14,500-Square-Meter Store On City’s Left Bank Expected To Entice Well-Heeled Chinese And Other Tourist-Shoppers Hermès expects Chinese tourist-shoppers to be regular shoppers at its vast new flagship in Paris (Image: Pinkmemo) This week, Suzy Menkes of the New York Times takes a look at the new, super-sized Hermès flagship in Paris, a temple to international…
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Dior’s “Lady Blue Shanghai,” Directed By David Lynch (Video)
Short Film Latest Example Of Major Brands Using Shanghai As Backdrop Following Chinese artist Yang Fudong’s short film “First Spring” for Prada, which premiered earlier this year, Dior has released David Lynch’s “Lady Blue Shanghai,” a short promotional film in a similar vein starring the French actress Marion Cotillard. Take a look:
Fashion News: Supermodel Liu Wen’s Official Debut As Estée Lauder Spokeswoman; Vogue‘s Growing Interest In China
Estée Lauder Celebrates Make-up Series In Beijing; Anna Wintour Arrives After Vogue’s December Issue Features Asian Models Tom Pecheux and Liu Wen in Beijing (Image: China Daily) Over the weekend in Beijing, Estée Lauder celebrated the unveiling of the new Pure Color Metamorphosis make-up series, a limited edition series designed to appeal to the modern…
Bypassing Japan, Spanish Fashion Brand ‘by basi’ Makes Asia Debut In Beijing
Beijing Boutique First Asian Location For Brand, Joining Stores In Europe, Russia, UK, USA The Spanish brand by basi has recently entered the China market with its debut Beijing boutique (Image: by basi) While the trend last year in the fashion industry was to close down stores in stagnant markets like Japan and open new…
Dunhill Launches Accessories Line To Celebrate Year Of The Rabbit
Rabbit Serves As Inspiration For Dunhill Cufflinks, Key Ring, Strap and Ties Dunhill's "Rabbit" series In celebration of the upcoming Chinese Year of the Rabbit, Dunhill has launched a “Rabbit” series of accessories, which includes cufflinks, key ring, mobile phone strap, and ties. The accessories are three-dimensional rabbits in sterling silver and the tie depicts a…
China’s Japan Shopping Spree Continues As Shandong Ruyi Acquires Renown
Investment Would Be Largest Investment By Chinese Investor In A Public Japanese Company Shandong Ruyi's planned investment in Renown is a first for a Chinese textile maker (Image: Ruyi logo) Despite Japan’s traditional resistance to foreign takeovers of its companies, investment in Japanese companies by Chinese ones has increased by leaps and bounds, particularly in…
Chanel Harnesses The Power Of China’s Fashion Bloggers At Paris Fashion Week
Chinese Presence Among Guests At Chanel’s Fall/Winter 2011 Runway Show Actress and micro-blogger Yao Chen, actress Hilary Tsui, and stylist/blogger Han Huo Huo. This week, The Business of Fashion highlighted the potential of China’s micro-blogging service, Sina Weibo. While the focus has mostly been on brands that have launched accounts and tried to harness Weibo…
Taiwanese Designers “Targeting China’s Fashion Market”
ECFA Trade Agreement To Make Mainland China Market More Accessible For Taiwanese Fashion Brands Taiwanese designers like Gioia Pan have been successful in the mainland China market in recent years The Associated Press reports today that Taiwanese designers and fashion brands are set to break into mainland China in a big way as a result…
White Collar Workers Mad For Luxury; But Will They Squeeze LV, Gucci Out Of Top-Tier Markets?
MSN China Portal Survey Finds 38% Of Beijingers Regularly Buy Luxury Products, More Than Shanghai Or Guangzhou New department stores like Lane Crawford in Beijing have increased the number of luxury brands available to potential buyers in Beijing A new survey on MSN’s China portal (Chinese), conducted in cooperation with the Chinese online research and…
Hong Kong-Listed Luxury Brands Faring Best In Mainland China: More To Come?
Prada Latest To Pursue Hong Kong IPO Prada recently held its first catwalk outside of Europe at CAFA in Beijing (Image: Getty) In the wake of the recent Chinese New Year holiday, during which luxury brands recorded impressive sales in mainland China and Hong Kong, Aaron Fischer, regional head of consumer research at CLSA Asia…