Fashion Media And Buyers From Around The World Stopped By Three-Day Event
Designer Guo Pei with her gold thread dress, which required 50,000 hours of work (Image: PR)
The Chinese presence at Paris Fashion Week, which is currently winding down, was perhaps greater than ever this year. In addition to Chinese celebrities like Fan Bingbing and Chen Ran making appearances at runway shows, we saw more China-inspired designs and materials making cameos. From Marc Jacobs incorporating silk and panda prints and Hong Kong’s Shiatzy Chen taking “Mao collars” to the catwalk to Guo Pei’s breathtaking gold thread dress, the growing Eastern influence in the fashion world was unmistakeable.
An interesting addition to this installment of Paris Fashion Week was the “China in Paris Showroom,” a three-day event that showcased the work of some of China’s up-and-coming designers. From Sohu (translation by Jing Daily team):
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