FOOTMARK x Hi Panda Limited Edition Jeans Celebrated at “Pop-Up” Gallery Space FOOTMARK x Hi Panda Pop-Up Flyer Shanghai retailer FOOTMARK, which specializes in casual-wear and streetwear, has launched a limited-edition jeans collaboration with the Shanghai clothing label Hi Panda. As the Chinese-language portal Hexun.com reports today, in its new collaboration, FOOTMARK is drawing not only…
NetEase’s Luxury E-Commerce Site First Casualty Of 2012
“NetEase Premier” Touted “Global Brands,” “100 Percent Authentic Products,” “7 Day Return Policy” NetEase Premier was launched in January 2011 Less than one year after its much-hyped launch, “NetEase Premier,” the luxury shopping platform created by the Chinese Internet portal NetEase (163.com), has ceased operations, making it the first casualty of the luxury e-commerce shakeout of…
Interview: POPBEE’s Janice Lee, From Fashion Blogger To Hong Kong Trendsetter
Journey Of A Blog: The Rise Of POPBEE POPBEE founder, Janice Lee With readers around the world and tens of thousands of Facebook and Sina Weibo fans, Hong Kong’s POPBEE wields substantial influence in the Greater China fashion world. Going beyond its original focus as a fashion blog, POPBEE, run by a team led by…
Video: Luxury Brands Get Personal To Make Experiential Marketing Work In China
Exclusive Experience-Based Venues, Events Give Brands An Edge From Shanghai’s Johnnie Walker House (which Jing Daily toured in September), to Shang Xia’s pop-up “Human and Nature” exhibition and Shanghai Tang’s Mongolian Village in Hong Kong, major brands are pulling out all the stops to appeal to an increasingly discriminating Chinese luxury consumer in a market…
Shanghai Tang: China’s Luxury Slowdown “Not Significant” (Video)
Mainland Chinese Account For 20% Of Brand’s Sales, Up From 3% In 2009 The Shanghai Tang Mansion opened earlier this year in Hong KongAs Jing Daily pointed out earlier this month, lower luxury sales growth over the course of 2012 has been anything but uniform for major high-end brands, with the likes of Hermès, Dior…
Jing Profile: China’s New Breed Of Fashion Icons
China’s A-List Fashion Members Steadily Growing The ongoing appeal by the fashion and luxury industries to China’s wealthy consumers has begun to manifest in new ways, as some budding Chinese fashion icons have begun to step up to the global fashion stage. More noticeable over the course of this year’s Fashion Week coverage, an expanding…
Taiwanese Designer Apu Jan Kicks Off London Fashion Week Fashion Scout
Muted Graphic Prints, Soft Tailoring, And A Simple Aesthetic Apu Jan A/W 13 (Image: Alessa Beatriz) A recent graduate of the Royal College of Art, London-based Taiwanese designer Apu Jan has already caught the eye of several editors and shown up on the radar as a name to watch. This week, Jan kicked off the…
Eco-Friendly Designer Janko Lam Creates “Salvage Chic”
Hainan-Born, Hong Kong-Based Designer Won 2011 Ecochic Design Award Janko Lam receives the 2011 Ecochic Design Award Though the fashion industry in China is more often associated with excess than eco-friendliness, Hainan-born, Hong Kong-based designer Janko Lam is showing that recycling can be chic. Winner of last year’s Ecochic Design Award in Hong Kong, for which she…
Second-Tier Spotlight: Kunming Quietly Becoming A Luxury Brand Magnet
Louis Vuitton’s Gingko Center Flagship Is Largest In Southwest China Louis Vuitton’s new Kunming flagship will be its largest in southwest China Jing Daily’s ongoing “Second-Tier Spotlight” series looks at some of the key trends shaping China’s provincial capitals, often referred to as the country’s “second-tier” cities. Previously in the series, we’ve highlighted Xi’an’s…
Home-Grown Designers Shine At China Fashion Week S/S 2012
China Fashion Week Launched This Week As Jing Daily reported earlier this week, Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week S/S 2012 is currently in full swing, with 50 fashion brands and agencies, more than 40 fashion designers and 180 design graduates expected to take part in the 10-day event. So far, who have been some of the…