Bespoke Cufflinks Raise The Bar For Shanghai Menswear, One Sleeve At A Time Turkish-born, Shanghai-based cufflinks designer Begum Kiroglu. Turkish-born and Shanghai-based designer Begüm Kiroglu set up her luxury cufflinks label, Begüm Khan, in 2011, and has since become one of the most interesting designers to watch in Shanghai’s ever-growing creative scene. Conceived in Shanghai…
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How To Lead A Couture Brand in the Age of Fast Fashion: An Interview With LANYU’S CEO
When consumers more and more demand fashion to be fast, cheap and perhaps sometimes even disposable, is the concept of “haute couture” still relevant to the industry today? Nicole Zhao, chief executive of the Chinese couture brand LANYU, certainly has the authority to answer it. Her response is LANYU’s Ready-to-Wear (RTW) collection launched in 2016,…
From Cashmere to Yak Wool, China is Vital Market for Global Fine Fiber Industry
A promotional photo for yak textile label Myak, which produces products from yak wool harvested on the Tibetan plateau. (Myak) From the harvesting process to retail sales, the global cashmere and fine fiber industry is deeply connected to China. With 95 percent of the world’s supply of pure cashmere coming from China along with the…
Celebrate Chinese New Year in Style: Jing Daily’s Year of the Sheep Luxury Gift Guide
A red bag by Fendi for its Chinese New Year capsule collection. The Lunar New Year travel and shopping season is in full swing, and that means Chinese tourists are flocking abroad to take advantage of luxury prices much lower than what they can find at home. As a result, a legion of luxury brands…
From Social Status To Self-Expression: The Rapid Evolution Of China’s Street Style
Click:electric tricycle cargo factory A photo found in P1’s enormous street style collection. (P1) It’s easy to tell when a trend is “in,” but is it possible to quantify just how “in” something is? Chinese fashion social network P1 thinks it can do just that with a massive collection of street style photos and some…
The Top 10 Luxury Kidswear Brands Chinese Mothers Are Crazy About
The first day of June in China is a holiday called Children’s Day. As you may have guessed, on this day, Chinese children get showered with attention and a lighter day of classes at school. For parents, this day is about giving children gifts. Seeing the demand for gift-giving, many brands in China also create…
Is ‘Migrant-Worker Plaid’ Making A Fashion Week Comeback?
Some familiar plaid patterns on the street at Paris Fashion Week. (Tommy Ton) In 2006, Louis Vuitton sparked the ire of Shanghai’s chicest residents when they noticed a bag that appeared on its runway closely resembled those used by many of China’s migrant workers when traveling home for the holidays. We couldn’t help but notice…
10 Chinese Fashion Designers to Follow on Instagram
It’s arguable that the Chinese fashion design scene is hitting its stride this year. In the midst of the excitement in the run-up to New York Fashion Week, Opening Ceremony announced they’re stocking a wide range of Chinese designers at their New York City boutique for the first time, with co-founder Humberto Leon telling WWD…
China’s National People’s Congress Embraces ‘Military-Chic’ Austerity Style
Folk singer Song Zuying shows up for the two sessions in military garb this week after last year’s fur jacket and Chanel boots ensemble. The effects of the Chinese government’s ongoing anti-graft campaign were on full display at the start of this week’s “two sessions” government meetings, with everyone from political princelings to celebrity singers…
New Apps Offer Wary Chinese Consumers Online Authentication for Second-Hand Luxury Goods
China has been driving global luxury sales in recent years, but that hasn’t been the case with respect to the second-hand luxury market. But with an uptick in sites that sell second-hand luxury goods online, that’s beginning to change. And with the rise in the second-hand luxury market, there’s a comparable need in e-commerce for…