Topic: East Asia
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean heir-apparent Kim Jong-un's slicked-back, high-sided haircut is a fashion hit in Pyongyang where young men are apparently queuing up for a similar cut.Kim, believed to be in his late 20s and known as the "Young General," is ...
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 ...
Flower buds curled tight, unfurling frail petals to the tinkle of glass chimes: Issey Miyake's new Japanese designer on Sunday unveiled a poetic spring-summer look based on the life of a flower.For his first collection for the Paris-based house, Yoshiyuki Miyamae sent ...
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 ...
The operator of Japan's cheap-chic clothing chain Uniqlo said Wednesday the company's two largest outlets in the world will open in New York in October.The Uniqlo "mega-store" with the largest floor space, the seventh global flagship outlet of the clothing chain, will ...
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 ...
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