crazy Rich Asians (“zhai’jin’qi’yuan摘金奇缘”) is perhaps one of the most highly-anticipated Hollywood fashion movies this summer – not only for its adaptation of the namesake best-selling novel by Singaporean-American writer Kevin Kwan, but for its cultural significance to the Asian American community. The movie is the second in Hollywood featuring…
Tmall Will Launch New Luxury Brands Each Month in 2018
Tmall will launch new partnerships with luxury brands each month in 2018, Jessica Liu, president of Fashion and Luxury at Tmall, told Jing Daily on Wednesday. Since partnering with luxury brands requires “mutual agreement and effort,” it is hard to predict exactly how many brands Alibaba’s biggest business to consumer e-commerce platform is going to…
London’s West End Sees Surge in Chinese Shoppers, but Retailers Say More Could be Done
Chinese shoppers made 23 percent of all purchases on London’s Bond Street last year. (Shutterstock) Trailing only the famously free-spending Qataris, Chinese shoppers are now the second-place foreign shopping contingent in London’s swish West End. According to a study put out last week by Global Blue, in 2014 shoppers from the Greater China region spent…
Alexander McQueen Protégé Stephen Yuan on His Fashion Brand, Mofiel
When young Stephen Yuan from Shanghai met Alexander McQueen at the late British design icon’s London office, he was asked what he did at weekends. Yuan’s answers was not particularly inspired. “I said, ‘The pub, Soho or going to see films with friends,’” he tells me as we sit in an Italian cafe on Wukang…
Global Luxury Retailers Gear Up For Chinese New Year Shoppers
The Chinese New Year pop-up shop at Bloomingdale’s in New York City. (Bloomingdales) High-end stores from New York’s Fifth Avenue to London’s Bond Street and beyond are marking the year of the horse by hiring Mandarin-speaking staff, offering Chinese-themed merchandise, and featuring cultural presentations—all to attract the world’s largest luxury spenders during China’s biggest festival,…
Lane Crawford Reveals Details Of Shanghai Flagship Opening
A Lane Crawford February 2013 campaign image featuring Givenchy. (Lane Crawford) As a part of Hong Kong department store Lane Crawford’s steady mainland expansion, it has released more details about its slated Shanghai flagship opening in September in a press release sent today. At 150,000 square feet, the Shanghai flagship will be the company’s largest…
Santoni CEO Giuseppe Santoni Tells Why Now is the Time for Artisanal Shoes in China
SantonI CEO Giuseppe Santoni. (Courtesy Photo) Created by founder Andrea Santoni in 1975, Italian footwear brand Santoni has been promoting the cultural heritage of Italian craftsmanship for 40 years. Since its founding, the family brand has grown on an international landscape with approximately 490 employees and a turnover rate of more than 55 million euros….
The Webster Pop-Up Brings Miami Fever to China
U.S. multi-brand fashion house The Webster is collaborating with luxury department store Lane Crawford to shower Greater China with Miami vibes in time for summer. A cocktail event in Shanghai on Friday celebrated the launch of The Webster’s pop-up shop at Lane Crawford, offering VIP guests the chance to peruse a curated selection of South Beach-inspired…
London Fashion Week: Chinese Designer Highlights
London Fashion Week’s Fall/Winter 2017 presentations and runway shows saw the largest bursts yet of China’s boldest and brightest fashion designers and brands. They featured both on and off schedule, as well as in the showrooms. Below is a rundown of the Chinese designer highlights during the week, which concluded on February 26. The opening…