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Read up our roundup of the most powerful women in Asian fashion and a new generation of influencers and Instagrammers hot on their heels – from Vera Wang and Angelica Cheung to Yoyo Cao and Irene Kim. Get into the latest sneaker trends and how Covid-19 is shaping not only what we wear, but how we talk about it. Plus, traditional dress from around the world, a brief history of hats in China and some of the most stylish moments from Hong Kong's past.


Why pleats have endured from ancient Greece to modern fashion in designs by Chanel, Issey Miyake, Fortuny and Robert Wun, and worn by Sofía Vergara, Greta Lee and Saoirse Ronan

Meet Natalie Lim Suarez, the part-Chinese, part-Spanish-Mexican influencer, model and singer who has a unique take on fashion blogging and on life through the lens

Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s mission to reclaim his cultural heritage: Deepika Padukone and Christy Turlington walked in the Indian fashion designer’s 25th anniversary show in Mumbai

No more new clothes: why a fast-fashion addict gave up shopping

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Vogue China editor Angelica Cheung is no devil in disguise but she is one of the most powerful people in fashion

Angelica Cheung in Vogue China’s Beijing office. Photo: Simon Song

PARIS, FRANCE - OCTOBER 01:  Xu Weizhou and Angelica Cheung attend the Givenchy show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2018 on October 1, 2017 in Paris, France.  (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Vogue China editor in chief Angelica Cheung and daughter Hayley Graham leaving a fashion show during Paris Fashion Week

The cover of the first edition of Vogue China, published in September 2005.

Kris Wu and Kendall Jenner for Vogue China July 2015 Cover. Photographed by Mario Testino, makeup by Charlotte Tilbury, styled by Anastasia Barbieri

The cover of the September 2020 issue of Vogue China

PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 21: Angelica Cheung wears a light brown top, outside Chanel, during Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2020, on January 21, 2020 in Paris, France. (Photo by Edward Berthelot/Getty Images )

Angelica Cheung in Vogue China’s Beijing office. Photo: SCMP / Simon Song

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 02:  Edward Enninful attends the British Vogue and Tiffany & Co. Fashion and Film Party at Annabel's on February 2, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)

Vogue China’s editor-in-chief has taken the magazine from its launch issue to a readership of two million. She nearly turned down the job for a career in law.


20 of Asia’s top style and beauty influencers – where they go, fashion follows

Yoyo Cao (left) and Tao Liang (centre) attend the Gucci show during Milan Fashion Week spring/summer 2020, in September 2019. Photo: Getty Images

PARIS, FRANCE - APRIL 10: Anny Fan wearing jewelry by "Clash de Cartier" during the Clash de Cartier event at la Conciergerie on April 10, 2019 in Paris, France. (Photo by Gisela Schober/Getty Images for Cartier)

SHANGHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 06: Beauty livestreamer Austin Li Jiaqi attends Louis Vuitton S/S21 Men's Collection event at Shanghai Tank Art Park on August 6, 2020 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

PARIS, FRANCE - FEBRUARY 28: Mae Tan wears all Loewe on February 28, 2020 in Paris, France. (Photo by Kirstin Sinclair/Getty Images)

Japanese infuencer duo Amiaya at Budapest Fashin Week in 2019

MILAN, Italy- September 20 2019: Yoyo Cao on the street in Milan.

HANGZHOU, CHINA - MAY 19: Chinese network celebrity Viya Huang Wei prepares for live streaming on the e-commerce platform Taobao on May 19, 2020 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. (Photo by Chen Zhongqiu/VCG via Getty Images)

PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 17: Taiki Lee and Noah Lee attend the Christian Louboutin x Antidote Party at Le Petit Palace on January 17, 2020 in Paris, France. (Photo by Victor Boyko/Getty Images For Christian Louboutin)

MILAN, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 22: (EDITORS NOTE: Logo has been digitally retouched.) Tao Liang arrives at the Gucci show during Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2020 on September 22, 2019 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images for Gucci)

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 19: Huo Huo Han attends the Izzue show during London Fashion Week February 2019 at the BFC Show Space on February 19, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Darren Gerrish/WireImage)

Influencer, model and founder of Ireneisgood Irene Kim modeling the fall/winter 2020 Ireneisgood collection

PARIS, FRANCE - MARCH 03: Yuwei Zhangzou wears Dior sunglasses, a gray oversized bejeweled blazer jacket, a blue wool vest, a leather belt, outside Miu Miu, during Paris Fashion Week - Womenswear Fall/Winter 2020/2021 on March 03, 2020 in Paris, France. (Photo by Edward Berthelot/Getty Images)

Chinese KOL Becky Li

MILAN, ITALY - JANUARY 14: Gogoboi arrives at the Gucci show during Milan Menswear Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2020/21 on January 14, 2020 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images for Gucci)

MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 22: Liz Uy is seen wearing blue velvet oversized blazer and pants outside MSGM during Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2020-2021 on February 22, 2020 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Christian Vierig/Getty Images)

From China to the Philippines, Singapore, Japan and beyond,, where these bloggers, vloggers, Instagrammers and live-streamers go, fashion brands and social media users follow.


