fashion industry

This September, two titans of the world’s luxury fashion industry, China and Italy, will come together at the 2012 Milano Fashion Global Summit, an international gathering of fashion’s key players and other leading personalities at Milan’s Palazzo Mezzanotte. Read More

Designers from the U.K. have been eager to tap the growing China market, particularly those who lack the immediate name recognition enjoyed by "early adopter" brands like Louis Vuitton and Gucci. Read More

The ongoing appeal by the fashion and luxury industries to China's wealthy consumers has begun to manifest in new ways, as some budding Chinese fashion icons have begun to step up to the global fashion stage. Read More

Last night's "Fashion Extravaganza" and opening ceremony included designs from emerging Asian talent such as Japan’s Keita Maruyama, Korean designer Doii Lee, mainland China's Alex Wang, and Barney Cheng, one of Hong Kong’s top designers. Read More

Changing dynamics in the fashion industry reflected by Yohji Yamamoto's Asian transition and the impending launch of Alexander Wang's New York flagship at Yamamoto's former space in Soho. Read More

More companies in emerging markets like China and India are looking to leapfrog into the high-profit-margin luxury industry by acquiring well-known Western brands and take advantage of lower labor costs, developed supply chains and distribution networks at home. Read More