https://www.scmp.com/rss/515173/feed Gemma A. Williams is an Irish writer, curator and consultant based in London. Her book Fashion China, published by Thames & Hudson, launched at Shanghai Fashion Week in 2015. She has worked for the Business of Fashion, Vogue Business and Jing Daily covering the China market and Chinese designers. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com As editors and buyers caught their breath after a busy Berlin Fashion Week (BFW) schedule earlier in July, attendees stopped by one final event: an opening in the centre of the city’s Mitte district by People, a fashion brand with a difference. The brand works with young people between the ages of 13 and 27 who are homeless, have mental health illnesses or struggle with drug addictions to hand-produce clothing, accessories, ceramics and design objects. “We started the project because of a... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3270033/how-sustainable-fashion-brands-ruled-catwalks-berlin-fashion-week?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3270033/how-sustainable-fashion-brands-ruled-catwalks-berlin-fashion-week?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Jul 2024 08:15:08 +0000 Nestled among the confectionery stands and racks piled high with bags full of mushrooms, spices and incense in the market area of Taiwan’s capital is a very different store. Here, in what is known as Old Taipei, the fashion designer Chiahung Su has chosen to open his first boutique. In a 1930s building, steep stairs at the back lead up to an atelier. Cross over the private courtyard and you will see an outhouse repurposed as dyeing rooms, where gigantic pots bubble away, cooking Chinese herbs... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3263732/style-and-sustainability-fashion-designer-chiahung-su-goes-back-his-roots-think-chinese-herbs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3263732/style-and-sustainability-fashion-designer-chiahung-su-goes-back-his-roots-think-chinese-herbs?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 May 2024 04:45:09 +0000 Set against the backdrop of a rainy Friday night in Paris, the Windowsen runway show was everything a fan of the brand would expect: like a deranged Frankenstein, the Chengdu-born designer Sensen Lii held court in a dark, dingy and rather sleazy club: Le Consulat on Avenue Parmentier. Taking place off the official Fashion Week schedule, it stood in delicious contrast to the overt commercialism of the average catwalk show. Drag queens of all shapes and sizes navigated the catwalk in high stiletto... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3255027/rihanna-doja-cat-madonna-love-his-clothes-sensen-lii-chinese-fashion-designer-alien-looks-working?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3255027/rihanna-doja-cat-madonna-love-his-clothes-sensen-lii-chinese-fashion-designer-alien-looks-working?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Mar 2024 23:15:09 +0000 When Ian Hylton relocated to China in 2005, he imagined a quick in and out – the plan was to spend around a year there. He had moved from New York to the coastal city of Xiamen to head up luxury fashion label Ports 1961 as its menswear creative director. But life had other things in store. Now, almost 20 years later, he is living life with his wife, the fashion designer behind luxury label Ms Min, and their son. Not only is he president of Ms Min, but Hylton’s namesake menswear line, founded in... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3251404/designer-giving-made-china-new-face-ian-hylton-creates-contemporary-luxury-menswear-dripping-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3251404/designer-giving-made-china-new-face-ian-hylton-creates-contemporary-luxury-menswear-dripping-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 Feb 2024 05:15:12 +0000 She’s appeared in The Simpsons, Emily in Paris and Zoolander 2, but diminutive American fashion blogger Diane Pernet – known for dressing head to toe in black and sporting cat eye sunglasses and a glamorous beehive – is most comfortable highlighting the film works of others. For 15 years she has been director of A Shaded View On Fashion Film (ASVOFF), a multi-day annual festival she founded that celebrates global fashion talent on film. The most recent edition took place from November 9-12 at... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3243321/how-chinese-fashion-films-are-integral-us-bloggers-annual-festival?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3243321/how-chinese-fashion-films-are-integral-us-bloggers-annual-festival?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Dec 2023 10:15:13 +0000 Chinese fashion designer Ming Ma lives within walking distance of his crisp-white but homely Shanghai studio. His parents relocated from Wuhan, the city in Hubei province in which he was born, to the area to be closer to him. Sometimes he brings his small fluffy pet Pomeranian, Muaji – named after the Japanese rice cake, mochi – to work. Outside the window, Shanghai’s looming Exhibition Centre – one of the city’s landmark buildings, constructed in the mid-1950s – looks within touching... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3241301/how-chinese-fashion-designer-ming-ma-has-become-one-know-his-universal-pampered-princess-womenswear?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3241301/how-chinese-fashion-designer-ming-ma-has-become-one-know-his-universal-pampered-princess-womenswear?