Presenting a special-edition “China-red” collection of its Bright Bit bags is luxury brand Gucci, which is able to take advantage of the fact that its iconic “horse bit” found on its shoes and bags is perfect for this year’s zodiac animal. The brand highlights on its Sina Weibo page that the bags “represent auspicious, successful,…
China’s Top Deal Sites for High-end Fashion, Sports, Tech and More
International luxury brands are increasingly partnering with shopping deal websites aimed at Chinese audiences, in part as a way of participating in China’s Singles’ Day and Double 12 shopping festivals. While there are concerns over whether deal sites are a good fit for luxury brands, the jaw-dropping sales such events engender—coupled with the success of Dealmoon’s…
Jennifer Lawrence, Gong Li, And Madame Chiang Kai-shek: China-Themed Met Gala Details Released
Click:city tour shanghai china John Galliano for Christian Dior for its fall 1997 collection. (The Metropolitan Museum) After months of secret planning, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute has finally revealed the name and concept of next year’s China-focused Met Gala and annual fashion exhibition. “Chinese Whispers: Tales of the East in Art, Film, and Fashion,”…
Interview: Furla’s CEO Weighs in on China’s Love For Accessible Luxury
Furla CEO Eraldo Poletto. (Mattia Greghi) Riding the “accessible luxury” wave at the right time for the Chinese market, Italian leather goods brand Furla, one of Italy’s most successful brands in the affordable luxury segment, has its sights set on making China its biggest market within five years. During Milan Fashion Week, Jing Daily interviewed …
Mulberry Stages Comeback Bid With China In Sights
Model Cara Delevingne promotes Mulberry’s F/W 2014 London Fashion Week presentation. (Mulberry/Morgan O’Donovan) Mulberry’s F/W 2014 London Fashion Week presentation enlisted the collaboration of famous British model Cara Delevingne in hopes of breathing new life into the brand after a third profit warning and confirmed reports of a 27 percent market price loss. With almost…
What Our Readers Are Saying About the JD-Farfetch Deal
Last week, JD.com and Farfetch announced a landmark partnership in which the e-commerce giant will acquire a US$397-million stake in British luxury shopping site. Farfetch will benefit from JD’s logistics and social media prowess while JD will take advantage of Farfetch’s worldwide influence as a major luxury e-tailer. While both stand to benefit from the union, is the…
Tiffany Trump Wore Outfit by Chinese Designer to Debate as Dad Bashed China
As Donald Trump ranted about China devaluing currency and stealing American jobs at the U.S. presidential debate on Monday night, his daughter Tiffany Trump displayed a slightly more pro-globalization attitude—at least with her sartorial choice—as she watched from the audience in an outfit by a Chinese fashion designer. Following the debate, fashion label Taoray Wang…
Bosideng Brings ‘Chinese Sensibility’ To U.S. Menswear Market
Looks from Bosideng’s F/W 14 presentation for New York Fashion Week. (Marko Kalfa) Although many of China’s companies are rapidly expanding abroad, its fashion labels are still overwhelmingly confined to the domestic sphere. Billion-dollar company Bosideng has been working hard to change this with an ambitious international development plan that has made its way from…
How China’s Grand Summit Uses Lifestyle to Stand out in an E-Commerce Era
The Grand Summit shopping mall recently opened its doors in Shenzhen. (Courtesy Photo) With a growing number of Chinese luxury consumers heading abroad or online to do their shopping, high-end mall developers and landlords face a challenging industry. Nonetheless, new shopping centers are still being built across China, and in Beijing, several new malls have popped up throughout…
Interview: Luxury Vintage Shop House of Willow’s Co-Founder Talks Classic Style Culture in China
Karen Leung, the co-founder of Beijing luxury vintage shop House of Willow, models a look from the shop. (Courtesy Photo) China’s number of vintage stores and sellers may be rising, but only a sliver of Chinese millennials are actually a part of the overall fashion trend and even fewer have adopted a lifestyle led by…