Homegrown Chinese fashion design is having a moment, especially in its native country, as an increasingly sophisticated, demanding and affluent consumer base looks inward:
"You can't," said Cheung at the annual China Fashion Gala in New York."Made in China is no longer a dirty word," said Taiwanese-Canadian designer Jason Wu, while accepting the Leadership Award at the annual China Fashion Gala on Wednesday night. "It stands for prestige, craftsmanship, beauty, integrity and those aren't things that we were known for. But today I'm standing here and I'm proud that we've come here this far.
"Today is also the beginning of my involvement in your force," said the Beijing-based Cheung upon accepting her Leadership Award. The investment banker-turned-fashion editor, who launched Vogue China in 2005, expressed her commitment to help "spread the influence of contemporary Chinese" culture and fashion going forward.
"Chinese consumers aren't buying Chinese designers because they're Chinese designers," Cheung told me before the dinner and awards presentation. "They're buying clothes that they like." Ultimately, she feels Chinese consumers are becoming more individualistic in their style rather than just picking up the biggest Western designers' latest trends.
At the end of March, Shanghai Fashion Week, which promotes Chinese fashion talent with international potential , made quite possibly its biggest impact yet. New York-based Vivienne Tam even skipped New York Fashion Week to show her Fall 2019 collection over there.
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