Topshop and ShangPin’s pop-up event at The Place mall in Beijing. (Courtesy Photo) When top global fast fashion retailers such as Zara, Uniqlo, or H&M first opened in mainland China, a large flagship store in an area with high foot traffic in Beijing or Shanghai was considered an absolute must for entering the market. Turning…
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The H&M Effect: Foreign Fast Fashion Outpaces China’s Homegrown Labels
Fast fashion labels such as Zara are proving to be tough competition for Chinese clothing brands. (Zara) The onslaught of foreign fast-fashion giants such as Zara, H&M, Topshop, and Uniqlo has been fast and furious in China. At the same time, it has put many local mid-to-low-market Chinese brands in a quagmire: they’re now facing…
Fake Dior Fashion Week Tickets? China Seller Hawks Front Row in Paris for $146K
Front-row seats to Dior’s upcoming Spring/Summer 2019 runway show in Paris are being scalped for $146,325 (RMB 1 million) online in China. Over the past few days, a ticket sales announcement about the upcoming Dior fashion show during Paris Fashion Week, which begins Tuesday, September 25, has been widely circulated on Chinese social media. The…
Bespoke Shoemaker Maison Corthay Finds Solid Footing in China
A staff member puts a patina on a pair of shoes at Maison Corthay. (Courtesy Photo) While big-name brands debate about whether Chinese consumers still love logos amid China’s economic slowdown, one small-scale French shoemaker is basking in its success. Maison Corthay opened its first store in the spring of last year in Beijing’s upscale…
Beijing’s Edgy Trendsetters Hail Rise Of Hutong Concept Stores
The interior of boutique INK in Beijing. Once the land of ubiquitous Louis Vuitton bags, China is now a place where the wealthy are undergoing a shift in fashion sense, moving away from the big brands of yesteryear and toward niche designers, snapping up clothes and accessories from a growing crop of concept stores and…
Importing the Catwalk: How High-End Fashion Shows Came to China
New York Fashion Week kicks off next week, just as Chinese New Year — the Year of the Pig (traditionally one of good luck and happiness) — begins. And the two cultures will come together in a way they never had until not long ago. High-fashion runway shows, as we think of them today, began…
Made by China: Luxury Outlet Mecca Shanghai Village Has Major Goals for Local Brands
Awarded a prime location in the heart of the Shanghai Village, Chuang x Yi boutique boasts luxury clothing, accessories and furniture at a discounted price. But unlike its counterparts at the designer outlet mall, Chuang x Yi stocks exclusively Chinese brands. The concept, created by the management at Value Retail Villages, was inspired by the…
Opening Ceremony’s ‘Year of China’ Gives Major Platform to Emerging Chinese Designers
A snapshot of clothing from the Spring/Summer 2016 collections by Chinese designers in Opening Ceremony’s Year of China curation. Brands from left to right: Renli Su, Shushu/Tong, and Sankuanz. The Chinese design scene may have just beat a level in the game of global fashion. At least this is what founders Humberto Leon and Carol…
China Continues to Drive Burberry’s Growth
The first quarterly report by British fashion house Burberry was better than expected, a result perfectly timed with the arrival of the new CEO, Marco Gobbetti. The lift comes from the rebound in demand in China and its good performance in the UK. The results, released on July 12, were boosted by strength in mainland…
Wuhao Curates Innovative Fashion Experience for Beijing’s Trendsetters
Wuhao’s pop-up at the Four Seasons hotel in Beijing. (Jing Daily) As Chinese shoppers have become increasingly interested in small niche fashion labels and multi-brand boutiques have been popping up in trendy neighborhoods across Beijing and Shanghai, Beijing-based curated multi-brand boutique Wuhao has been there from the beginning. Founded in 2010 by France natives Virginie Kompalitch and Isabelle Pascal,…