More Chinese designers in spotlight at NY show
As thousands of designers, models and celebrities gather in New York City for the semiannual New York Fashion Week from Thursday through Wednesday, 16 Chinese designers — the most to date — are ready to showcase their collections at the premier international fashion event.
“More and more Chinese designers coming to overseas fashion weeks reflects the rise of China’s fashion market and its synchronization with the overseas fashion market,” said Todd Hessert, founder of fashion media company Globe Fashion Runway.
“It’s a good phenomenon,” he added. “Design in China has gradually globalized and been recognized by overseas media and buyers.”
Hessert, who is based in New York, and his teams in London, Milan and Paris help global designers market their brands.
He said that in the past two years, be it in Paris or New York, Chinese designers have been more accepted by organizers.
“The door is open for Chinese designers to be more active in the world fashion market,” he said, citing such examples as Taoray Wang, Lan Yu, Zhang Chi, Yang Lu, Snow Xue Gao, Calvin Luo and Vivienne Hu.
Wang, whose designs are a favorite of US first daughter Tiffany Trump, is returning to New York Fashion Week for the eighth time.
Wang, once the chief designer for Chinese domestic brand Broadcast: Bo, launched her namesake Taoray Wang line, which targets the modern professional woman, three years ago.
Her latest collection, “Shanghai Baroque”, will debut on Saturday at New York Fashion Week.
Wang said she has embraced a blurring of time and culture, balancing the See Fashion page 3