More Affordable Jeans Range To Target Younger Consumers, Cost US$40-60 dENiZEN is promoting its line in Asia based on fit Earlier this year, Levi Strauss & Co. announced that it was working on a new sub-brand designed to target Asian markets like China, where its jeans — priced in the $100 range there — remain…
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Xiao Wei: Chinese Designers Should Combine Western Techniques, Chinese Heritage
Award-Winning Young Interior Designer Interviewed At Fifth Annual China International Design Fair Young interior designer Xiao Wei Last month, Zhang Zhifeng, the founder and chief designer of the Chinese high fashion house NE-TIGER discussed the future of Chinese fashion design at the Prestige Brands Forum in Shanghai. According to Zhang, although Western brands remain dominant…
Exclusive: Li Xiaofeng’s “Porcelain Polo” And “Cotton Porcelain Polo” For Lacoste Unveiled In Paris
On-The-Ground Coverage By Nels Frye (Stylites in Beijing, LifeStyle Magazine) Today, Lacoste unveiled its 2010 Collector’s Series, designed by Chinese contemporary artist Li Xiaofeng (best known for his “porcelain shard” creations) at the famed Hôtel Costes in Paris. This week, Jing Daily has posted dispatches (Part One, Two) by fashion and lifestyle writer, editor and photographer Nels…
Week In Review: March 1-5
Jing Daily’s Top Posts For The Week In case you missed them the first time around, here are some of Jing Daily’s top posts for the week of March 1-5: Wang Jin – "Knocking at the Door" (1995) New Art Funds Diversifying As Market Confidence Increases; Increasing Percentage Of Chinese, Asian Artists Apple Apple’s China…
Shiseido Experiments With “Affordable Luxury” In China
Japanese Luxury Cosmetic Brand Launching New “DQ” Line Throughout Mainland To Reach Emerging Urban Areas The DQ line will range in price from 160-360 RMB ($23-$53). Image courtesy Shiseido Over the past few years, the luxury market in China has fragmented in interesting ways, with companies of all sizes trying new ways to transform China’s expanding…
Hong Huang: “As Long As The Chinese Have Spending Power, They’ll Be Interested in Domestic Designers”
Hong’s Beijing Boutique, Brand New China, Opened In August 2010 Hong Huang's boutique, Brand New China (BNC) at Sanlitun Village in Beijing (Image: City Weekend) This summer, Jing Daily covered the opening of Brand New China (BNC), a boutique at Beijing’s Sanlitun Village founded by Hong Huang (洪晃), a popular media figure, publisher and blogger….
Beijing’s Little-Known, Tradition-Infused High Fashion
Celebrities, Wealthy Beijingers Flock To Designer Zhang Binqiao’s Boutique At 15 Guanghua Road Designer Zhang Binqiao Jing Daily has previously looked at the growing interest (or “re-interest”) in traditional Chinese clothing in China, noting that clubs based around dressing in ancient Han Dynasty style (Hanfu) have popped up in a few cities and home-grown fashion…
Store Openings: Yohji Yamamoto Looks East As Alexander Wang Sets To Open In New York
Yohji Yamamoto’s Y-3 Opens in Beijing, and Alexander Wang to Open First Flagship in Old Yohji Yamamoto Space The fifth free-standing Y-3 location opened last Friday in Beijing Yohji Yamamoto’s financial problems are not new, as he filed for bankruptcy and abruptly closed his flagship store on Grand Street in New York a little over…
When (And How) Will China Create A World-Class Brand?
Chinese Upstarts “Don’t Realize It Takes Years To Create A Luxury Brand,” Says Christian Blanckaert High-end, Hermes-sponsored Shang Xia's first boutique, at Hong Kong Plaza in Shanghai Although international luxury brands are plagued with challenges in mainland China, from uneven consumer education and poor buyer loyalty to 0ften low profit margins, the sheer size and…
Burberry Buys Out Chinese Trading Partner, Aims At Unifying Brand
British Brand Ends 20-Year Partnership With Kwok Hang Holdings Burberry hopes to have over 100 franchises in China within the next five years The Guardian reports today that Burberry has bought out its Chinese trading partner, Kwok Hang Holdings, for £70 million (US$107.65 million) as part of the brand’s restructuring efforts. According to the article,…