Brand Relocating From Pedder Building To New Flagship Shanghai Tang – From Pedder To… Following the wrap of its pop-up “Loft” in Hong Kong’s Pedder Building, which ran from October of last year through February 20, this week Shanghai Tang is giving its Facebook fans a chance to guess the location of its new flagship in Hong…
Month: March 2019
Romeo Gigli Stages Fashion Comeback With China-Focused JOYCE Collection
Collection Comes In Tandem With Month-Long Exhibition Of Works On Show At JOYCE JOYCE by Gigli Always a step ahead of its competitors, the Hong Kong-based multi-brand luxury retailer JOYCE recently teamed up with a name from which we haven’t heard much in the past several years — Italian fashion designer Romeo Gigli. Renowned for…
Swiss Watchmaker Tissot Looks To Innovate In Crowded China Market
Swiss Watchmaker Trying To Innovate To Tap Chinese Market Tissot’s recent press conference celebrating Mother’s Day in Guangzhou While most well-known Swiss luxury watchmakers have benefited from China’s intensifying love affair with everything horological, brands that don’t quite have the visibility of Omega or Rolex are working overtime to get their names better known in…
Designer Deng Huanhuan: A Chinese Spin On Retro Fashion
Shenzhen’s Home-Grown Design Community Rising In Earnest Designer Deng Huanhuan Absent Beijing’s world-famous arts scene or the cosmopolitanism of Shanghai, Shenzhen — the southern Chinese all-business-all-the-time boomtown — isn’t typically associated with China’s burgeoning home-grown, high-end fashion industry. Associated more with the low-end, mass-produced fast-fashion churned out at nearby factories, Shenzhen, to the surprise of…
China: This Week In Digital Luxury Marketing
Digital Marketing Campaigns Through February 15, 2013 A roundup of new and ongoing digital campaigns launched by luxury brands in China through February 15, 2013, featuring Givenchy Beauty, Lane Crawford, and Coach. Givenchy Beauty From February 8-14, Givenchy Beauty’s official Sina Weibo page encouraged fans to write Valentine’s Day love letters using the hashtag “#2.14喊出你的真爱#” (“2.14…
Interview: Warrior Shoes Renovator Ye Shumeng
The Comeback Of A Chinese Classic Ye Shumeng Who would have expected Ye Shumeng (叶书萌), a design student from Helsinki, to become one of the greatest proponents of bringing back “Made in China” classics? What started out for Ye as a personal interest has ignited a movement in the world of Chinese-made sneakers, bringing vintage style…
“Right Now, We’ll See The Ascent Of The Asian-American Designer”
Asian, Female, and Fashionable At New York’s Museum Of Chinese In America New York-based label, Slow and Steady Wins the Race This week, Jing Daily correspondents had the chance to stop by New York City’s Museum of Chinese in America (MoCA) for the event MoCA Style: Female, Fashionable, NY, which kicked off their winter/spring 2013 fashion-focused…
Interview: Fashion Designer Peggy Tan’s Cheongsam Dream
Tan Discusses Chinese-Inspired Designs & Future Plans Designer Peggy Tan (Image: Michael Mundy) Taiwanese-born, New York-based designer Peggy Tan recently unveiled her new S/S 2012 collection, the second for her clothing line Mandarin & General. Heavy on Chinese elements like Cheongsam (Qipao) design and silk, for Mandarin & General Tan thoughtfully sources, reconsiders and…
Niche Aftermarket Services On The Rise In China Luxury Market
Luxury Handbag Mending Services Proliferating In Major Chinese Cities Fickle gift recipients or regular shoppers have contributed to the rise of the luxury second-hand shop in China One of the interesting byproducts of China’s booming luxury market has been the appearance of specialized companies providing niche aftermarket services. As mainland Chinese wine collectors and dealers…
London And China Double Stitch A Sartorial Bond
The Unspoken Fashion Relationship Between China And Britain Young Chinese designers like Huishan Zhang are making more appearances in London As London Fashion Week draws to a close, our attention has been drawn to the influx of Chinese designers whose collections graced the runways over the course of the Spring/Summer 2013 installment. While they by no…