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Opinion: What Retro Luxury Means for China’s Fashionista Millennials
Here are three examples to illustrate the recent retro fashion and luxury trend among the nostalgic Chinese millennial consumers. Read More
Designer Deng Huanhuan: A Chinese Spin On Retro Fashion
Absent Beijing's world-famous arts scene or the cosmopolitanism of Shanghai, Shenzhen isn't typically associated with China's burgeoning home-grown, high-end fashion industry. Read More
Retro Renaissance: Shanghai Brand Ospop. Revives China’s “Blue Work Shirt”
First shown at the JUE NEXT GEN Photography Competition this March, the Shanghai-based brand Ospop.'s "Blue Work Shirt" hearkens back to the traditional light blue, hard-wearing garment so ubiquitous throughout China from the 1950s through the 1970s. Read More
Interview: China’s Iconic Flying Pigeon Bicycle Hits North America
Jing Daily recently spoke with Bayan Ferzandi and Patrick Conn, part of the Canadian team readying the 61-year-old Chinese bicycle brand Flying Pigeon for its largest North American rollout to date. Read More
Nostalgia A Strong Draw For China’s “Post-80s” Consumers
With the release of "Eternal Moment," a film adaptation of the popular 1998 Chinese television drama "Cherish Our Love Forever," a new wave of nostalgia is sweeping over the country's so-called "Post-80s Generation," those born and raised in the 1980s. Read More-
China’s Retro Brand Renaissance Continues As Shanghai/HK Watchmaker Iguzzini Debuts New Releases
Over the past few years, despite Beijing's status as China's arts and culture epicenter, Shanghai has emerged as the engine of China's retro brand renaissance. Read More -
A Conversation With Ben Walters Of Chinese Sneaker Brand Ospop
Last week, Jing Daily had the opportunity to speak to Ben Walters, founder of Ospop, a retro-hip company that makes "Liberation Shoe"-inspired sneakers and bags. Read More -
Revived Chinese Brand Shanghai VIVE Takes On Luxury Cosmetics Market
How has the homegrown Chinese luxury cosmetics brand Shanghai VIVE been received since its official relaunch nearly five months ago? Read More -
China’s Best Retro Brands
With foreign brands becoming ubiquitous everywhere 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. Read More -
Retro Brands Make A Comeback At Shanghai Mall
While most well-heeled Chinese consumers continue to swear by European luxury brands, Japanese or Korean cosmetics and American-style villas, some are rediscovering the charm of the home-grown Chinese brands of yesteryear. Read More
