Roy Zhang highlights China’s rapid style transformation through his Shanghai street style images. (Roy Zhang/ShanghaiExpress) As a clear admirer and student of renowned Western counterparts Bill Cunningham (The New York Times), Scott Schuman (The Sartorialist), and Tommy Ton (Jak & Jil), Shanghai-based Roy Zhang is one of China’s most famous street style photographers. In addition to his contributions to…
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Guo Pei and Laurence Xu Lead Foreign Invasion at Paris Couture Week
Paris haute couture closed Thursday with China’s two inimitable designers—Guo Pei and Laurence Xu—leading the increasingly ‘foreign invasion.’ The Chambre Syndicale de la Couture, the industry’s governing body, welcomed five new names who debuted on day one—two from the US, and the rest from Europe. And couture week was extended by an extra day this year….
World’s Top Eco-Fashion Award Gears up for Fifth Anniversary in Hong Kong
The EcoChic Design Award fifth-year anniversary exhibition. (Courtesy Photo) China is estimated to produce more than 26 million tons of textile waste each year. Up against it all is a growing league of designers promoting environmental friendliness and sustainability through the fashion cycle, all the way from their initial sketches to the purchasing decisions of…
Shanghai Fashion Week Shakes Things Up with Consumer-Facing Initiatives
In its unrelenting pursuit to be regarded as one of the main events on the global fashion calendar, Shanghai Fashion Week showcased another season bigger than the last, with its continual expansion attracting international attention from buyers, including Lane Crawford, Selfridges, and Machine-A. However, one of the key trends at SFW Autumn/Winter 17, which took place…
Valentino and Vera Wang for 400 RMB: China’s Fashionistas Flock to Online Luxury Rental
Formal school dance events like prom and homecoming don’t exist in China, but that hasn’t stopped hundreds of young women from renting luxury gowns without an occasion to wear one. These women don’t need a reason for donning Vera Wang and Valentino—just a selfie stick and a social media following. This describes a significant portion…
Paris Fashion Week Interview: China in Paris Links Retailers with Rising Chinese Labels
The China in Paris showroom. (Courtesy Photo) The French retail market is notoriously frigid toward Chinese designers who hope for a small break in a Paris boutique. But China’s Christine Zhao, a director of fashion showroom InLife International, is proving to be the maverick they need as she opens the gateway for designers like Laurence…
Brooks Brothers Broadens Preppy Presence Online and Offline in China
Brooks Brothers has big expansion plans for outlets, travel retail channels, wholesale, and e-commerce in China. (Courtesy Photo) Chinese shoppers will soon have even more access to America’s oldest retail brand, Brooks Brothers, now that the they have formalized a partnership with Walton Brown Group, a subsidiary of Lane Crawford Joyce Group of Hong Kong. The…
London Collections: Men Chinese Designer Spotlight | Sean Suen
A look from Sean Suen’s Autumn/Winter 2016 collection. (Courtesy Photo) Despite the 9:oo a.m. Monday morning start, the room was packed for Sean Suen’s fashion show presented by GQ China on the final day of London Collections: Men. Clearly, Suen is worth getting out of bed for, and his immaculate Autumn/Winter 2016 collection displays the importance…
Le Book Spotlight | Levi Strauss Revel Fall 2013
Levi Strauss launched its new Revel line in August earlier this year. The high-end line for female consumers is made with “new compression technology” for better fit. Revel, like its 2010 precursor Curve ID, which allowed customers to choose from three body types: slight, demi or bold, is a step in the right direction when it…
Rising Designer Min Wu Talks Chinese Tastes At London Fashion Week
Looks from the Min Wu F/W 2014 collection presentation during London Fashion Week. A previous winner of Fashion Scout’s International Graduate Showcase, emerging womenswear designer Min Wu presented at London Fashion Week on February 15 with her much-anticipated F/W 2014 collection, Atmosphere and Automation. The new ready-to-wear collection embodied elegance with crisp whites and splashes…