A runway show by designer Nicole Zhang at Shanghai Fashion Week. (Courtesy Photo) Welcome to Jing Daily’s first installment of Hung Huang’s new Q&A column! Each week, readers will be able to submit questions directly to Hung Huang about a topic related to luxury and fashion in China. To kick off the first column, Jing…
Apple: The Watchmaker That Can Actually Benefit From China’s Luxury Watch Slowdown
At around $20,000, the Apple Watch Edition is the Apple’s most luxurious model. (Apple) With the Apple Watch making its (relatively) quiet entrance on the world stage this week, all eyes are on China’s burgeoning watch enthusiasts, whose own emergence on the world stage had major implications for luxury watchmakers worldwide over the past half-decade….
Emerging Chinese Designers Flock to Major Fashion Shows, but Returns Are Low
Emerging Chinese Designers Flock to the Big Shows For emerging Chinese designers, fashion week—whether in New York, Milan, Paris, or London—has become an important marketing tool for building global recognition. The ongoing Spring/Summer 2018 Fashion Week season, which kicked off in New York and has already begun in London (after which it will move on…
World’s Largest Duty-Free Mall Makes Its Hainan Debut
The new Haitang Bay shopping center, the world’s largest duty-free mall. (Xinhua) It’s the moment China’s price-savvy shoppers have all been waiting for: the world’s largest duty-free mall is now officially open for business. With all the requisite pomp and circumstance, China Duty Free (CDF) celebrated the grand opening of its massive 72,000-square-meter Haitang Bay…
Tommy Hilfiger Targets Chinese Men With New Brand Ambassador
The American fashion and lifestyle brand Tommy Hilfiger has appointed Shawn Yue brand ambassador for its menswear collection to cash in on the country’s wealthy male population, an often overlooked demographic. According to Women’s Wear Daily (WWD), the brand will name the Hong Kong-based actor and fashion horse to be the face of Tommy Hilfiger…
Gucci’s Pitti Palace Show Sees More Chinese Fashion Bloggers Than Celebrities
The Italian luxury and fashion powerhouse Gucci took to its home turf on May 29 to showcase its 2018 Cruise Collection. At the show, which took place in the Palatine Gallery at the historic Palazzo Pitti, Gucci invited Chinese actress Ni Ni, who rose to fame when she starred in Zhang Yimou’s 2011 film The Flowers of…
Crossover | Masha Ma x Neville Brody
For her recent wave-inspired S/S 14 collection presented at this fall’s Paris Fashion Week, designer Masha Ma teamed up with graphic designer Neville Brody to produce looks featuring geometric motifs in a “meeting point” between visual form and fashion, according to Brody. In a new video interview with Models.com, Ma and Brody discuss their experiences…
5 Ways Burberry Beat The China Slowdown With Double-Digit Growth
The Burberry Prorsum womenswear Autumn/Winter 2014 fashion show, which was live-streamed online and heavily promoted on Chinese social media. (Burberry) Although China’s government has announced record-low GDP growth and remains in the midst of an anti-corruption crackdown, British brand Burberry still managed to declare bright China sales growth for its second-half report released today. With a 13…
Balenciaga Sees Big Things In Store For Niche Brands In China
Alexander Wang (L) with Yao Chen (R) at Balenciaga’s Beijing runway show on Thursday. (Weibo/Yao Chen) Alexander Wang led French fashion house Balenciaga’s efforts to ramp up its China presence this week at a star-studded Beijing runway show, exhibition, and party on Thursday night. Despite slowing China growth for luxury giants such as Louis Vuitton…
In Bid for Prominence, China’s Hainan Airlines Taps Laurence Xu to Design New Uniforms
Chinese fashion designer Laurence Xu, who unveiled his latest collection this past week at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week, is slated to design the next set of flight attendant uniforms for Hainan Airlines, China’s fourth-largest carrier. Based on the designs of the previous generations, the new “fifth generation” uniforms will incorporate popular Western fashion elements…