Hermès, Other Brands Recognizing Importance Of Chinese Luxury Market, Designing Shanghai-Inspired Collections And Limited Edition Items Shanghai Tang calls itself "China's first luxury brand." Lingering global economic woes have sent Chinese luxury consumers leapfrogging past their counterparts in more established markets, leading the world’s top luxury brands to fight tooth and nail for more market…
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Event Coverage: “Dutch Fashion Here & Now” At Shanghai Fashion Week
Amsterdam-Based Fashion Recruitment/Consultancy Agency HTNK Organizes Event With Fashion Designers And Recent Graduates Cutting-edge Dutch design in Shanghai This weekend, Jing Daily attended “Dutch Fashion Here & Now” at Shanghai Fashion Week. Consisting of runway shows, sourcing events, private fittings and showrooms, Dutch Fashion Here & Now — which continues until October 26 — looks to introduce…
Will A Narrowing Price Gap Entice Chinese To Buy Luxury Products Domestically?
Luxury Brands Raising Prices In Europe and the US, While China Isn’t Seeing Price Increases Louis Vuitton’s Neverfull PM, which is now only 532 RMB ($81USD) cheaper in the US and 936 RMB (102 euros) in France. Luxury goods in Europe and North America have historically been about one-third cheaper than the same products in…
What Does ‘Masstige’ Mean For China?
Diffusion Lines As A Fashion Industry Trend Lanvin's collaboration with H&M is the latest example of 'masstige' While it’s long functioned as a successful fashion industry strategy, “masstige” has gained new currency as the buzzword of the moment, following the announcement of a capsule-collection collaboration between Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz and fast-fashion retailer H&M. Elbaz…
“China In Paris Showroom” Spotlights Chinese Design Talent At Fashion Week
Fashion Media And Buyers From Around The World Stopped By Three-Day Event Designer Guo Pei with her gold thread dress, which required 50,000 hours of work (Image: PR) The Chinese presence at Paris Fashion Week, which is currently winding down, was perhaps greater than ever this year. In addition to Chinese celebrities like Fan Bingbing…
Who Are China’s Fast Fashion Contenders?
Some In China Feel Country’s Fashion Industry Headed Towards Fast Fashion Rather Than Luxury Actor Wentworth Miller was tapped for ME&CITY's first collection in 2009 While the buzzword “fast fashion” may be somewhat new to the China market, fast fashion itself has been around in some form or another for the past few decades, mostly…
Jing Daily In Monocle Magazine
February 2011 Issue Features “Made In China” Design Section Highlighting New Chinese Brands Monocle issue 40, Photo by Ricardo Bernardo | ricardobernardo.net Jing Daily is mentioned in the February 2011 issue of Monocle magazine, the London-based publication focusing on global affairs, business, culture and design. In this month’s design section, Monocle looks at the “Made…
JNBY Set To Open First Permanent Retail Location In New York City
16-Year-Old Hangzhou Company Now Operating In Asia, Europe And North America After the success of the JNBY pop-up store in Soho last month, the company has moved ahead with plans to open a permanent retail outlet one block away (Image: Refinery29) This fall, Chinese fashion house JNBY (“Just Naturally Be Yourself”) opened a temporary pop-up store…
Dalian Looks To Get On The Fashion Radar With Versace, Young Designer Shows
38 Young Designers Took Part In “Dalian Cup” Fashion Competition Local designs at the Dalian Cup Dalian might not rank alongside Paris, Milan or New York as a world-class fashion hub just yet, but no one can blame designers there for lack of trying. This week in Dalian — which, incidentally, ranked among the top…
Hermès’ China Brand Shang Xia To Launch Next Week: Watch For Jing Daily’s Exclusive Coverage
Brand To Officially Launch In Shanghai On September 16 Shang Xia, Hermes' new China sub-brand Since word first broke that Hermès was planning a “Created in China” standalone luxury brand focused on the Chinese market last winter, Shang Xia, Jing Daily has kept a close eye on the brand’s development. Though details have been scarce,…