Li Gong has picked up running. He’s not alone; in fact, he is joining an entire generational cohort—that Millennial-to-Gen Z bridge of late 20- and early 30-somethings—that seems to have converted to fitness since the…
Natalia Alaverdian loves tweaking an archetype. So, what might a modern-day Marie-Antoinette wear if she could “move between a picnic and a business meeting to swimming with sea creatures and partying with rock bands somewhere…
Summer—rather than sex—in the city is what Bite Studios co-founders Veronika Kant and William Lundgren had in mind when designing for spring. There was less tailoring than might be expected for a collection aimed at…
“So the womenswear we saw at the show last month was around this disgruntled debutante,” said Simone Rocha. “And we put some menswear looks in there, about 10 looks, but what you see here is…
Tracy Reese’s Hope For Flowers brand is five years into production, and when she presented the spring 2026 collection in New York at the Designers & Agents trade show, several buyers made a point to…
This Jacques Wei collection was made in 20 days. At a re-see in his show space at an extravagant salon atop a boutique hotel in HuangPu—Wei is one of two key names in Shanghai to…
Not unlike elsewhere in fashion, many of Shanghai’s buzziest labels are helmed by men. They often go viral online for their theatrics and are widely known for their carefully architected runway narratives. They’re robust businesses…
The spring 2026 collections began in Shanghai on October 10, but it was Jingwei Yin’s Oude Waag show on Saturday night that got things going at full throttle. In the two years and change since…
Summer has stuck around in Shanghai. With temperatures in the 30s—that’s the low 90s for Fahrenheit users—and lots, lots of humidity, Fashion Week has been sticky thus far. Printed show notes are enjoying a comeback…
“This is to show that the pictures you’re about to see are not AI-generated.” That’s the PSA that Xander Zhou shared on his social media, accompanied by video footage of his collection on set, ahead…