Asia Ferragamo’s Largest Market Ferragamo has a dual e-tail presence in China via Xiu and TheCorner Having invested heavily in Asia — its largest regional market — over the past several years, and focused increasingly on mainland China expansion, this week Italian luxury fashion group Salvatore Ferragamo announced plans to increase its stake in China joint…
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Hong Kong Gets “Made-To-Measure”
Lane Crawford HK Offers Made-To-Measure Services Through March 19 MTM at Lane Crawford From March 1-19, luxury department store Lane Crawford offers exclusive, personalized, one-of-the-kind made-to-measure (MTM) services from some of the best labels and craftsmen in the industry, including Armani Collezioni, Canali, and Lanvin 15 Faubourg. As an added bonus, from March 8-11, master tailor…
10 Minutes With…Paola Sinisterra Of HK Label Tangram
“The Enthusiasm & Vibrancy Of China & Asia Is…What Makes Doing Our Job Here So Exciting” Image: Sabrina Sikora, courtesy of Paola Sinisterra Brimming with infectious energy, Colombia-born, Hong Kong-based Paola Sinisterra has become one of the city’s designers to watch since launching womenswear and accessories label Tangram last year with her husband Ignacio. Offering fresh,…
Kiton Relauches Hangzhou Boutique After Less Than One Year
Hangzhou One Of China’s Largest Single Luxury Markets Kiton store at Hangzhou Tower Taking an interesting step for a not-quite-one-year-old boutique, the Italian fashion brand Kiton this week opened the doors of its newly renovated location at Hangzhou Tower. With a newly added “bespoke area,” including plenty of collar, sleeve, button and fabric options for…
Tom Ford Opens First Womenswear Boutique In Beijing
Brand Now Has Total Of 67 Stores And Shops-in-Shop Nearly 18 months after officially launching his women’s line in mainland China, Tom Ford is gaining more ground in the country with the launch of his first womenswear boutique in Beijing. An extension to Ford’s existing 1,700-square-foot menswear store at the Peninsula Hotel, the womenswear section…
Designer To Watch: Yirantian Guo
“I’m Inspired By Everything Around Me” "White Project" by Yirantian Guo Recent London College Of Fashion graduate (and newly admitted MA student) Yirantian Guo (郭一然天) may be young, but she’s already gaining accolades for her unique sense of design and style. Recently, the Chinese site Fashion Trend Digest caught up with Guo to discuss her…
Surprise! Consumer 2.0 In China Wants Unknown Brands
Mainland Chinese shoppers often look for brands in Hong Kong that are harder to find at home Some of the best-selling brands in China are labels that are less than well known. This may surprise readers who are used to headlines like, “Three-Hour Lines At Gucci.” But beware of headlines — they only tell one side…
Report: Greater China Luxury Sales Set To Surpass Japan For First Time
PricewaterhouseCoopers Report Also Notes Opportunity Of Second-, Third-Tier Chinese Cities. Retail sales in Asia (in US$ billion) (Image: PriceWaterhouseCoopers) Underlining the importance of Asia to the global luxury market, and the role that emerging economies like China, Vietnam and India are playing in buoying major brands, a new PricewaterhouseCoopers report highlights some of the key…
Ralph Lauren Gives Shanghai Clients VIP Treatment
Cocktail Party Example Of “Unique Experience” Brand Strategy Chinese clients are treated to a private fashion show at Ralph Lauren’s Shanghai flagship store. (Affinity China) In an April promotional event at Ralph Lauren’s Shanghai flagship store, Chinese guests were treated to wine, hors d’oeuvres, and an up-close fashion show as part of an increasingly common strategy…
JOYCE Brings Savile Row To Hong Kong
JOYCE Central Stocks Three Leading Bespoke Brands British tailoring at JOYCE Central Never content to rest on its laurels, this week leading Hong Kong-based luxury retailer JOYCE followed up the European launch of its Romeo Gigli capsule collection with a special bespoke tailoring section in its Central location featuring the work of three British heritage…