Chinese Presence Among Guests At Chanel’s Fall/Winter 2011 Runway Show Actress and micro-blogger Yao Chen, actress Hilary Tsui, and stylist/blogger Han Huo Huo. This week, The Business of Fashion highlighted the potential of China’s micro-blogging service, Sina Weibo. While the focus has mostly been on brands that have launched accounts and tried to harness Weibo…
Hong Kong-Listed Luxury Brands Faring Best In Mainland China: More To Come?
Prada Latest To Pursue Hong Kong IPO Prada recently held its first catwalk outside of Europe at CAFA in Beijing (Image: Getty) In the wake of the recent Chinese New Year holiday, during which luxury brands recorded impressive sales in mainland China and Hong Kong, Aaron Fischer, regional head of consumer research at CLSA Asia…
White Collar Workers Mad For Luxury; But Will They Squeeze LV, Gucci Out Of Top-Tier Markets?
MSN China Portal Survey Finds 38% Of Beijingers Regularly Buy Luxury Products, More Than Shanghai Or Guangzhou New department stores like Lane Crawford in Beijing have increased the number of luxury brands available to potential buyers in Beijing A new survey on MSN’s China portal (Chinese), conducted in cooperation with the Chinese online research and…
Marc Jacobs’s Chinoiserie: Obsession or Opportunism?
Recent Collections At Paris Fashion Week Show Hints Of Asian Influence Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton, S/S 2011 In his Spring-Summer 2011 collections for Louis Vuitton—menswear in July and womenswear last week—Marc Jacobs has been exploring the influence of Chinese design, a development that has drawn a great deal of media attention. Cuing his recent…
Hong Kong Fashion Week Off To Extravagant Start
2,000 Exhibitors Expected At This Year’s Event, Running Through January 20 Hong Kong Fashion Week (Photo: iFeng) Asia’s largest fashion fair, Hong Kong Fashion Week and World Boutique, is open for business. Kicking off yesterday and running until January 20, events include last night’s Fashion Extravaganza, a Young Designers contest, Fashion Week and Fashion Gallery….
Bespoke Fashion Has Second Coming In Shanghai
Louis Vuitton, Dunhill, Ermenegildo Zegna, Fendi Join Domestic Tailors In Offering Bespoke Services At Shanghai Boutiques Modern Shanghai tailors are bringing back the craftsmanship and quality for which they were known in the 1930s In Shanghai’s 1930s heyday, around the time it developed a reputation as the decadent “Paris of the East,” the city was renowned for its…
China’s Luxury Market Increasingly Split Between Conspicuous Consumers And Sophisticated Shoppers
Significant Proportion Of Mainland China Sales Come From Lower-Priced Accessories China’s luxury market is increasingly segmented This week, Yang Zhaohui of the China Fashion Network penned an op-ed about the complexities of the Chinese luxury market, writing that despite the flowery language often used to describe this fast-growing market, it is far more contradictory and…
Ferragamo Flagship In Shanghai To Be Its Largest Location In Asia
680 Sq.M. Store Set To Open Next Month At Shanghai International Financial Center Ferragamo's Shanghai flagship will be the company's largest location in Asia when it opens next month. It looks like Coach will have to fight a little harder for press coverage when it opens its flagship store in Shanghai next month, as the Italian…
NE-TIGER Designer Zhang Zhifeng, Supermodels Appear In “Experience China” Ad
NE-TIGER’s Zhang Zhifeng, Supermodels Featured In China’s “National Image” Advertisement China's self-promotional advertisement "China Red" (Image: Xinhua). This week, a 60 second advertisement, entitled “Experience China,” made its debut in New York’s Times Square, where it will be shown 300 times daily through Valentine’s Day (February 14). The ad highlights a number of Chinese celebrities…
Red-Hot Accessories For The Year Of The Rabbit
Handbags, Necklaces, And Sunglasses For Chinese New Year Looking for the perfect accessory for your Year of the Rabbit ensemble? This week, Xinhua lists some of the best red-themed items to make your Chinese New Year that much more auspicious: For the Wife: China-Only Miu Miu Handbag Available only at MixC mall in Hangzhou and…