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Nov 2023 10:15:07 +0000 This year Taiwanese luxury brand Shiatzy Chen turns 45, and we spoke to its founder and design director, Wang Chen Tsai-hsia – also known as Madame Wang – backstage after the brand’s show at Paris Fashion Week earlier this month. It’s clear that the youthful-looking Wang is as committed to making the company a household name as she was when she started the business in 1978. That was the same year her son, Harry, was born; he’s now the chief executive of the family-run and privately owned fashion... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3238219/loved-michelle-yeoh-paris-fashion-week-regular-shiatzy-chen-has-been-forefront-chinese-design-1978?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3238219/loved-michelle-yeoh-paris-fashion-week-regular-shiatzy-chen-has-been-forefront-chinese-design-1978?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Oct 2023 08:15:15 +0000 This year’s Paris Fashion Week kicked off with a glamorous Yu Prize event, where fashion insiders gathered to toast rising Chinese designers. The Yu Prize, an award and fashion programme founded by entrepreneur, investor and heiress Wendy Yu in 2020, provides participating designers with business opportunities and international exposure. Yu, the founder of venture capital firm Yu Holdings, co-hosted a glamorous cocktail reception at the Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris hotel on September... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3236511/chinese-fashion-designers-next-big-step-paris-experts-say-fashion-week-event-highlights-rising-names?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3236511/chinese-fashion-designers-next-big-step-paris-experts-say-fashion-week-event-highlights-rising-names?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Oct 2023 20:15:11 +0000 On a blisteringly hot day in the London creative hub 180 Studios, David Zhou is happy to talk shop. His brainchild, Eastern Margins, has been taking shape over the last five years as a record label, talent platform and booking agency showcasing the latest Asian alternative, experimental and nonconformist music talent. It is about to embark on a month-long tour of 14 cities across China, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan. While Eastern Margin’s music roster has yet to go mainstream, it’s also... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3234522/culture-global-focused-asia-alternative-asian-music-record-label-eastern-margins-dips-toe-fashion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3234522/culture-global-focused-asia-alternative-asian-music-record-label-eastern-margins-dips-toe-fashion?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Sep 2023 04:45:09 +0000 Hu Bing sits at a make-up table during London Fashion Week (LFW) surrounded by noise and movement, the usual hectic backstage scenes you’d expect before a show. As the original Chinese idol, he’s well used to the pampering and preening. Even so, he appears remarkably serene as his hair is blow-dried and his make-up applied. It’s been three years since the 52-year-old celebrity, actor, model and polymath last visited London. Now he’s back with a team of 12 for a whistle-stop tour of Europe for... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3226030/how-chinese-male-fashion-model-hu-bing-52-stays-top-his-game-and-does-all-he-can-help-emerging?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3226030/how-chinese-male-fashion-model-hu-bing-52-stays-top-his-game-and-does-all-he-can-help-emerging?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 02 Jul 2023 23:15:16 +0000 Li Gong is a busy man. The designer, who heads the Shanghai-based brand 8on8, has just returned from Japan, where he had a meeting with long-time collaborator Asics, followed by a hectic few days during Shanghai Fashion Week. Although his brand was absent from the show schedule, it presented its wares in the metaverse through a joint project with Vogue China. He also recently had a second daughter. “We didn’t have time to do a show. She was born a month ago,” he laughs. No wonder he’s so... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3218807/how-chinese-fashion-brand-8on8-trending-young-people-thanks-its-colourful-playful-vintage-looking?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3218807/how-chinese-fashion-brand-8on8-trending-young-people-thanks-its-colourful-playful-vintage-looking?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 30 Apr 2023 23:45:08 +0000 The most recent edition of Paris Fashion Week saw Chinese buyers and editors return to the French capital for the last leg of fashion month after years of Covid-enforced absence, but the spotlight was firmly on the country’s emerging women designers. Ruohan, a brand born during the pandemic in 2021, appeared on the line-up for the second time already, but this season it was a more accomplished production. “Last year was a more DIY presentation at a little gallery in the Marais,” founder Ruohan... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3214153/women-chinese-designers-shine-paris-fashion-week-expressive-and-experimental-looks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3214153/women-chinese-designers-shine-paris-fashion-week-expressive-and-experimental-looks?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Mar 2023 04:45:11 +0000