From Kendall Jenner to Meghan Markle, why sneakers are haute and heels are out

Nike trainers team well with Chanel. Photo: Getty Images

Trainers and flats on the street at Milan Fashion Week, in September 2018. Photo: Shutterstock

Prada boots at Lane Crawford. Photo: Handout

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 10: Kaia Gerber seen on the streets of  Manhattan on February 10, 2018 in New York (Photo by Josiah Kamau/BuzzFoto via Getty Images)

MILAN, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 21, 2018: A guest wearing Adidas sneakers and animal print dress seen outside BLIMARINE show during Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2019.

British fashion designer Phoebe Philo acknowledges the audience at the end of the Celine 2015 Spring/Summer ready-to-wear collection fashion show, on September 28, 2014 in Paris. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS GUILLOT (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP via Getty Images)

MILAN, ITALY -JUNE 15, 2018: Designer Sara Battaglia posing for photographers in the street before ALBERTA FERRETTI fashion show, during Milan Fashion Week Men and women spring collections.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 21:  Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex on Sydney Harbour looking out at Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge during day two of the Invictus Games Sydney 2018 at Sydney Olympic Park on October 21, 2018 in Sydney, Australia.  (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images for the Invictus Games Foundation)

Younger consumers have rejected stilettos as a symbol of feminine power, and older women have followed in their footsteps, preferring the comfort of trainers and boots, instead.


For Vera Wang, fashion isn’t ‘fun and frivolous’, it’s like an ‘unrelenting’ sport

Designer Vera Wang. Photo: Handout

Vera Wang with her brother and mother

Bill Clinton with Chelsea Clinton (in Vera Wang) on her wedding day

Vera Wang at a bridal fitting with a model

Vera Wang ice skating as a child

Vera Wang during lockdown in Miami earlier this year (2020)

Vera Wang on her wedding day

Vera Wang has dressed countless celebrities, from Michelle Obama to Chelsea Clinton, and describes the industry as ‘like a sport – it is demanding, unrelenting and the schedules are horrifying’.


From ‘Zoom shirts’ to ‘biz-leisure’: how the pandemic altered fashion and the words we use to describe it

Working remotely has inspired a new way of dressing, and language to describe it, too. Photo: Shutterstock

The Covid-19 pandemic has altered not only what we wear but how we interact with fashion, including how we talk about it.


St Fagans, the ‘living museum’ in Wales that inspired an Alexander McQueen collection

A dress from the Alexander McQueen autum/winter 2020 collection, which was inspired by St Fagans museum, in Wales. Photo: Getty Images

Handout image shows the St Fagans Kennixton Farmhouse at the St Fagans National Museum of History, on the outskirts of Cardiff, in Wales, 2014[20SEPTEMBER2020 TRAVEL POST MAGAZINE]CREDIT:  St Fagans National Museum of History.

Handout image shows the Iron Age farmstead at St Fagans National Museum of History, on the outskirts of Cardiff, in Wales, 2020.[20SEPTEMBER2020 TRAVEL POST MAGAZINE]CREDIT:  St Fagans National Museum of History.

A look from the Alexander McQueen collection that was inspired by the Wrexham Tailor's Quilt.

Handout image shows McQueen a_w lovespoon lace dress.jpg, in Paris, 02 March 2020.[20SEPTEMBER2020 TRAVEL POST MAGAZINE]CREDIT: Alexander McQueen

Llys Llywelyn, at St Fagans National Museum of History, Wales. Photo: St Fagans National Museum of History

The creative director looked to St Fagans, an open-air museum near Cardiff, for the brand’s autumn/winter 2020 collection, drawing inspiration from a traditional quilt, love-spoons and the court of a medieval prince.


Inside the Hong Kong home of jewellery designer Corina Larpin, where statement art and scores of skulls inspire

Corina Larpin's Repulse Bay flat. Photography: John Butlin. Styling: Flavia Markovits. Photo assistant: Timothy Tsang

Corina Larpin's flat in The Lily, shot by John Butlin

Corina Larpin‘s Repulse Bay flat. Photography: John Butlin. Styling: Flavia Markovits. Photo assistant: Timothy Tsang

Corina Larpin’s jewellery brand Stéfère, which is worn by A-listers such as Lady Gaga, shares many of the same aesthetic influences as her interior design choices.


