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Vivienne Westwood and Moncler to headline Shanghai Fashion Week

While Paris Fashion Week begins to heat up, over in China, Shanghai Fashion Week has confirmed its line up for the spring/summer 2025 season, with a number of notable guests making their debut. Among them is none other than British luxury label Vivienne Westwood, which will be headlining the fashion week in a show on its final presentation day....

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H&M and Shanghai Fashion Week to partner on collaborative collection

Swedish fashion giant H&M has announced it will be partnering with Shanghai Fashion Week on a new collaborative collection with Chinese designers in a bid to showcase local design. Set to be released in autumn 2024, the collection will come as part of the duo’s efforts to diversify commercial channels and leverage fashion industry resources as...

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From sleepyheads to night owls: The highlights of Shanghai Fashion Week AW24

At Shanghai Fashion Week this season, collections mixed classic pieces and details - including references to traditional Chinese clothing - with modern silhouettes and cuts. Overall, designers seemed to be in a celebratory mood, dressing models in long, flowing gowns, revitalising the post-Covid trend of the roaring 20s. In contrast, there were...

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Adidas announces global partnership with Edison Chen

Sportswear brand Adidas is teaming up with Edison Chen, founder and creative director of Hong Kong-based streetwear label CLOT, after unveiling the inaugural collection during Shanghai Fashion Week. In a statement, Adidas said that the Adidas Originals by Edison Chen global partnership marks the designer’s return to the brand to begin “a new era...

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Stella McCartney to make Shanghai Fashion Week debut, SS24 schedule released

Details of the upcoming SS24 Shanghai Fashion Week (SFW) have been unveiled, with the event set to become more intertwined with the international fashion industry and sectors beyond than ever before. This is largely down to the theme of the season, ‘Synergy’, defined as dynamic links that in this case revolve around home and abroad, fashion and...

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Shanghai Fashion Week: China’s showrooms prepare for international comeback

China’s luxury market took a hit in 2022, ending a five-year run of growth in the region as it faced the aftermath of lengthy lockdowns and heightened Covid-19 measures. However, as 2023 progresses, it appears the sector is once again on its way up, as brands and retailers cautiously emerge from confinement and begin to reinvent themselves for...

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Feng Chen Wang presents virtual show of made-to-measure looks

Chinese-born Feng Chen Wang took to the metaverse to present a new made-to-measure collection as part of Shanghai Fashion Week. Created with support from virtual reality innovation centre Inert Plan, the show saw the London-based designer explore the boundaries between the real and the virtual worlds. Pieces in the digital collection were made...

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Harrods unveils ‘Emerging Designers: China’ pop-up

Luxury department store Harrods has launched its inaugural pop-up focused on young Chinese designers, featuring looks from 2021 Yu Prize winner Chenpeng. Located on the first floor of its Knightsbridge flagship, the concept space looks to promote emerging designers as a follow on from its Shanghai Fashion Week ‘The Harrods Hive’ concept....

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Video: Nicole Milano at Shanghai Fashion Week SIFS

In this video, Nicole Milano has presented her FW21 collection at Shanghai Fashion Week SIFS. Watch the video below. Video: APAX Group川力企划 via YouTube Photo credit: Shanghai Fashion Week

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Video: Dior's fall 2021 collection at Shanghai Fashion Week

In this video, Christian Dior has presented its fall 2021 collection designed by Maria Grazia Chiuriat at Shanghai Fashion Week. Watch the video below. Video: Christian Dior via YouTube Photo credit: Dior, Facebook

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Yu Prize names ChenPeng as the inaugural winner

The inaugural Yu Prize, launched to support emerging Chinese designers, has named ChenPeng as the 2021 winner at a gala dinner held during Shanghai Fashion Week. The new annual prize was launched by Wendy Yu, founder and chief executive of Yu Holdings in collaboration with Paris Fashion Week and Shanghai Fashion Week to provide critical support...

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Shanghai Fashion Week to postpone event to mid April

Amidst a growing rise of coronavirus infections in China, Shanghai Fashion Week has reportedly postponed its March event to mid April. Organisers have yet to make a formal announcement via its official website and social channels, however multiple media reports suggest brands are pulling out of trade fair events with current travel restrictions...