Luxury shopping in Beijing’s Sanlitun area. (Jing Daily) As foreign brands expand their retail presence in China, they typically encounter landlords with more leverage than those in the United States or Europe. This landlord power, however, is not always justified by the reality of locations’ productivity or how they fit into a brand’s overall strategy. To navigate…
Category: Fashion
Interview: Emerging Designer Mim Mak Showcases Hong Kong Style On Global Stage
A piece from the HANG presentation at the Asia Fashion Collection runway show on February 11, 2014. (Asia Fashion Collection) On February 11, a group of young, up-and-coming Asian designers had the opportunity to show their collections in the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week tents at Lincoln center as part of Asia Fashion Collection, a traveling designer…
Jing Daily’s Year Of The Horse Readers’ Choice: Hermès Galop Collection Jewelry
The results are in: of all of the special-edition Chinese New Year luxury products that hit the market this year, our readers’ favorite was Hermès’ Galop Collection fine jewelry. Exclusive to Harrods, these pieces celebrate both the year of the horse and the brand’s equestrian heritage with auspicious rose gold adorned with diamonds. The pieces…
Eco-Fashion Gets Hip for China’s ‘Light Green’ Consumers
It’s difficult to imagine that there wouldn’t be fashion consumers in China who care about protecting the environment—after all, its cities are choking in “red alert”-level pollution and contaminated water. But while there are some designers and organizations in China have have taken up the “green” cause by going to great lengths to source certified…
Bigger Means Better: Chinese Shoppers Love Massive Malls
A giant LED screen at Beijing’s The Place shopping center. (Jing Daily) Brands looking for their next China store location may want to opt for a spot in a mega-mall rather than on a busy shopping street, according to the results of a new CBRE survey on Asia-Pacific consumers’ shopping habits. For a recently released…
China Saves Tod’s Sales for the First Half of 2017
While Italian luxury group Tod’s reported a 2.9-percent decline in revenue for the first half of 2017, sales from China increased 1.4 percent for the first half, year-over-year. Even though China is placed third by region share, right after Italy and Europe, it’s the only region that experienced positive growth, which means Tod’s next task could be…
Does Dior Have an Identity Crisis in China?
The rise of social media has made the life of luxury brands much harder these days. The effort to shape and sway online consumer sentiment via well-planned digital marketing campaigns can be extensive; and the results— highly unpredictable. Parisian fashion powerhouse Christian Dior is the latest example in the Chinese luxury market where a brand’s…
30 Chinese Designers to Take Stage at Major Fashion Shows Internationally This Year
Chinese fashion designers have continued to make strides on international stages this year. During the upcoming Spring/Summer 2018 Fashion Week in Milan, Paris, London and New York, according to the official calendar, 30 designers who are either Chinese or have a connection to China will debut their latest collections at one of the major shows. That’s…
Meet Fan Bingbing, Cannes Juror and the Darling of Luxury Brands
Among the top celebrities and film professionals who have gathered on the French Riviera for the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival is Fan Bingbing. The Chinese actress, who first turned heads at the event seven years ago when she wore Lawrence Xu’s sensational Dragon Robe on the red carpet, attends this year as a member of…
Function Meets Fashion: China’s Pollution Masks Take High-End Turn
A crystal-studded face mask at Chinese designer Masha Ma’s Paris Fashion Week runway show featuring her Spring/Summer 2015 collection. (Courtesy Photo) As China’s latest fashion trend, it has shown up on the official Paris Fashion Week runway. It’s sold alongside Givenchy pumps, Chloé handbags, and Lanvin dresses in a high-end online boutique. It appears in…