6 Chinese fashion designers with global appeal at Shanghai Fashion Week
Caroline Hu, Liushu Lei and Yutong Jiang – better known as Shushu/Tong – and Mei Chen of Märchen were among those with creations that impressed at Shanghai Fashion Week
Shanghai Fashion Week is never short on creativity. Year on year, the event attracts the best talent in the industry – from highly successful commercial brands to emerging fashion designers in China and around the world.
The latest 13-day event, Shanghai Fashion Week autumn/winter 2019, which ended on Tuesday, presented a wide range of international and domestic fashion designer labels and commercial brands.
Check out six Chinese designers, including two working together as a duo – five of whom were featured at Shanghai Fashion Week – each with a unique background and story to tell, whose creations have global appeal while still respecting their Asian roots.
Caroline Hu
Winning the inaugural Business of Fashion China Prize during Shanghai Fashion Week on March 29 put the New York-based Chinese fashion designer Caroline Hu was in the spotlight as a rising star of the industry.
Hu, who beat five other finalists to the award, which included US$100,000, a coveted spot at London Fashion Week in September and mentorship from brands including Lane Crawford and Reebok, says she was “really surprised” by her win.
“I have more confidence to build up my brand now,” she says. “I really need the financial support ... Each dress takes maybe a minimum of six days.”