Shuting Qiu had plans to return to Milan Fashion Week last month after a season in Paris. Her scheduled presentation had to be canceled due to unforeseen circumstances, but all is well in the world of Shuting Qiu. Now that the designer is based in Shanghai again, she returned to the Shanghai Fashion Week fold…
As of November last year, South Korean citizens can enter China visa-free. Why is this information relevant in a fashion show review? Because, per the founder of one of Shanghai’s most prominent showrooms and as confirmed by the designers, the Shushu/Tong store in Shanghai is a hot-spot for many Korean tourists: “They go straight from…
The boho-chic boat has docked in Shanghai with the subtlety of a pair of pirate boots and a frilly, flouncy frock. The current economic situation in China has inspired local designers to lean into commercial stories with global appeal. Until as recently as last season, the dominating trend on the runways was New Chinese Style,…
There are few things more satisfying to this writer—or more telling of the technical skill of a designer—than a well-placed and utilized godet. Jingwei Yin’s fall show at Shanghai Fashion Week had those a plenty—he knitted them into clingy, slinky dresses and inserted them in silk frocks and skirts with such deftness they moved like…
“Everything I want to say you will feel when you see the clothes.” Donghui Wei knows how to deliver a good soundbite. But even punchier than his memorable quips are his opulent, unabashedly seductive clothes. While the world has been going around in circles between dressiness and comfort, elegance and coziness, Wei has been confidently…
This was one very chic fall show from Yirantian Guo. In a season of Tess McGill cameos, Guo crafted a believable and contemporary proposition that rendered office attire as everyday-wear. For all the corporate garb in the fall collections, she showed the kinds of clothes that will actually make you want to comply with back-to-office…
The “Gong Girl” is all grown up. Mark Gong’s fall 2025 collection got the first full day of Shanghai Fashion Week going today. We saw no would-be viral runway stunts, and the clothes were decidedly more mature—there were almost no cargo pants in sight, even if he couldn’t stay away from a party corset or…
Xander Zhou ventured off the runway again this season, opting for a digital release, but this didn’t prevent the Beijing-based designer from kicking off Shanghai Fashion Week on the first night of shows. Last season Zhou premiered a collection video at a screening-cum-party at System, the now defunct club space that was a favorite of…