Zhang Zhifeng Discusses China’s Centuries-Long Love Affair With Luxury, From The Silk Road To Nanjing Road Zhang Zhifeng, founder of NE-TIGER This week, at the Prestige Brands Forum in Shanghai, the China-Europe International Business School (CEIBS) discussed the current opportunities and challenges in the Chinese luxury industry with Zhang Zhifeng, founder and Chief Art Director…
Event Watch: Fashion Conference on International Brand Building, Beijing (Oct 31)
360Fashion Network, Fashion Masters, and the China Fashion Association Host Fashion Conference in Beijing October 31 in Beijing On Sunday, October 31, Beijing will host a Fashion Conference looking at the ways that Eastern and Western cultures have come together and how international brand images will develop. The three hour panel features five expert panelists,…
Who’ll Benefit Most From Chinese Millionaires This Fall? Richemont, LVMH, Sotheby’s, Christie’s
Rising Inflation, Decreasing Savings Rate Expected To Cause More Consumer Spending, Safe-Haven Investing Among High-Net-Worth Chinese Qianlong vase (L) and a sculpture by Zhan Wang: Chinese collectors have displayed a voracious appetite for works with heritage, history, and investment value It’s already an accepted fact in the luxury industry that wealthy Chinese consumers are here…
What Could Fashion Week Bring To Shanghai?
Yi Qizheng, Fashion Trend Digest Editor, Weighs In On How Shanghai Fashion Week Can Improve Designer Uma Wang’s 2010 runway show: Is Shanghai Fashion Week becoming more inwardly focused? From March 16-18, Shanghai Fashion Week will run alongside Mode Shanghai for the first time at the Shanghai Expo Center, joining a number of high-profile runway…
Trinity’s Sunny Wong Discusses Future Of Luxury Menswear In China (Video)
Luxury Retailer Has Outperformed The Hang Seng By Nearly 140% Since IPO In November 2009 Trinity Ltd. manages brands like Cerruti 1881 in the Greater China region The Wall Street Journal spoke this week to Sunny Wong, CEO of the Chinese luxury retailer Trinity, about his company’s recent — and highly successful — IPO in…
Jade Jewelry Takes A Contemporary Turn
Chinese Luxury Brand Qeelin, Independent Designers Incorporating Jade And Rare Jadeite Into Unique, East-Meets-West Designs Chinese luxury brand Qeelin hopes to popularize jade and jadeite jewelry both at home and abroad (Photo courtesy Qeelin) Articles on China’s jewelry industry often focus only on the country’s booming demand for gold and platinum (although we too are…
Chloé Readies Shanghai Runway Show, Launches Chinese-Language Blog
Chloé Celebrating Fifth Anniversary In China The upcoming Chloe runway show will be simulcast online On February 25, the French luxury brand Chloé will launch its largest-ever runway show in China, debuting its Spring 2011 line at the Shanghai Expo Center. Organized to commemorate Chloé’s fifth anniversary in China (which recently saw the release of…
Video: Home-Grown Chinese Fashion On Display At China Fashion Week 2009
Click:how big are nano satellites Last week, we covered China International Fashion Week, which gave domestic Chinese designers their chance to take the world stage. Today, Reuters features a video giving those of us who couldn’t make it to the events in Beijing a glimpse of China’s up-and-coming fashion scene:
PricewaterhouseCoopers Report: China Ripe For Online Retail “Explosion”
Study On Retail And Consumer Products Sector In Asia Predicts Strong Growth In Fashion, Online Shopping, Luxury Markets China's retail market is poised for an explosion in the next five years (Graph: PricewaterhouseCoopers) Today, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) released its 2011 Outlook for the Retail and Consumer Products Sector in Asia report, highlighting some of the top…
Tech Meets Fashion: Vivienne Tam & Square Team Up For “Double Happiness” Device
Device Available On Vivienne Tam Website & In Retail Stores For $10, With Proceeds Going To A Good Cause Vivienne Tam + Square “Double Happiness” credit card reader (Image: PR) Chinese-born American designer and “China Chic” pioneer Vivienne Tam is no stranger to the world of high-tech, having previously collaborated with Hewlett-Packard on its Mini 210 Vivienne…