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Haute couture ambition

Chinese luxury management company Redstone recently entered into a joint venture with Curiel, an Italian couture house with more than 100 years of history.

Big brands in the bag

I can't recall a moment when I was fascinated by luxury goods but I remember my instinctive reaction about 15 years ago when a young colleague showed her newly-bought Louis Vuitton handbag - at a price nearly five times her monthly salary.

As the doors opened, fashion torrent swept in

For the past 35 years the Chinese fashion has gone through a transformation that stands as vivid testimony that the way we look and the way we dress are as pertinent as reminders of where we have come from as the key dates in a history book.

The rise and rise of the fashion queen

In the summer of 1994 Su Mang rode a bicycle half-way across the city looking for the office of a magazine in a hutong in the Xidan area of Beijing.

Traditional dresses for Yugur women

Naoer Jisi is an inheritor of Yugur culture in Gansu province. She endeavors to promote Yugur culture and traditional Yugur dresses for women.

Designs with local touch

Veeco Zhao shows her origins by taking into consideration her customers' sensibilities.

Accessories brand goes big on wearable technology

While wearable technology companies have been eyeing the fashion world for a long time, fashion companies are now venturing into wearable technology.

Children take part in 16th China (Qingdao) Int'l Fashion Week

More than 200 children from all over the country took part in the contest.

Highlights of Istanbul Modest Fashion Week

Models present creations by Turkish designer Zehra Kocbay during Istanbul Modest Fashion Week at the historical Haydarpasa train station in Istanbul, Turkey May 13, 2016.

4 Chinese cities among world top 10 destination for luxury retailers: report

Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing and Taipei have joined London, Paris and New York as global luxury retailers' most favorable cities, the report from real estate consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) found.

Not yet the finished product

While the annual Shanghai Fashion Week has grown significantly over the years, industry veterans believe more needs to be done before it can be on par with its more illustrious Western counterparts.