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17 Apr

Hermès Revamps First Mainland China Store in The Peninsula Beijing

Hermès Revamps First Mainland China Store in The Peninsula Beijing
LONDON — Hermès on Monday unveiled the renovated and expanded store in The Peninsula Beijing, the location of the brand’s first store in mainland China, which opened in 1997. Almost doubling its original size, the brand new store offers a more spacious and welcoming environment for patrons to explore the brand’s full range of products, from the silk collections, fashion jewelry and sweetness, to leather goods, women’s and men’s fashion, equestrian and tremendous jewelry and watches. Hermès’ renovated and expanded store in Beijing’s The Peninsula hotel. Courtesy of Hermès The brand new space comes with a particular facade, designed by the Parisian architecture agency RDAI, made with wood diamond-shaped tiles arranged in a way that resembles the scales of the dragon statues within the...
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12 Apr

EXCLUSIVE: South China Morning Post Unveils Revamped Luxury Complement

EXCLUSIVE: South China Morning Post Unveils Revamped Luxury Complement
NEW STYLE: Goodbye Style, hello Style by SCMP. The high-end lifestyle complement of the Hong Kong-based English-language every day newspaper South China Morning Post (SCMP) will relaunch on Friday with a latest outlook. “My aim is to make [Style by SCMP] global but relevant to our readers,” said Style by SCMP’s newly minted chief editor Vincenzo La Torre, who previously served because the newspaper’s fashion editor since 2017, also working on its Post weekend complement and the previous Styles edition. He claimed that “if there's a publication in Asia that may put out [a supplement] that may hold its own against [The Financial Times’] Tips on how to Spend It and T Magazine, it could be SCMP,” owing to its position as a...
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10 Apr

EXCLUSIVE: Gong Li Fronts W China Launch Issue

EXCLUSIVE: Gong Li Fronts W China Launch Issue
SHANGHAI — W Magazine made its China debut on Monday with a canopy story fronted by Gong Li, the 57-year-old Asian film star. Lensed by Feng Hai, the editorial shows Gong going about her busy life in Paris and likewise features French actress Isabelle Huppert in a single version of the quilt art. Mix Wei, W China’s editor in chief, said the aim of the black-and-white editorial was to indicate “familiar scenes from her[Gong’s] life outside of the limelight, as a traditional person.” W China’s cover story featuring Gong Li. W China’s cover story featuring Gong Li. “We desired to document this cut-off date once we finally took off our masks and commenced to embrace the world. It feels each familiar and unfamiliar,” said Wei...
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30 Jan

China Insight: Is China’s Fashion Industry Recovering Since COVID-19

China Insight: Is China’s Fashion Industry Recovering Since COVID-19
Nobody desires to miss the opportunities from China’s reopening. At the tip of 2022, most COVID-19 restrictions were lifted, sparking a latest phase of recovery because the Chinese economy, including the style industry, hopes to bottom out. Yet each consumer psychology and market demand have modified dramatically. When will business be back to normal and can Spring Festival travel now underway generate strong spending? Can the style market bounce back? “Recovery” was a word repeatedly mentioned over the past three years. Nevertheless, the total recovery — from consumption to the provision chain — may very well take three more years. What stage is the style consumer market represented by luxury goods in before the actual recovery comes? Is the footwear supply...
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