Designer’s Third Season At Berlin Fashion Week Zhai-Petrow Returning to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in the German capital for a third season, Berlin-based Chinese designer Yujia Zhai-Petrow is set to present the Autumn/Winter 2013 collection from her cashmere line 1913BERLIN, embodying “luxurious urban comfort with global chic — effortless, ethereal, edgy.” Born along the ancient Silk…
Why China’s Shangpin Could Beat Major Luxury E-Tailers At Their Own Game
Strategy Of Choice: Keeping The Client In Mind Shangpin is heavily promoting American designer Tracy Reese This week, the two-year-old Beijing-based e-tailer Shangpin, which bills itself China’s first members-only online retailer of authorized designer and contemporary fashions, announced the launch of its full-price, O2O, retail section, which will offer Chinese consumers access to current season designer…
China Hotels Get Artsy: Radisson Goes Graffiti, Hats Off At InterContinental
Click:electric tricycle for cargo Radisson Blu To Revive Memory Of Moganshan Lu Graffiti Wall Graffiti Art Christmas at the Radisson Blu Five-star hotels in China have sought to portray themselves as plugged-in to the country’s booming contemporary art scene over the past several years, filling rooms and galleries with large-scale pieces and even mounting fairly…
Spectacular Hugo Boss Show Grabs Global Fashion Spotlight In Shanghai
Live-Streamed Worldwide; Front-Row Celebs Include Carey Mulligan of “Gatsby,” Chow Yun-fat One of Hugo Boss’ China-specific limited runway pieces, which was made available for purchase online as the show was live-streamed. (Hugo Boss) It was a star-studded evening for Shanghai’s fashion and media industry last night, as Berlin designer Hugo Boss unveiled his Fall/Winter 2013…
What Luxury Brands Should Learn From Dolce & Gabbana’s Hong Kong PR Disaster
Around 1,000 Protest D&G After Photo Ban Protesters crowd outside D&G's Tsim Sha Tsui flagship on January 8, 2012 (Image: Sina HK) One of the biggest stories of this past weekend in Hong Kong was a massive, Facebook-organized protest of the Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana after a security guard prevented locals from taking…
Han Huohuo & Susie Bubble: From Beijing With Style
Han Huohuo & Susie Bubble Discuss Personal Style Over on yoox.com, don’t miss “From Beijing With Style,” a feature bringing together popular fashion bloggers Susie Bubble and Han Huohuo for an exclusive video and photoshoot. Known for their styling prowess, the duo set about organizing pieces from the e-commerce site that reflect their individuality, engaging…
Brooding In Beijing: INK Injects Monochrome Into City’s Fashion Scene
Cutting-Edge Brands Like Boris Bidjan Saberi & Rick Owens Hong Kong multi-brand retailer INK — known for underground, high-priced menswear brands that trend towards the monochrome — has recently expanded into Beijing, opening a new location in the city’s Dongcheng District. Joining its counterpart on Paterson Street in Hong Kong, INK Beijing stocks nearly twenty…
Jing Picks: X+Q x Globe-Trotter Luggage Collection For Lane Crawford
One of Jing Daily’s favorite Chinese design duos — Xiang Jing and Qu Guangci, better known as X+Q — recently teamed up with purveyor of luxury luggage, Globe-Trotter, for a special collection available exclusively at Lane Crawford. Available in white or red colorways, each piece in the collection features X+Q’s signature Double Happiness Rainbow Angel pattern…
Designer To Watch: “Creative Sky” Winner Chico Wang
Winner Of China’s Answer To Project Runway Talks Design And Branding With Jing Daily Designer Chico Wang with his winning designs on Creative Sky. Three years ago, Chico Wang was a successful visual merchandiser at Lane Crawford, where he designed the visual displays for top global designers such as Alexander McQueen, Christian Dior, and Yves Saint…
“The Book of Love” At JOYCE: A Pop-Up With A Cause
Hong Kong Retailer Raising Funds For Bring Me A Book Organization The Book of Love Fresh off the grand opening of its second Beijing location, and just in time for the upcoming holiday season, Hong Kong retailer JOYCE (previously) recently launched new charity-focused programs combining cutting-edge fashion with philanthropy. Consisting of three separate components, “The…