Expansion Highlights Global Ambitions Of Chinese Brands And Massive Challenges Bosideng hits London on July 26 Virtually unknown outside of its native country, where it operates over 10,000 retail outlets, on July 26 the Chinese retailer Bosideng is set to open its first overseas flagship in London, located on the city’s swish South Molton Street….
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H&M’s Collection Of Style (COS) To Enter Mainland China This Fall
Higher-End H&M Imprint Recently Debuted In Hong Kong COS launched in Hong Kong last month (Image: Divia Harilela/The D'Vine) Still celebrating the recent grand opening of its first Asian location in Hong Kong, COS (Collection of Style), the more sophisticated sister brand of Swedish retail giant H&M, announced this week plans to enter the mainland China market…
“Vogue Talents Corner” Taps Chinese Designers Masha Ma, Qiu Hao
Latest Installment Of Collection Includes Qiu Hao & Masha Ma Vogue Talents Corner, featuring Masha Ma and Qiu Hao Announced by Vogue China and the Yoox-owned e-commerce site thecorner.com.cn this week during the celebration of the fashion bible’s seventh year in mainland China, the latest installment of thecorner’s “Vogue Talents Corner” includes young Chinese designers Qiu Hao…
Brand To Watch: 1913BERLIN At Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, Berlin
Designer’s Third Season At Berlin Fashion Week Zhai-Petrow Returning to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in the German capital for a third season, Berlin-based Chinese designer Yujia Zhai-Petrow is set to present the Autumn/Winter 2013 collection from her cashmere line 1913BERLIN, embodying “luxurious urban comfort with global chic — effortless, ethereal, edgy.” Born along the ancient Silk…
Why China’s Shangpin Could Beat Major Luxury E-Tailers At Their Own Game
Strategy Of Choice: Keeping The Client In Mind Shangpin is heavily promoting American designer Tracy Reese This week, the two-year-old Beijing-based e-tailer Shangpin, which bills itself China’s first members-only online retailer of authorized designer and contemporary fashions, announced the launch of its full-price, O2O, retail section, which will offer Chinese consumers access to current season designer…
China Hotels Get Artsy: Radisson Goes Graffiti, Hats Off At InterContinental
Click:electric tricycle for cargo Radisson Blu To Revive Memory Of Moganshan Lu Graffiti Wall Graffiti Art Christmas at the Radisson Blu Five-star hotels in China have sought to portray themselves as plugged-in to the country’s booming contemporary art scene over the past several years, filling rooms and galleries with large-scale pieces and even mounting fairly…
Spectacular Hugo Boss Show Grabs Global Fashion Spotlight In Shanghai
Live-Streamed Worldwide; Front-Row Celebs Include Carey Mulligan of “Gatsby,” Chow Yun-fat One of Hugo Boss’ China-specific limited runway pieces, which was made available for purchase online as the show was live-streamed. (Hugo Boss) It was a star-studded evening for Shanghai’s fashion and media industry last night, as Berlin designer Hugo Boss unveiled his Fall/Winter 2013…
What Luxury Brands Should Learn From Dolce & Gabbana’s Hong Kong PR Disaster
Around 1,000 Protest D&G After Photo Ban Protesters crowd outside D&G's Tsim Sha Tsui flagship on January 8, 2012 (Image: Sina HK) One of the biggest stories of this past weekend in Hong Kong was a massive, Facebook-organized protest of the Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana after a security guard prevented locals from taking…
Han Huohuo & Susie Bubble: From Beijing With Style
Han Huohuo & Susie Bubble Discuss Personal Style Over on yoox.com, don’t miss “From Beijing With Style,” a feature bringing together popular fashion bloggers Susie Bubble and Han Huohuo for an exclusive video and photoshoot. Known for their styling prowess, the duo set about organizing pieces from the e-commerce site that reflect their individuality, engaging…
Brooding In Beijing: INK Injects Monochrome Into City’s Fashion Scene
Cutting-Edge Brands Like Boris Bidjan Saberi & Rick Owens Hong Kong multi-brand retailer INK — known for underground, high-priced menswear brands that trend towards the monochrome — has recently expanded into Beijing, opening a new location in the city’s Dongcheng District. Joining its counterpart on Paterson Street in Hong Kong, INK Beijing stocks nearly twenty…