Dolce & Gabbana on Wednesday apologised to Hong Kong citizens for allegedly discriminating against them in favour of wealthy mainland shoppers. The long-awaited flagship Hong Kong store has been the focus of protests and online rage after reports that a security guard told locals they were not allowed to take photograph, while mainlanders and foreigners [...]
Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg has keen instincts and the savvy to reinvent herself as a designer, and over the years, she has become one of the most influential people in American fashion. Now, DVF has her sights set on China. Her ambitious plan to get her name out and wow the Chinese includes an [...]
Knowing that Shanghai and Beijing only house a small fraction of wealthy Chinese, luxury companies are gradually moving to lower tier cities, some of which have long been out of China’s fashion industry. Harbin, the capital of Hei Long Jiang province located at the tip of northeast China, is the latest example. For years, foreign [...]
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world’s largest luxury-goods company, on Monday said its third-quarter sales slipped 0.6%, hindered by the consumer-spending implosion and retailers working down inventories without ordering new merchandise. The luxury-goods industry likely won’t fully recover from the downturn until 2011 or 2012, consulting firm Bain & Co. said in a forecast [...]
Not every part of the globe is feeling the recession. CNN’s Kyung Lah reports.
While all the other brands are busying to set up more shops in China, Louis Vuitton Hangzhou store (Hangzhou Tower) was just closed last Friday after a spot check of local industry and commerce authority, reported by Today Morning Express (a local newspaper). No more display in the windows, non more products in the store. LV logo was [...]
A french friend came back from his trip in Shanghai and sent me some photos… What’s new in Shanghai? A surprise, a well-known french fashion magazine Le Figaro Madame opened his fashion store, it seems. Located in a shanghai based shopping mall in Nanjing Xi Road where also the most luxury brands settled down recently such as LV, Cartier in [...]
Mikimoto Ginza 2 Architecture: Jan 7, 2006 The latest addition to Tokyo’s recent string of successful partnering of renowned architects and luxury brands arrives in the shape of the Mikimoto Ginza 2 store, designed by Toyo Ito. The pink building offers up some irregularly shaped (and placed) windows, which certainly stands out (but in a good way). [...]
SINGAPORE, April 24th 2007: HEDIARD Singapore Pte. Ltd. announced today the opening of its first Café on Tanglin road on May 8th 2007. With now more than 1,600 sq ft, the Tudor Court fine food Café-Boutique will not only offer its customers a delightful shopping experience but also a place to rest and enjoy unique [...]
The Bund 外滩, lining the Huangpu River 黄浦江, was the historic center of the foreign presence in Shanghai. Dozens of historical, magnificent occidental style buildings consist this recognizable architectural symbol of Shanghai. Located on the corner of the Bund and Guangdong Road, 3 on the Bund, stunningly renovated and transformed neo-classical 1916 building (designed by [...]