Wang Recently Won Audi Progressive Designer 2011 Award Uma Wang was profiled earlier this year by VOGUE Italia Following previous collaborations with designers like Jeremy Scott, Manish Arora and Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, the art-focused Swiss watchmaker Swatch has tapped the Chinese fashion designer Uma Wang for its next international partnership. One of the most high-profile…
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Survey: More Chinese Luxury Consumers Shopping Locally
Chinese Shoppers Prefer To Buy Watches, Cosmetics, Apparel, Shoes, Wine & Cigars In Mainland China The Hermes store on Hong Kong's Canton Road remains a must-visit for mainland Chinese tourist-shoppers Bucking one of the defining trends of China’s luxury market, that of mainland Chinese luxury consumers traveling abroad or to Hong Kong to stock up…
Galeries Lafayette Details 2013 Beijing “Reboot,” China Expansion
Galeries Lafayette Beijing Will Reportedly Open September 1, 2013 Chinese tourist-shoppers congregate at shopping malls like the Galeries Lafayette in Paris 15 years after the Parisian luxury shopping mainstay Galeries Lafayette opened a Beijing outpost on Wangfujing, and nearly 14 years after the location shuttered due to disappointing sales, more details are emerging about its…
Italy’s Centro Marangoni To Give Shanghai A Crash Course In Fashion
Istituto Marangoni To Open First China Location In Shanghai The Centro Marangoni will train aspiring fashion designers and professionals in China (Image: Vogue Italia) Officially launching today in Shanghai (and coming two months after luxury group Richemont debuted its “retail academy” in the city), Italy’s Istituto Marangoni — one of Europe’s leading fashion and luxury-focused schools…
Q&A: La Perla CEO Tim Brasher On Selling Luxury Lingerie To China
“Chinese Consumers Have A Much More Functional Orientation Toward Lingerie” La Perla CEO Tim Brasher Expanding rapidly since entering the mainland China market in 2007, Italy’s La Perla has looked to capitalize on rising demand for high-end intimate wear among the growing Chinese middle class. Now with standalone locations in four cities — Shanghai, Hangzhou,…
Louis Vuitton Express: From Paris To Shanghai
Following its pit stop in Paris this past May, the Louis Vuitton Express — a runway show-slash-exhibition that the Guardian referred to as “the 21st-century phenomenon of the fashion spectacular” — is set to hit Shanghai this month. In advance of the train’s China debut, this week Louis Vuitton released a video teaser, lensed by…
China Fashion Roundup: Paul Smith, Alexander Wang, Jean Paul Gaultier & DVF
A roundup of fashion news coming out of China this week, from Paul Smith’s upcoming China “megastore” in Shanghai to Alexander Wang’s new Santlitun location, Jean Paul Gaultier’s Beijing fashion show and DVF’s fourth China boutique. For First China Flagship, Paul Smith Plans Shanghai “Megastore” Paul Smith boutique, Oriental Plaza, Beijing 11 years after opening…
Jing Daily Coverage: 2012/13 Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week In Beijing
Events Promoting Emerging Chinese Designers Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week F/W 2012/13 Following the success of last autumn’s China Fashion Week, this week Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week F/W 2012/13 kicked off at 751 D-Park in Beijing’s 798 Art Zone. Over the course of the week, members of the Jing Daily team attended the event’s opening ceremony…
Savile Row To Canton Road: Hardy Amies Hits Hong Kong
Seven months after the label’s inclusion in a Savile Row-themed section at JOYCE in Hong Kong, the iconic 67-year-old British brand Hardy Amies is set for its close-up at sister retailer Lane Crawford. Hitting the city just in time to ride the growing heritage menswear wave, the brand’s Spring/Summer 2013 collection should prove a draw for…
Does Chinese Retailer Bosideng Have A Chance In London?
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….