When Pierre Cardin took Hong Kong by storm and made a model out of a photographer

A model is fitted by fashion designer Pierre Cardin for the Hong Kong show in 1968. Photo: SCMP

In 1968, the French designer showed his men’s and women’s collections at a charity event at the Hongkong Hilton, presenting hems ‘shorter than the rest of Paris’.


‘Ma’ Fisher, the woman who brought ready-to-wear Western fashion to pre-war Hong Kong

Hong Kong-based Jeanette Fisher imported the latest fashions within weeks of their release in the US and France. Photo: courtesy of Janet Brady

An example of fashion in the United States,1940s. Department store window display in the Pacific Northwest, ca. 1940 (Photo by Kirn Vintage Stock/Corbis via Getty Images)CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES

Instantly recognisable around town in her trademark turbans, Australian Jeanette ‘Jan’ Fisher imported the latest fashions from Paris and New York for her Central shop, Vogue.


In China, hats once marked a young man’s entry into adulthood, but they have fallen out of fashion

A Taoist priest in a Chunyang or Letian hat. Photo: Handout

Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman wear hats in Casablanca. Photo: Getty Images

Around the age of 20, young men would cast off their boyhood with a ‘capping ceremony’, during which a series of three hats would be placed on their head.


Why Cate Blanchett is raiding her closet for red-carpet looks – ‘it’s chic to repeat’

Cate Blanchett in an embroidered top altered from an Alexander McQueen gown she first sported in London, in 2016. Photo: Reuters

Cate Blanchett poses on the occasion of the red carpet for Spy No Tsuma (Wife of a spy), during the 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (Gian Mattia D'Alberto/LaPresse via AP)

02 September 2020, Italy, Venice: Australian actress Cate Blanchett poses on the red carpet as she arrives for the opening Ceremony of the 2020 Venice International Film Festival. Photo: Imagespace/ZUMA Wire/dpa

Cate Blanchett took to the red carpet at the 2020 Venice Film Festival in outfits she’s previously worn to highlight how sustainability can be stylish.


When the talented Yi Zhou met the Prince of Venice, the Royal House of Savoy fashion line was born

A look from the Royal House Of Savoy collection. Photo: Global Intuition

Artist, filmmaker and influencer Yi Zhou. Photo: Handout

Shanghai-born, LA-based multimedia artist, influencer and filmmaker Yi Zhou and Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, grandson of Italy’s last king, launch the Royal House of Savoy, a fashion line for Global Intuition.


From saris in India to bowler hats in Bolivia – around the world in traditional dress

Aymara women in traditional clothing and bowler hats in La Paz, Bolivia. Photo: Shutterstock

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ATHENS, GREECE - AUGUST 11, 2018: Soldiers of Greece's Presidential Guard (Evzones) by the Old Royal Palace that houses the Hellenic Parliament in Syntagma Square. Valery Sharifulin/TASS (Photo by Valery Sharifulin\TASS via Getty Images)[20SEPTEMBER2020 FIGURED OUT POST MAGAZINE]CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES

Girls wearing traditional Sevillian dresses gather during the "Feria de Abril" (April Fair) in Sevilla on April 30, 2017. - The fair dates back to 1847 when it was originally organized as a livestock fair but has turned into a week of flamenco dancing, music and bullfighting. (Photo by CRISTINA QUICLER / AFP)[20SEPTEMBER2020 FIGURED OUT POST MAGAZINE]CREDIT: AFP

World leaders prepare for the obligatory ‘family photo’ at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, in Hanoi, in 2006. Photo: Reuters

While some national costumes are donned for the benefit of tourists, others are still worn on a daily basis.


How Japan adopted, adapted and improved American fashion

In Japan, American styles have been adopted, adapted and, arguably, improved. Photo: Shutterstock

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Nevertheless She Wore It

Ametora, by W. David Marx, explores how the Japanese have assimilated American fashion and made it their own. Photo: Handout

In his book Ametora, writer W. David Marx explores the cultural flow of fashions between the United States and Japan.


From Karl Lagerfeld and Ralph Lauren to catwalk competitions and industry exposés – the best of fashion on TV

Tan France (left) and Alexa Chung host the Netflix catwalk competition Next in Fashion. Photo: Handout

Atelier, on Netflix, stitches up the fashion industry in decidedly Japanese style. Photo: Handout

There is no shortage of style on the small screen, from runway wannabes to designer profiles and investigations into the darker side of the darker side of the fashion industry.


Fashion in fiction, from Sherlock Holmes’ deerstalker to Patrick Bateman’s designer name-dropping

From Sherlock Holmes to Patrick Bateman, fashion plays a role in fiction. Photo: Shutterstock

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Confession of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

Believe it or not, the Bible is chock full of sartorial advice and there is more to fashion fiction than the frivolity of Sophie Kinsella’s Shopaholic series.


The most powerful women in Asian fashion and a new generation of influencers and Instagrammers hot on their heels.
