Brand Aims To Present Home-Grown Design To Wider Audience RafflesPrivato inaugural China boutique After a successful showing at this April’s Shanghai Fashion Week, RafflesPrivato, the first fashion label designed and run by design students, recently launched its inaugural China boutique at Xintiandi Style mall in Shanghai. Established last year by students and faculty from Singapore’s…
Month: March 2019
Milan, Paris, New York…Songjiang? Shanghai Plans Massive “Fashion Silicon Valley”
City Looking To Build “World-Class Creative Design Cluster & New Chinese Fashion Landmark” “Fashion Silicon Valley” will be cover around 2,000 acres when complete This week, at the otherwise not-very-newsworthy Seventh annual Asian Color Forum (第七届亚洲色彩论坛) in Shanghai, one interesting item managed to come to light. According to the Shanghai Evening News, over the next…
Judy Hua: “The Work Of Chinese Fashion Designers Naturally Conveys The Spirit Of China”
Shanghai-Based Hua Has Worked With Chinese Artists Like Zhou Chunya, Yue Minjun, Ding Yi Pieces from Judy Hua’s S/S 2012 collection (Image: Forbes China) Since establishing her eponymous fashion label in 2004, Shanghai designer Judy Hua (华娟) has gradually built up a respectable following as one of the city’s most promising home-grown talents. After getting…
Details Emerge About Shang Xia’s Upcoming Paris Boutique, New China Exhibitions
Location Slated For Rue de Sèvres Shang Xia's first boutique in Shanghai One of the standouts in China’s nascent home-grown luxury industry and a Jing Daily favorite, Shanghai-based Shang Xia is currently at work preparing its first international location (and second overall) in Paris. Slated to open about 200 meters away from the mammoth Rue…
With Tastes Changing, Understated Luxury Stands To Gain In China
More Seasoned Luxury Buyers Moving Towards “Logo-Lite” Brands Maison Martin Margiela's first Beijing boutique opened last year With more Chinese luxury consumers, particularly seasoned “veterans” in Shanghai and Beijing, moving beyond logo-heavy brands and towards less ostentatious niche brands heavy on heritage, craftsmanship and exclusivity, a window is opening in the country for understated labels….
On Task From Luxury Brands, Hunt Is On For China’s Next Supermodel (Video)
Liu Wen Currently One Of World’s Most Sought-After Models Givenchy Spring 2011 With Chinese supermodels like Liu Wen, Fei Fei Sun, Jing Ma, Ming Xi, Lily Zhi and Sui He gliding effortlessly from catwalks in Beijing and Shanghai to New York, Paris and Milan, the hunt is on for model agencies to discover “China’s Next…
Vivienne Westwood’s Mixed Messages On China
Apathetic Or Enthusiastic? Westwood and models celebrate after her runway show this week in Shanghai (Photo by Photo by Gong Si for Shanghai Daily) In Shanghai earlier this week to kick off Shanghai S/S 2012 Fashion Week, British fashion icon Vivienne Westwood upheld her reputation for being notoriously outspoken yet inscrutable. Despite her brand’s expansion…
Ferragamo, Zegna, Net-A-Porter Poised For Strong 2013 In China
Rebound Expected This Spring In Premium Apparel Markets Neiman Marcus launched its Chinese-language e-commerce site late last year With observers of China’s luxury market looking for signs of a rebound this spring, following muted growth in the second half of 2012, early indications are already pointing to a better year ahead for some brands. Despite…
Beauty Brands Shine In New L2 Digital IQ Index: China
“Robust Programming Online In China Has The Power To Effect Sales In Paris, London And New York” L2 Digital Index: China 2012 Supplanting the auto brands that led the way in last year’s ranking, beauty, fashion, and watches & jewelry brands accounted for more than two-thirds of the top 20 spots on the third annual…
ELLE & Mercedes-Benz Wrap Up China Fashion Week With Beijing Bash
ELLE Magazine Celebrates Launch Of New Semi-Monthly Edition ELLE + Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week Closing Party Over the weekend, Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week wrapped up with a closing event and simultaneous ELLE China Semi-Monthly launch party at 751 D-Park in Beijing’s 798 Art Zone. Winding down a week of runway shows and industry events, the closing party…