Beijing Boutique First Asian Location For Brand, Joining Stores In Europe, Russia, UK, USA The Spanish brand by basi has recently entered the China market with its debut Beijing boutique (Image: by basi) While the trend last year in the fashion industry was to close down stores in stagnant markets like Japan and open new…
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Fashion News: Supermodel Liu Wen’s Official Debut As Estée Lauder Spokeswoman; Vogue‘s Growing Interest In China
Estée Lauder Celebrates Make-up Series In Beijing; Anna Wintour Arrives After Vogue’s December Issue Features Asian Models Tom Pecheux and Liu Wen in Beijing (Image: China Daily) Over the weekend in Beijing, Estée Lauder celebrated the unveiling of the new Pure Color Metamorphosis make-up series, a limited edition series designed to appeal to the modern…
China’s Japan Shopping Spree Continues As Shandong Ruyi Acquires Renown
Investment Would Be Largest Investment By Chinese Investor In A Public Japanese Company Shandong Ruyi's planned investment in Renown is a first for a Chinese textile maker (Image: Ruyi logo) Despite Japan’s traditional resistance to foreign takeovers of its companies, investment in Japanese companies by Chinese ones has increased by leaps and bounds, particularly in…
Dunhill Launches Accessories Line To Celebrate Year Of The Rabbit
Rabbit Serves As Inspiration For Dunhill Cufflinks, Key Ring, Strap and Ties Dunhill's "Rabbit" series In celebration of the upcoming Chinese Year of the Rabbit, Dunhill has launched a “Rabbit” series of accessories, which includes cufflinks, key ring, mobile phone strap, and ties. The accessories are three-dimensional rabbits in sterling silver and the tie depicts a…
Taiwanese Designers “Targeting China’s Fashion Market”
ECFA Trade Agreement To Make Mainland China Market More Accessible For Taiwanese Fashion Brands Taiwanese designers like Gioia Pan have been successful in the mainland China market in recent years The Associated Press reports today that Taiwanese designers and fashion brands are set to break into mainland China in a big way as a result…
Chanel Harnesses The Power Of China’s Fashion Bloggers At Paris Fashion Week
Chinese Presence Among Guests At Chanel’s Fall/Winter 2011 Runway Show Actress and micro-blogger Yao Chen, actress Hilary Tsui, and stylist/blogger Han Huo Huo. This week, The Business of Fashion highlighted the potential of China’s micro-blogging service, Sina Weibo. While the focus has mostly been on brands that have launched accounts and tried to harness Weibo…
Hong Kong-Listed Luxury Brands Faring Best In Mainland China: More To Come?
Prada Latest To Pursue Hong Kong IPO Prada recently held its first catwalk outside of Europe at CAFA in Beijing (Image: Getty) In the wake of the recent Chinese New Year holiday, during which luxury brands recorded impressive sales in mainland China and Hong Kong, Aaron Fischer, regional head of consumer research at CLSA Asia…
White Collar Workers Mad For Luxury; But Will They Squeeze LV, Gucci Out Of Top-Tier Markets?
MSN China Portal Survey Finds 38% Of Beijingers Regularly Buy Luxury Products, More Than Shanghai Or Guangzhou New department stores like Lane Crawford in Beijing have increased the number of luxury brands available to potential buyers in Beijing A new survey on MSN’s China portal (Chinese), conducted in cooperation with the Chinese online research and…
Marc Jacobs’s Chinoiserie: Obsession or Opportunism?
Recent Collections At Paris Fashion Week Show Hints Of Asian Influence Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton, S/S 2011 In his Spring-Summer 2011 collections for Louis Vuitton—menswear in July and womenswear last week—Marc Jacobs has been exploring the influence of Chinese design, a development that has drawn a great deal of media attention. Cuing his recent…
Hong Kong Fashion Week Off To Extravagant Start
2,000 Exhibitors Expected At This Year’s Event, Running Through January 20 Hong Kong Fashion Week (Photo: iFeng) Asia’s largest fashion fair, Hong Kong Fashion Week and World Boutique, is open for business. Kicking off yesterday and running until January 20, events include last night’s Fashion Extravaganza, a Young Designers contest, Fashion Week and Fashion Gallery….