First-Tier City Long Associated With Third-Rate Luxury Market This week, Louis Vuitton opened its largest China flagship at Guangzhou’s Taikoo Hui mall While it may be very much a top-tier city, with an annual GDP of over 1 trillion yuan (US$152 billion) — placing it in an elite group that also includes Beijing and Shanghai…
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Hong Kong Retailer I.T Brings Popular Fashion Festival To Shanghai
i.t. One Of China’s Most Successful Multi-Brand Retailers The i.t Festival at Raffles City in Shanghai Holding the distinction, along with Joyce, as being one of Hong Kong’s most successful and influential multi-brand retailers, since 1988 the fashion group I.T has collected and presented some of the world’s most interesting designers to Chinese fashion lovers…
Zegna Opens National China Flagship In Second-Tier Shenyang
Shenyang Location Zegna’s Fourth Flagship In China Actors Nicky Wu (2nd right) and Tong Liya (2nd left) attend the grand opening in Shenyang Coming off its 20th anniversary in the China market, this past weekend the premium Italian brand Ermenegildo Zegna held the grand opening of its fourth China flagship — and new national flagship…
Is China The Future “France” Of Fashion?
Chanel is dominant in the China market, but could a potential rival be around the corner? (Image: La Bella Mia) Coco Chanel dared to suggest French women wear trousers during a time of great social, economic and political transformation, not unlike what is happening in China today. It makes me wonder – is there a…
Unknown But Ubiquitous, China’s Fashion Elite Take Place At Paris Fashion Week
“Ten Years Ago We Didn’t Have Any Chinese Citizens In Our Industry” Actress Jiang Yuqi at Paris Fashion Week (Image: Abaophoto) Names like Huo Siyan, Li Xiaolu, Wan Baobao and Lin Peng might not rank among the best-known in the global fashion industry, but the presence of these women and other members of the Chinese…
Diane von Furstenberg’s China Expansion: “I Love Being Here”
Fourth DVF Location In Mainland China Recently Opened In Beijing Diane Von Furstenberg's "Red Ball" in Shanghai last year Perhaps no Western designer made more direct overtures to the Chinese market over the past few years than Diane von Furstenberg, whose DVF brand currently operates four mainland China locations in Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu. Though…
Made [For] China: Growing Luxury Demand Buoys US Manufacturers, Brands
High-End Demand Rising For Everything From Faucets To Handmade Shoes Watermark in Brooklyn has seen rising demand boost exports to China Going against the decades-long trend of lower-priced Chinese imports flooding the US market, a growing number of American manufacturers, fashion brands, leathergoods makers, and family-run wineries are looking to China’s luxury consumer as a…
Hugo Boss Launches China Online Store
Follows Zara And Coach In Launching Independent Branded Shop Coming off a tougher 2012 in China, this week Chow Yun Fat-fronted German fashion house Hugo Boss launched its official Chinese online store, following the lead of Coach and Zara in going it alone rather than partnering with a major international e-tailer. Stocking the brand’s full menswear, womenswear…
“Culture Chanel” Exhibition To Hit Beijing’s National Art Museum Of China In November
Exhibition Slated For National Art Museum Of China (NAMOC) From November 5 – December 13 Culture Chanel Following its successful run at Shanghai’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) earlier this year (Jing Daily coverage), the brand-exalting “Culture Chanel” exhibition will hit the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) in Beijing from November 5th to December 13….
Thomas Pink “Made To Order” Event Makes Beijing Debut
Thomas Pink Execs Take Part In Event At Shin Kong Place Thomas Pink debuts “Made to Order” at Shin Kong Place This past weekend, the British high-end shirt-makers Thomas Pink launched an exclusive “Made to Order” event at Beijing’s Shin Kong Place. With senior Thomas Pink execs in attendance, including CEO and global brand director Jonathan Helbron,…