fashion

www.timeoutbeijing.com — Say the word ‘design’ and what do you think of? Fashion? Yeah, that’s a good one. Furniture? Sure. But design’s about more than just pretty objects. It’s about everything from the building you work in to the entire city that houses it. To consider design is to consider the world and almost everything in it. But it’s about even more than that!

gochengdoo.com — My first shopping trip in China was an eye-opening experience. When my roommate had invited me to join her for a Friday-after-work shopping trip, I'm pretty sure she had no clue what was to follow: While she successfully tried on piece after piece, deciding which she wanted to buy, nothing in any of the shops came close to fitting me.

www.latimes.com — I often joke how the men of this region (YRD) are purse holders for their wives. And while they largely are, I was surprised to learn that men make up 45% of the designer handbag market here in China (compared to about 7% in the US.

www.jingdaily.com — Ospop has found success in rebranding the "Liberation Shoe" to foreign markets. While it’s early on in Ospop’s foray into the China market, Ben Walters discussed his branding strategies and goals, as well as the changing perception of fashion in China, as it transitions from the overdone towards the understated.

www.jingdaily.com — With foreign brands becoming ubiquitous from Shanghai to Xiji, in recent years a growing nostalgia for home-grown Chinese brands has taken hold among some of China’s younger, or more adventurous, urbanites.