2017 has been treating Gucci well. After first revealing its “Year in Search” report for 2017, Google announced the top 10 most searched fashion brands of the year, among which Gucci claimed the number one spot. In the meantime, Kering, Gucci’s parent company, strives to increase its e-commerce market share in China, even dropping its…
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Interview: DFO Showroom Supports Up-And-Coming Fashion Brands’ China Debut
Emerging fashion brands on display at the DFO showroom in Shanghai. (The Marginalist) Thanks to a growing emphasis on individual style and the expansion of multi-brand boutiques and department stores such as 10 Corso Como, Galeries Lafayette, and and Lane Crawford, small niche fashion labels are taking off in China. As a result, emerging lifestyle…
Armani Fashion Set To Star In Stylish Chinese Film
A still from Gone With the Bullets. The arts of Italian fashion and Chinese cinematography are set to come together later this year in a glamorous new film directed by Jiang Wen and styled by Giorgio Armani. Women’s Wear Daily reports that earlier this week at Cannes Film Festival, Armani teamed up with the Chinese…
Ask Hung Huang | Guo Pei and the Future of Chinese Couture
A gown by Guo Pei. (Courtesy Photo) Following the recent announcement that Chinese couture designer Guo Pei was chosen this year to be on the “Invited Members” list of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture, we sent questions to Hung this week about Chinese couture. We received great submissions over the past week on…
Crossover | Shanghai Tang & Moleskine ‘Year Of The Horse’ Diary
Chinese New Year won’t start until the end of January in 2014, but the special-edition zodiac product deluge has already begun. To celebrate the year of the horse, Shanghai Tang and Moleskine have just announced their new limited-edition zodiac notebook in honor of the next animal in line. This upcoming year’s iteration of the “Feng…
Hong Kong Needs To Step Up Its Game To Keep Mainlanders Shopping For Luxury
Mainland Chinese shoppers in a Hong Kong jewelry store. (Shutterstock) Mainland Chinese shoppers in search of avoiding high tariffs on luxury goods are a mainstay for Hong Kong retailers, who are currently panicking as Hong Kong’s government mulls curbs on Chinese visitor numbers. With a growing number of duty-free shopping alternatives for Chinese travelers, Hong…
Event Watch: Fashion’s Night Out In Four Chinese Cities
Vogue China Editor-in-chief Angelica Cheung poses with top China fashion figures at last year’s Fashion’s Night Out. (Vogue China) Along with global fashion centers such as New York, Paris, Milan, and London, worldwide nighttime shopping extravaganza Fashion’s Night Out Night Out will be hitting China in September with events in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, and…
Condé Nast’s New Shanghai Center Brings ‘Real-World’ Teaching Approach to China’s Rising Fashion Industry
As Vogue publisher Condé Nast expands beyond its traditional magazine business into the world of fashion and design education, China is front and center in its global business plan. The publisher’s Condé Nast Center of Fashion & Design started classes at its newly opened Shanghai location last fall, marking the school’s second global location after…
Flashy Logos Are Making a Comeback in China
Over the past few seasons, logos have made a return to the runway. Even in China, where the industry consensus was that countless fakes and shallow status projection had created serious logo fatigue, people are no longer ashamed to flash luxury logos from head to toe. In the West, the recent renaissance in flashy logos is…
International Woolmark Prize Marks Year of the Sheep With First Ever China-Based Finals
Looks by Chinese entry VMajor at the International Woolmark Prize womenswear finals in Beijing on March 17, 2015. (Jing Daily) The top global fashion prize that launched the careers of Karl Lagerfeld, Yves Saint Laurent, Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren, Dolce & Gabbana, and Giorgio Armani held its global womenswear finals in Beijing on Tuesday, marking…