President Of Shenzhen Copais Calls For Cultivating Chinese Design Talent Zhao Yunhu (Image: dbw.cn) Recently, Zhang Zhifeng, the founder and Chief Art Director of the Chinese fashion house NE-TIGER said that Chinese luxury brands need to be bold enough to break with the prevailing Western-centric fashion order and create and play by their own rules if they’re…
Luxury Giants “Burning Bridges” With Chinese Partners
Burberry, Dunhill Among Western Luxury Brands That Bought Back Control Of China Retail Operations Burberry hopes to have over 100 franchises in China within the next five years A developing trend we’ve been watching over the past several months is that of major global luxury brands buying back direct control of their China operations from…
Guangzhou Goes Gucci (Again): Italian Luxury Brand To Re-Debut At La Perle
Gucci Withdrew From Guangzhou In 2004, Has Experienced Delays In Returning Gucci currently operates 31 stores throughout China (Image: Luxuo) After a nearly seven year hiatus, Gucci is set to re-enter Guangzhou with a new store at the city’s La Perle luxury mall. Originally situated alongside other major brands like Louis Vuitton at the Guangzhou…
Fashion And Art Collide At “Beyond Fashion” Gallery Show In Beijing
Beyond Art Space in Beijing (Nov 11-Dec 11), and Future Shows “Beyond Fashion” at Beyond Art Space Last week marked the opening of the Beyond Art Space‘s “Beyond Fashion” show in Beijing, running through December 11, which showcases specially commissioned fashion pieces designed in response to works of fine art. Eight participating artists are paired…
Conspicuous Consumption “Here To Stay” In China: How Will Retailers Take Advantage?
Luxury Market In China A Mixed Bag For Foreign Brands, Who Fight To Get Customers To Buy Inside China Rather Than Traveling Overseas Although Beijing and Shanghai are China's "crown jewels," second-tier cities like Chongqing may ultimately prove the engines for the creation of a more comprehensive Chinese consumer culture We’ve discussed recent reports on…
Luxury Watch Brands Celebrate The Holidays In Shanghai
Vacheron Constantin Puts On Elaborate Exhibition, While Roger Dubuis Opens Its First Store In Mainland China Image courtesy Shanghai Dailyi This holiday season, luxury watchmakers are celebrating in style in Shanghai. As Shanghai Daily writes today, two Swiss brands — Vacheron Constantin and Roger Dubuis (recently acquired by Richemont) — have burst onto the Shanghai…
Video: Beijing Fashion Students Create “Mao Couture”
Click:wholesale flowers to china “Chairman Chic” On Display At the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology As the following video shows, some student designers have adapted the famous Zhongshan suit (aka “Mao suit”), popularized in China in the years following the dissolution of the Qing Dynasty. This fashion show reflects a broader trend in China’s more cosmopolitan…
Women The Driving Force In Chengdu’s Luxury Market
Women Account For 70% Of Luxury Sales At High-End Malls, Bucking Nationwide Trend Seibu, one of Chengdu's top luxury malls, where women are the top consumers It’s been well-documented that the vast majority of luxury goods sold in China last year were sold to men between the ages of 30 and 44, with around 50%…
Valentino Sees Surge In Demand In China
Luxury Retailer Notes That Stabilized Sales, Huge Growth In Greater China Have Fueled Asia Expansion Italian fashion company Valentino is looking to expand quickly in Asia, with a focus on China & Hong Kong Most global fashion houses have, over the years, worked hard to make something of a foothold in the Chinese market. As…
7 For All Mankind To Open Four New Locations In China
Click:中华文明 Premium US Denim Maker Has Opened Stores In Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Dalian, Hangzhou and Chengdu Since Entering Mainland Market In 2007 7FAM will open four new stores in China this year, in Beijing, Shanghai and two other as yet undetermined cities Denim is big business in China, and has been since the early 1980s…