Topic: China
Flashing bright green contact lenses and fake eyelashes, Li Xingyi struts through a shopping centre in southwest China clutching a Louis Vuitton bag and wearing a red fur coat.The 25-year-old entrepreneur is one of a growing number of Chinese living outside the ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - Haute couture mixing traditional Chinese touches and styles from more than 1,000 years ago with Western designs opened China Fashion Week, as the world's fastest-growing market for luxury products catches the eyes of more designers.Models showed off a wide ...
MILAN (Reuters) - Fashion designers poured gold onto the Milan catwalks this week with collections rich in metallic finishes and designed to appeal to buyers who are keeping the luxury industry afloat in austere times.Luxury goods firms at Milan fashion week were ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Presenting luxurious cocktail dresses, white tuxedo jackets and Asian prints at his fashion show, British designer Julien Macdonald says he has a certain market in sight -- China."We're all in a recession but China isn't, China is booming," Macdonald ...
Shang Xia, the brand Hermes launched a year ago in Shanghai, will open outlets in Paris and Beijing after sales beat expectations, the head of the French fashion label Patrick Thomas said.Industry experts are closely watching the new brand to see what ...
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A growing desire for the glossy, long locks of celebrities is fuelling a multi-million pound (dollar) global trade in human hair, with demand for hair extensions surging in the past year, according to e-commerce website Alibaba.com.Searches for human ...
NBA star basketball centre Yao Ming has sued a sportswear company in central China for $1.5 million for using his name and signature without permission, Chinese media reported Friday.The Wuhan Intermediate Court heard the case against the Wuhan Yunhe Shark sportswear company ...
PARIS (Reuters) - Time is up for oversize and flashy luxury watches that actually tell you the hour.The new status symbol for bankers and Russian oligarchs is a sober, featherlike timepiece made from carbon fiber, magnesium or aluminum, executives at Basel's annual ...
China's Liu Wen may not yet have the sizzling star power of Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen, but she is leading a bevy of Asian beauties down the world's top catwalks -- and onto global billboards.The scramble by Western brands to feature Asian ...
The Ferragamo group has sold eight percent of the luxury clothing brand Salvatore Ferragamo to Hong Kong businessman Peter Woo and his family, the Italian fashion house said in a statement on Tuesday."The Ferragamo family holding company Ferragamo Finanziaria SpA has sold ...
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