Closing off its centenary year, Fila’s trendy Fusion sub-brand and China’s Team Wang Design—whose motto is ‘Know yourself, make your own history’—collaborate on a capsule collection […]
Fila Fusion and Team Wang Design show off capsule in Shanghai
Fila Fusion and Team Wang Design show off capsule in Shanghai
Closing off its centenary year, Fila’s trendy Fusion sub-brand and China’s Team Wang Design—whose motto is ‘Know yourself, make your own history’—collaborate on a capsule collection […]
Karl Lagerfeld’s spring–summer 2022 collection launches in China
Karl Lagerfeld’s spring–summer 2022 collection has been launched in China, blending a rock-chic style and French elegance. Dubbed Life 2·0, it draws inspiration from the elements of nature—land, air, fire and water—with its prints, fabrics and colour schemes. Floral and zebra prints also mark out this season, as seen on parkas and silk dresses. […]
Guess Watches launches three models for the lunar New Year
Guess Watches has launched a collection for the upcoming lunar New Year in the Chinese market. The company says it combines the hallmarks of past Guess designs with an eye toward the future, with an avant-garde style blending its traditional motifs. What we do see with the hero model is an attractive 34 mm […]
Coupé crossovers are the latest fad, as Ford Evos and Roewe Jing appear at Auto Shanghai
It seems coupé crossovers, low-slung fastbacks riding on big wheels, are the trendy shape for cars now, after a decade dominated by the boxier variety, if Auto Shanghai’s débutantes today are any indication. Ford showed its Evos crossover, with hints of the Mustang Mach-E—a car, based on its development code, that started off as […]
Labelhood kicks off Shanghai Fashion Week autumn–winter 2021–2 with hit live-streamed show
Labelhood, China’s first fashion incubator combining design and brand management, has presented its first show at the Tank Shanghai complex, opening Shanghai Fashion Week’s autumn–winter 2021–2 Shanghai Fashion and Lifestyle Carnival. The show was hosted by beauty influencer Li Jiaqi, and streamed on his Taobao channel, which allowed audiences to purchase the items they […]
For SAIC’s goodness: MG launches HS plug-in hybrid SUV
MG Motor has announced the plug-in hybrid version of the HS for the Australian and New Zealand markets, in a live-streamed launch on March 2. The HS plug-in hybrid is the second electrified MG on sale in the region, after the all-electric ZS crossover, the price leader in the segment. The HS range effectively […]
Net-a-Porter, Art021 seek 2021’s Incredible Female Artist; Tan Zhuo named celebrity judge
Net-a-Porter, continuing to make headway in China, has announced a partnership with Art021, the 21st contemporary art fair at the Shanghai International Art Festival. On February 9, Net-a-Porter and Art021 launched a public art project to identify the Incredible Female Artist for 2021, someone who is ‘delivering the art spark for incredible people’. Film […]
Adi Constantin/Unsplash Above, from top: The real 2015 and one photo that summarizes the decade: Kendall and Kylie Jenner go shopping for Ugg shoes in New York, and take a selfie. The 2015 of fiction: Michael J. Fox outside a cinema in Back to the Future Part II (1989). Still from Ridley Scott’s 1982 film […]
British Fashion Council announces the Fashion Awards 2020, with Beijing, Shanghai screenings
With the UK continuing to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, the British Fashion Council’s Fashion Awards (formerly the British Fashion Awards) announced its 20 winners with a digital film première. The 30-minute film went live at www.fashionawards.com today and on YouTube on the BFC’s account, and was screened in selected cities, including Beijing and […]
Huang Xiaoming launches Tissot’s T-Touch Connect Solar in China
The watchmakers are really pushing their wares in China, one of the few countries who could claim to have a post-COVID economy. It’s now Tissot‘s turn, releasing its latest T-Touch Connect Solar touchscreen watches at the third China International Import Expo (CIIE), with spokesman and actor Huang Xiaoming (黃曉明). At the Tissot booth, Huang […]