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30 May

Le Labo Opens First China Store in Shanghai –

Le Labo Opens First China Store in Shanghai –
SHANGHAI — Le Labo‘s first China store opened last week in a stand-alone shikumen constructing in Xintiandi, a retail hot spot in downtown Shanghai. The 2-story constructing, a former historical Shikumen “Open House” Museum that showcased the life-style of Old Shanghainese within the Twenties, was transformed by the Estée Lauder Cos.-owned fragrance brand right into a Le Labo flagship, which showcases a big selection of Le Labo products and likewise boasts a vegan bakery and café. Staying consistent with Le Labo’s vintage-inspired wabi-sabi retail aesthetic, the shop preserves the constructing’s original picket ceiling and embellished window panels while displaying curiosities reminiscent of an old rotary telephone, a vintage protected and a typewriter. On the primary floor, purposely distressed tiled partitions, vintage cabinets and a...
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9 Apr

Shanghai Fashion Week Gears Up for Full Return

Shanghai Fashion Week Gears Up for Full Return
Shanghai Fashion Week, the epicenter of the Chinese fashion industry, is trying to make a comeback in full force for the autumn 2023 season after town went through a series of COVID-19-related traumas last yr. Throughout the pandemic, Shanghai Fashion Week was among the many first to experiment with digital showcases for the autumn 2020 season, in collaboration with Alibaba’s Tmall, and again with the autumn 2022 season right after town got here out of a strict two-month-long lockdown, this time working with Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok. When possible, the showcase returned to physical, albeit at a reduced capability. Liu Min, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, which oversees the Shanghai Fashion Week Committee, at...
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9 Apr

Shanghai Designers Look Ahead as China Recovers

Shanghai Designers Look Ahead as China Recovers
SHANGHAI — The complete physical return of Shanghai Fashion Week this season made rather a lot forget that exactly a yr ago the town entered a two-month-long lockdown in an try and contain the spread of COVID-19. The final sentiment among the many fashion community is that while that was a traumatizing and business-threatening experience, the bulk are able to move on and give attention to what happens next. “We saw many international buyers and media coming to Shanghai Fashion Week, as their first trip to Shanghai in several years, they will physically experience the revival of the town’s vitality,” said Lv Xiaolei, secretary-general of the Shanghai Fashion Week Organizing Committee. “After years of development, local young designers have turn out to...
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28 Mar

Emerging Talents Eye Global Calendar at Shanghai Fashion Week

Emerging Talents Eye Global Calendar at Shanghai Fashion Week
SHANGHAI — The physical return of Shanghai Fashion Week after China reopened to the world saw team members from Harrods, Galeries Lafayette and Machine-A coming back to envision out how local talents, who mostly focused on the Chinese market over the past three years, have evolved. The atmosphere this season felt drastically different from how things were pre-pandemic, a time when local young talents were combating pricing, production and provide chains like the remainder of the world. Because of a fashion boutique boom in the course of the pandemic, where buying internationally became almost inconceivable, local designers seized the chance and transformed their businesses to cater higher to local demand. Brands similar to Xiao Li, Xuzhi, Renli Su and...
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