CK Predicts China Will Become Largest Jeans & Underwear Market In 2013 Wang Xiao (Photo by Sharron Lovell) This week, models, bloggers and the local fashion elite came together in Beijing for a low-key dinner event hosted by Calvin Klein to celebrate the brand’s spring collection. Held at the Long March Space in the capital’s converted…
Month: March 2019
One Year Of Shang Xia: Jing Daily Exclusive Interview With Jiang Qiong’er (Part One)
“What Is Luxury, In Essence? Time And Emotion” Jiang Qiong’er (Image: Shang Xia) Since its launch last year, Jing Daily has closely followed Shang Xia (上下), the Shanghai-based high-end brand cultivated by the French luxury house Hermès. Situated at Hong Kong Plaza on Huaihai Road and led by artistic director and CEO, Jiang Qiong’er, Shang…
What Slowdown? Luxury Giants LVMH, PPR Cash In On China Demand
China Luxury Market Expected To Grow Up To 22 Percent In 2012 Louis Vuitton opened its first mainland China Maison in Shanghai last week Following up strong earnings results from Hermès — which recently reported a 13.4 percent rise in Q2 2012 sales led by a 26.9 percent sales increase in the Asia-Pacific region — and…
Capture China’s Consumers, Capture China’s Women
Mogujie is a Pinterest-like site popular with women in China As I watched China successfully launch the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft last week, carrying the country’s first-ever female astronaut, Liu Yang, I couldn’t help from thinking that China has come a long way in terms of improving gender equality. Though it’s still a work in progress,…
5 Minutes with Four Chinese Designers at New York Fashion Week
In comparison to the major international fashion show events in Europe, where it is still rare to see Chinese fashion designers, New York Fashion Week has increasingly become an accessible platform for many of them to make the connection to the international fashion circuit. This time around, New York Fashion Week has welcomed a great…
A Colorful Mind: In The Studio With Shanghai’s Crochet Queen Celia Bernardo
Celia B.’s vibrant designs. (Erica Ji) “China” and “design” are today’s two hottest keywords. While more and more Chinese designers are seeking to shine on the international stage, many Western designers have decided to set foot in Asia, choosing China to embark on their journeys to build their independent design careers. When it comes to…
Was Tommy Hilfiger’s Football Fashion Show a China Touchdown?
Tommy Hilfiger’s fashion show in Beijing. (Weibo/Tommy Hilfiger) This week, U.S. fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger launched an event in Beijing celebrating 30 years in the business, coinciding with the opening of the brand’s largest store in China. This marked the first time the brand had also held a seasonal runway show launch outside of the…
Chinese Consumers Are Driving the High-End Athleisure Market, Which Is Poised to Overtake Luxury by 2020
Maia Active founder Lisa Ou remembers a time in China, just five years ago, when exercising was an all-out event. Getting a workout meant buying all the right gear, piling into a Jeep and driving to the side of a mountain and doing a day-long hike. It also meant big-name, all-encompassing sports brands, like Nike…
3 Generations of Chinese Women Under One Fashion Roof
China’s First Lady Peng Liyuan received worldwide attention when she was spotted wearing Chinese label Exception, a brand popular with an older generation of Chinese women. Westerners studying the fashion preferences of Chinese women invariably report their penchant for rich ornamentation, like sequins, pearls, and embroidery, and disinterest in minimalism. The preference for cuteness is…
Hung Huang in Exclusive Interview: ‘The Day Will Come’ for Chinese Designers
China Interactive Media Group CEO and iLook Editor-in-Chief Hung Huang. (Courtesy Photo) If there’s one person to turn to if you want to learn the straight facts about China’s fashion industry, it’s media mogul Hung Huang. As the CEO of China Interactive Media Group and editor-in-chief of fashion magazine iLook, the publisher, book author, blogger,…