International luxury brands are increasingly partnering with shopping deal websites aimed at Chinese audiences, in part as a way of participating in China’s Singles’ Day and Double 12 shopping festivals. While there are concerns over whether deal sites are a good fit for luxury brands, the jaw-dropping sales such events engender—coupled with the success of Dealmoon’s…
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Spring Festival Spotlight | Gucci’s China-Exclusive Year Of The Horse Collection
Presenting a special-edition “China-red” collection of its Bright Bit bags is luxury brand Gucci, which is able to take advantage of the fact that its iconic “horse bit” found on its shoes and bags is perfect for this year’s zodiac animal. The brand highlights on its Sina Weibo page that the bags “represent auspicious, successful,…
Interview: Furla’s CEO Weighs in on China’s Love For Accessible Luxury
Furla CEO Eraldo Poletto. (Mattia Greghi) Riding the “accessible luxury” wave at the right time for the Chinese market, Italian leather goods brand Furla, one of Italy’s most successful brands in the affordable luxury segment, has its sights set on making China its biggest market within five years. During Milan Fashion Week, Jing Daily interviewed …
Jennifer Lawrence, Gong Li, And Madame Chiang Kai-shek: China-Themed Met Gala Details Released
John Galliano for Christian Dior for its fall 1997 collection. (The Metropolitan Museum) After months of secret planning, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute has finally revealed the name and concept of next year’s China-focused Met Gala and annual fashion exhibition. “Chinese Whispers: Tales of the East in Art, Film, and Fashion,” will be the theme…
What Our Readers Are Saying About the JD-Farfetch Deal
Last week, JD.com and Farfetch announced a landmark partnership in which the e-commerce giant will acquire a US$397-million stake in British luxury shopping site. Farfetch will benefit from JD’s logistics and social media prowess while JD will take advantage of Farfetch’s worldwide influence as a major luxury e-tailer. While both stand to benefit from the union, is the…
Mulberry Stages Comeback Bid With China In Sights
Model Cara Delevingne promotes Mulberry’s F/W 2014 London Fashion Week presentation. (Mulberry/Morgan O’Donovan) Mulberry’s F/W 2014 London Fashion Week presentation enlisted the collaboration of famous British model Cara Delevingne in hopes of breathing new life into the brand after a third profit warning and confirmed reports of a 27 percent market price loss. With almost…
Bosideng Brings ‘Chinese Sensibility’ To U.S. Menswear Market
Looks from Bosideng’s F/W 14 presentation for New York Fashion Week. (Marko Kalfa) Although many of China’s companies are rapidly expanding abroad, its fashion labels are still overwhelmingly confined to the domestic sphere. Billion-dollar company Bosideng has been working hard to change this with an ambitious international development plan that has made its way from…
Tiffany Trump Wore Outfit by Chinese Designer to Debate as Dad Bashed China
As Donald Trump ranted about China devaluing currency and stealing American jobs at the U.S. presidential debate on Monday night, his daughter Tiffany Trump displayed a slightly more pro-globalization attitude—at least with her sartorial choice—as she watched from the audience in an outfit by a Chinese fashion designer. Following the debate, fashion label Taoray Wang…
How China’s Grand Summit Uses Lifestyle to Stand out in an E-Commerce Era
The Grand Summit shopping mall recently opened its doors in Shenzhen. (Courtesy Photo) With a growing number of Chinese luxury consumers heading abroad or online to do their shopping, high-end mall developers and landlords face a challenging industry. Nonetheless, new shopping centers are still being built across China, and in Beijing, several new malls have popped up throughout…
Spring Festival Spotlight | DKNY Launches ‘Year Of The Horse’ Collection
Items from DKNY’s “Year of the Horse” collection. (DKNY) A new 16-piece collection by DKNY joins a Rolls-Royce model and special Moleskine/Shanghai Tang notebook as the latest product launch to celebrate the year of the horse for Spring Festival (Chinese New Year). Many items in the collection feature an embroidered horse design in the auspicious…