Asian Fashion Hub Goes Global With Up-And-Coming Designers Scottish-born designer Holly Fulton’s runway show at January’s Hong Kong Fashion Week. (IBI Times) Featuring nearly 30 events including fashion shows, seminars, and presentations, Hong Kong Fashion Week for Spring/Summer 2014 will be staged from July 8-11, 2013 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The event, whose theme this year…
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When Will Chinese Fashion Get Its Big Break? It’s Already Happened
A look from Masha Ma’s S/S 15 collection. (Courtesy Photo) “In terms of Chinese fashion designers, I don’t see the growth here yet,” said Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour while in Beijing last week promoting the upcoming Met Gala’s China theme. Although Chinese fashion isn’t currently on her radar, she remains optimistic about its future: “I’m sure within…
NYFW Winners & Losers, the China Perspective
During the New York Fashion Week that just concluded, the Western fashion world finally got the message that the big-spending Chinese buyer is the one to court. With Hermès, for example, getting about 40 percent of their sales in the first half from the Asia-Pacific region, this is a powerhouse demographic the industry can’t afford…
The Met’s Andrew Bolton on Fashion’s China Fixation and Fantasy
A gown by designer Guo Pei at the Costume Institute’s new exhibit, “China: Through the Looking Glass.” (Cheryl Zhao/Jing Daily) While media coverage of this year’s Met Gala focused mainly on the attention-grabbing couture worn by top celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Beyoncé, and Rihanna (and Chinese media closely followed Chinese celebrities), the true star of the…
UK Trade Show Organizer ITE Sets Sights On Asia With Stake In The Hub
The entrance hall of Hong Kong trade show The Hub. (The Hub) UK trade show organizer ITE Moda has purchased of a 20 percent stake in Hong Kong trade show The Hub, an invitation-only event which helps niche fashion labels gain a foothold in the Asia market. The show’s owner, Entrepot Asia, made the sale…
Asian American Fashion Circle Endorses Crazy Rich Asians, Fueling Public Interest
Click:Chlorine tablets manufacturer on sale Crazy Rich Asians (“zhai’jin’qi’yuan摘金奇缘”) is perhaps one of the most highly-anticipated Hollywood fashion movies this summer – not only for its adaptation of the namesake best-selling novel by Singaporean-American writer Kevin Kwan, but for its cultural significance to the Asian American community. The movie is the second in Hollywood featuring…
Interview: Victoria Beckham Talks China, Fashion, and Hong Kong Store Plans
Victoria Beckham (L) sits on the judging panel at the International Woolmark Prize finals in Beijing next to Vogue Italia Editor-in-Chief Franca Sozzani (R). (Courtesy Photo) Whether promoting her eponymous fashion label, attending philanthropic events, or scouting out her next store location, fashion designer Victoria Beckham seems to be one of China’s most frequent celebrity…
London’s West End Sees Surge in Chinese Shoppers, but Retailers Say More Could be Done
Chinese shoppers made 23 percent of all purchases on London’s Bond Street last year. (Shutterstock) Trailing only the famously free-spending Qataris, Chinese shoppers are now the second-place foreign shopping contingent in London’s swish West End. According to a study put out last week by Global Blue, in 2014 shoppers from the Greater China region spent…
Tmall Will Launch New Luxury Brands Each Month in 2018
Tmall will launch new partnerships with luxury brands each month in 2018, Jessica Liu, president of Fashion and Luxury at Tmall, told Jing Daily on Wednesday. Since partnering with luxury brands requires “mutual agreement and effort,” it is hard to predict exactly how many brands Alibaba’s biggest business to consumer e-commerce platform is going to…
Global Luxury Retailers Gear Up For Chinese New Year Shoppers
The Chinese New Year pop-up shop at Bloomingdale’s in New York City. (Bloomingdales) High-end stores from New York’s Fifth Avenue to London’s Bond Street and beyond are marking the year of the horse by hiring Mandarin-speaking staff, offering Chinese-themed merchandise, and featuring cultural presentations—all to attract the world’s largest luxury spenders during China’s biggest festival,…