This week, in our “Eye on London” series, Jing Daily looks at some of the brands, designers, hotels and restaurants in the London Luxury Quarter that are turning their attention to China’s sophisticated, seasoned traveler — the type who looks beyond the most visible brands and homes in on quality and craftsmanship over logos. Earlier this week,…
Category: Fashion
Shanghai Fashion Week Highlight: EcoChic Design Award
First EcoChic Design Award Won By Janko Lam Last Year Janko Lam receives the 2011 Ecochic Design Award As emerging international and Chinese labels hit runways in Xintiandi for Shanghai Fashion Week S/S 2013, the 2012 EcoChic Design Award competition is set to make its first foray into mainland China. Organized by the Hong Kong-based fashion NGO Redress,…
China Brand Spotlight: Shanghai Trio
French-Owned Company “Combines Traditional Chinese Craftwork With A Modern Western Touch” Shanghai Trio (Image: Fashion Trend Digest) Founded in 1998 by French expat Virginie Fournier, the Shanghai-based accessories and apparel brand Shanghai Trio has made a name for itself by combining traditional Chinese and modern Western design, creating everything from children’s outerwear to scarves from materials…
Ralph Lauren Opens First Asian Watch & Jewelry Gallery In Hong Kong
320 Square Meter, Split-Floor Boutique Includes Women’s Collections, Watches And Jewelry Sections Ralph Lauren at the Peninsula, Hong Kong Amid its ongoing China expansion, Ralph Lauren recently opened a new 320 square meter boutique at Hong Kong’s Peninsula Hotel, which also marks the Asian debut of the label’s watch and jewelry gallery. The Peninsula location…
Luxury Retailer Lane Crawford Aims At Second-Tier China
Part Of Plan To Open Three New Mainland China Locations By End Of 2014 Lane Crawford’s deep understanding of the China market gives it a leg up on the competition Originally announced in 2011, the China expansion efforts of Hong Kong-based luxury department store Lane Crawford are set to gain pace with the opening of…
Romeo Gigli Stages Fashion Comeback With China-Focused JOYCE Collection
Collection Comes In Tandem With Month-Long Exhibition Of Works On Show At JOYCE JOYCE by Gigli Always a step ahead of its competitors, the Hong Kong-based multi-brand luxury retailer JOYCE recently teamed up with a name from which we haven’t heard much in the past several years — Italian fashion designer Romeo Gigli. Renowned for…
Shanghai Tang Hints At New Hong Kong Flagship With Facebook “Teaser” Contest
Brand Relocating From Pedder Building To New Flagship Shanghai Tang – From Pedder To… Following the wrap of its pop-up “Loft” in Hong Kong’s Pedder Building, which ran from October of last year through February 20, this week Shanghai Tang is giving its Facebook fans a chance to guess the location of its new flagship in Hong…
Designer Deng Huanhuan: A Chinese Spin On Retro Fashion
Shenzhen’s Home-Grown Design Community Rising In Earnest Designer Deng Huanhuan Absent Beijing’s world-famous arts scene or the cosmopolitanism of Shanghai, Shenzhen — the southern Chinese all-business-all-the-time boomtown — isn’t typically associated with China’s burgeoning home-grown, high-end fashion industry. Associated more with the low-end, mass-produced fast-fashion churned out at nearby factories, Shenzhen, to the surprise of…
Swiss Watchmaker Tissot Looks To Innovate In Crowded China Market
Swiss Watchmaker Trying To Innovate To Tap Chinese Market Tissot’s recent press conference celebrating Mother’s Day in Guangzhou While most well-known Swiss luxury watchmakers have benefited from China’s intensifying love affair with everything horological, brands that don’t quite have the visibility of Omega or Rolex are working overtime to get their names better known in…
Interview: Warrior Shoes Renovator Ye Shumeng
The Comeback Of A Chinese Classic Ye Shumeng Who would have expected Ye Shumeng (叶书萌), a design student from Helsinki, to become one of the greatest proponents of bringing back “Made in China” classics? What started out for Ye as a personal interest has ignited a movement in the world of Chinese-made sneakers, bringing vintage style…