Click:3015 plate tube laser cutting machine factory Fashion blogger Laurence Li’s style has been recognized by the critical eyes of Vogue and American Apparel alike. A graduate from Emily Carr University of Art and Design majoring in animation, Laurence manages his blog, atomshell, while working to pursue his passion for art and fashion by exploring…
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Burberry’s Plan to Turn it Around in Hong Kong: Go Local
Burberry’s Spring/Summer 2016 show for menswear. (Courtesy Photo) This week, Burberry became the latest luxury brand to report less-than-stellar sales figures in the Greater China region, blaming the usual suspects: lower foot-traffic from mainland Chinese shoppers in Hong Kong (worsened by the lingering effects of last year’s political demonstrations), the ongoing anti-corruption crackdown on the…
Hermes Birkin Bag Sets New World Record at Auction, Secures Investment Status
An Hermes Birkin Bag with 18-karat white gold and diamond hardware broke the record for the most expensive bag ever sold at auction when it went to a bidder for $380,000 (HKD2,940,000) at Christie’s Hong Kong on May 31. The total for the Handbags & Accessories sale, including the buyer’s premium, was US$4,812,070 (HKD 37,493,800). The…
Victoria & Albert Exhibition in Hong Kong Mall Blurs Commerce-Culture Lines
After a decline in the number of Chinese travelers to Hong Kong in 2015, the figures have made a rebound due to cross-border visas becoming easier to attain. Hong Kong saw 23.7 million mainland visitor arrivals in the first half of 2018, and retail outlets are now in a programming battle with the hope of…
Luxury Brands Woo Chinese Market with Homegrown Talent
Chinese designer Xuzhi Chen was in the limelight late last month as the Central Saint Martins graduate was supported by Giorgio Armani at Milan Fashion Week to show at the Armani Theater, Armani’s own catwalk space that has sent new designers to international stardom. Xu is not the first Chinese designer to have this privilege. Rico…
Next Year’s Met Gala ‘All About China’
Model Liu Wen appeared in Zac Posen at this year’s Met Gala. (Weibo/吉良先生) This year’s Met Gala may have only ended a few weeks ago—and news of Solange Knowles’ post-event scuffle with Jay-Z is only starting to subside—but the Costume Institute is already busy preparing next year’s top Manhattan social event and annual fashion exhibition….
London Fashion Week Chinese Designer Spotlight: Apu Jan
Click:wps官网下载 A look from Apu Jan’s Autumn/Winter 2016 collection at London Fashion Week. (Simon Armstrong) London-based, Taiwan-born designer Apu Jan recently hit the runway as part of London Fashion Week’s Fashion Scout, an off-schedule showcase featuring emerging designers. The now LFW regular and designer behind the label APUJAN presented his Autumn/Winter 2016 “Lingeringly” collection of 36…
China Fashion Trend Watch: Wedding Gowns For Graduation
Young women across China are wearing white bedazzled gowns for one of the biggest days of their life—not their wedding, but their graduation ceremony. According to a recent Wall Street Journal report describing the trend, college graduates have taken up renting white, Western-style wedding gowns for around US$7 and then posing for photo shoots to mark…
Chinese Net Users’ Ultra-Luxe Watch Searches Surge 58 Percent
Vacheron Constantin’s Oveseas series received the highest number of internet searches in China for 2013, according to the World Watch Report. (Vacheron Constantin) Luxury watch sales may have declined in China in 2013, but that doesn’t mean Chinese consumers have lost interest in them. Statistics released by Digital Luxury Group for its annual World Watch…
Is Kering Putting All Its Eggs in a Gucci Basket?
Today Kering is the luxury-group king, racking up extraordinary corporate growth with an indisputable star brand: Gucci. And with a laser-focus on a key market: China. Despite the thorny €1.4-billion ($1.578 billion) tax evasion probe into Kering in Italy, the exit of its sustainability flagship brand Stella McCartney, its lost opportunity with Yoox (Kering signed…