Click:electronic products manufacturer Zhenpin.com Offers Image Consultation Services In Beijing & Shanghai Zhenpin features profiles of its image consultants for customers to peruse First popularized in Europe and the US, image consultation services have started to catch on among China’s burgeoning high-end e-tailers. Facing intense competition from home-grown and global players alike, relative newcomer Zhenpin.com apparently took…
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Topshop Nods To China With “The Lanterns” Mini-Movie
Topshop’s First Chinese New Year Campaign Topshop: "The Lanterns" Though Topshop won’t have a physical store in China until its first flagship in Hong Kong opens this May, the British brand has been hard at work making overtures to what it hopes will be one of its most promising new markets. In preparation for the flagship opening,…
Hong Kong Niche Boutique Medium Rare Hits Beijing
Retailer Stocks Emerging Brands Like The Viridi-anne, forme d’expression, incarnation Medium Rare Beijing, at Sanlitun Village With the emergence of a niche buyer base for lesser-known fashion brands and designers in cities like Beijing and Shanghai, a handful of curated multi-designer stores have opened in (or expanded into) the Chinese Mainland in recent years. From…
Gucci Artisan Corner Drops By Wenzhou
Gucci’s globetrotting Artisan Corner — at which craftspersons visit select stores to take part in live workshops — makes a stop in Wenzhou this week. Taking place from November 22-25 at Wenzhou Intime Center, the event will give locals a chance to see the assembly and finishing process on handbags like the Bamboo, New Jackie, New…
Competition Becoming Fiercer As Zegna Celebrates 20 Years In China
Italian Mainstay Currently Has 75 Stores In 37 Chinese Cities Scene from Zegna’s 20th anniversary runway show in Beijing Coming off the launch of its new location at Beijing’s Peninsula Hotel, the premium Italian brand Ermenegildo Zegna recently celebrated its 20th anniversary in the China market. While Zegna continues to post impressive sales in China,…
Alexa Chung Models For Chinese Fast Fashion Brand, ME&CITY
Brand Previously Worked With Orlando Bloom And Agyness Deyn Alexa Chung (C) for ME&CITY This week, the Chinese fast fashion retailer ME&CITY released promotional shots for its A/W 2011 collection, which feature British “It Girl” Alexa Chung sporting the brand’s new looks on a rooftop in Paris. Shot by photographer Feng Zhikai (冯志凯), this campaign marks…
With Eye On Chinese Middle Class, LVMH Buys Stake In Domestic Retailer Ochirly
Deal Worth US$200 Million, Valuing Ochirly At US$2 Billion Ochirly has about 200 retail outlets across the Chinese mainland The China market has obviously been pretty good to the luxury consortium LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton S.A., which posted forecast-beating 22 percent global growth in 2011 due heavily to Chinese spending both at home…
10 Minutes With…Hong Kong-Based Menswear Designer Anthony Hill
“All Of Our Focus Goes Into Expert Craftsmanship, Excellent Fabrics And Perfect Fits” Image: South China Morning Post Standing at the forefront of Hong Kong’s menswear revolution is British designer Anthony Hill, whose eponymous label Hill has injected a shot of sartorial vigor into the city’s fashion scene. Creating deftly tailored blazers, chinos and shorts…
Coach First Global Luxury Brand To Launch Official Tmall “Flagship”
One-Month Pilot Online Store Running Through January 15, 2012 Screenshot of Coach’s “pop-up” online flagship on Tmall Fresh off the heels of its star-studded 70th anniversary celebration in Beijing, today Coach is celebrating another milestone in China, the launch of an official pilot Taobao Mall (Tmall) store that will give Chinese shoppers access to limited-edition…
Hilary Tsui Collaborates With HK Label Izzue On Apparel, Eyewear Collection
Hong Kong-based Izzue Owned By I.T Group Hilary Tsui x Izzue x SUPER (Image: Izzue) Recently, the Hong Kong label Izzue, owned by the I.T. Group (previously on Jing Daily), teamed up with the actress-turned-budding style icon Hilary Tsui (徐濠縈) for the “IZZUE+SUI” (Izzue-Tsui) collection of apparel and eyewear. Tsui’s collection incorporates the wild leopard…