Last week, Jing Daily took part in a Shanghai gala dinner and launch party marking the launch of the Swarovski Elements “Sparkling Contrasts” capsule footwear collection. For the collection, Swarovski invited 13 high-profile footwear designers and studios to each create two pairs of contrasting yet complementary shoes, presenting the designs as one-of-a-kind works of wearable…
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“NO MORE MONO” Exhibition Bursts Non-Sustainable Fashion Bubble
Eco-Friendly Design Brands Team Up For Fashion-Forward Collective No More Mono, Beijing Having moved from Hong Kong to Beijing last spring, eco-friendly fashion brand NEEMIC has joined forces with other design brands like GAR-DE and SARAYUN, launching “NO MORE MONO,” a new collective and exchange-fashion focused exhibition at the Liang Dian Design Center (LDDC) in…
Jing Picks: JOYCE By Romeo Gigli S/S 2013 Collection
Following its first successful partnership with the Italian designer Romeo Gigli last year, which marked Gigli’s triumphant return to the scene, Hong Kong luxury powerhouse JOYCE recently unveiled its second collaboration with the fashion legend. Preceded by an ethereal ad campaign shot by Thomas Devaux, the JOYCE by Romeo Gigli S/S 2013 line features beautifully textured…
France’s Fashion TV Eyes Chinese Entertainment Industry
A new French-Shanghai-style club to be launched in Shanghai A model poses at the press conference announcing FTV’s new venture in Shanghai Sina reports this week that the French media group Fashion TV (FTV) has teamed up with the Shanghai Kailing Group to build its first “French-Shanghai-style club”, Fashion House. This will mark FTV’s official…
China’s Fashion-Forward Embrace “Low-Key Luxury” Eyewear
Multi-Brand Boutiques, Independent Designers Meeting Niche Demand Coterie, Shanghai (Image: Nuandao) A population of well over 1.3 billion, one of the world’s fastest-growing luxury markets, and a well-publicized “myopia epidemic“: for high-end eyewear brands and designers, China looks like a slam dunk. Driven by the same factors as the multi-brand boutique trend now sweeping through…
The Timing Is Right For Jil Sander’s China Expansion
Minimalist German Label Hopes To Bank On China’s Stealth Wealth Trend Jil Sander’s new Beijing location. (Women’s Wear Daily) As part of a China-heavy global expansion plan, Jil Sander has opened not one, but two flagship stores in China in the month of April. The two stores bring the total number of the brand’s mainland China…
Burberry Stands Out As Bright Spot In China Slowdown News
First-Quarter Downshift Leaves Luxe Brands Pondering New Strategies Burberry’s Beijing flagship store, which opened in 2011. (Timothy Coghlan/The Maosuit) This week’s report of China’s surprisingly slow first-quarter GDP growth has left luxury giants such as LVMH grappling with dismaying headlines and decreasing stock prices. Compounding the worries, the news came amidst a general months-long slowdown in China’s luxury market, sparked…
Mulberry Makes Mainland China Debut In Beijing
British Leather Goods Brand Opens Location At China World Mall Mulberry’s first mainland China boutique at China World Mall in Beijing Perhaps looking to capitalize on the popularity of its “Alexa” bag among China’s younger luxury lovers, recently the British hight-end brand Mulberry made its debut in Beijing. Situated in China World Mall, home to brands…
Birkins And Booze: Chinese Big Spenders Defy Fears Of Luxury Slowdown
Hermès Reported 13.4 Percent Rise In Q2 2012 Sales The Hermes store on Hong Kong's Canton Road remains a must-visit for mainland Chinese tourist-shoppers Following two years of staggering growth in China’s luxury sector, major luxury brands with huge retail footprints in mainland China have had a more challenging year, with Burberry and jeweler Chow…
Retro Renaissance: Shanghai Brand Ospop. Revives China’s “Blue Work Shirt”
First shown at the JUE NEXT GEN Photography Competition this March, the Shanghai-based brand Ospop.‘s “Blue Work Shirt” hearkens back to the traditional light blue, hard-wearing garment so ubiquitous throughout China from the 1950s through the 1970s. Updated with a more modern cut and details like screen-printed logos and slogans on the back and red accents under the sleeves, the new…