Redefining Hong Kong as a Fashion Capital
Bosco Law is reshaping Hong Kong’s fashion landscape by blending business with community impact. His vision centres on creativity, collaboration, and long-term industry growth.
Bosco Law grew up surrounded by the colours and textures of Hong Kong’s textile trade, an industry his family helped shape over half a century. Today, he represents a third generation of leadership at Lawsgroup as Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive, leading the company beyond its manufacturing origins, and into a successful diversified enterprise rooted in Hong Kong’s local communities.
The company has evolved into one of Hong Kong’s leading textile and fashion groups, with operations spanning garment production, supply-chain services, property investment and retail & branding. It is also known for its landmark property revitalisation project, D2 Place, which has become a hub for cultural, creative and tech-driven enterprises in Lai Chi Kok.
Lawsgroup now employs more than 20,000 people worldwide. In recent years it has added new factories across Asia to lift annual production capacity to more than 150 million pieces while driving community-focused initiatives such as 6-step entrepreneurship model. But Bosco is also focused on shaping a more resilient future for Hong Kong’s fashion ecosystem. He has taken on the role of Chairman of the Textile Council of Hong Kong, bringing his perspective to an organisation that represents the industry as a whole on policy issues and long-term development.
Changing the Game
Bosco is redefining what a textiles group can be. Instead of focusing solely on scale or efficiency, he has guided Lawsgroup to embrace the idea of Creating Shared Value (CSV). Put simply, he is directing the company to use its factories, properties, and industry networks to support the communities they are part of in tangible and meaningful ways. This approach has opened doors for small businesses and creative talent in ways that most traditional enterprises rarely attempt.
At Lawsgroup’s D2 Place development in Lai Chi Kok, young designers and start-ups are given space to test ideas, sell their work and build a followings. With support and guidance, what begins as a market stall can evolve into a pop-up, a kiosk, and eventually a permanent shop in destinations such as D2 Place. The group’s events and themed markets showcase local and international designers, creating a community where new business models and creative expressions can take root. In doing so, he is enriching the diversity and creativity of the industry.
“The Creating Shared Values model at D2 Place supports local entrepreneurs by offering them spaces to grow—from small weekend market stalls to shops in major malls—helping incubate new talent and businesses” Bosco says. He adds “We want to promote design and get more people to appreciate the work of local talents,” noting that the group has long had an in-house R&D studio to create new styles and intellectual property. “In 2018, I started started the “Top 10 Artisans Award” to recognise the work of those operating small businesses. The receiver of the award helps designers gain visibility, secure leases, and develop their companies.”
Bosco’s strategy extends beyond his company. At the Textile Council, he has pushed the organisation to play a more active role in shaping the city’s fashion ecosystem. Working with partners across the sector, he helped transform Hong Kong Fashion Fest into a broader collaborative platform that brings young designers, manufacturers, educators and retailers together. He sees efforts like this as essential steps toward building a more vibrant scene that could eventually support a world-class fashion week like those in Shanghai or New York.
Shaping Tomorrow
With this in mind, Bosco is determined to push the whole sector with renewed momentum. He notes how older generations of textile leaders navigated decades of change, and values the importance of foresight and flexibility - qualities he deems necessary as Hong Kong repositions itself in the global fashion landscape.
He is consciously dedicating more time to his role with the Textile Council and encouraging young leaders to step forward, backing research initiatives, and engaging in constructive dialogue with the government, to ensure a more comprehensive policy approach to competitive challenges, and showing the world what Hong Kong can do.
“Manufacturers like us can always find a way,” Bosco says. “But over the past 20-something years, in terms of official support, the industry has only had the TDC (Hong Kong Trade Development Council) doing trade shows – that’s it.”
In comparison, he notes, South Korea has a form of cultural bureau which offers practical assistance for fashion designers and associations, the K-pop sector, and related commercial ventures. There is help with marketing, coordination, media, plans for expansion, and circumventing potential pitfalls.
The Textile Council’s efforts are paying off. The government now has a Creative and Cultural Industries Development Agency; the need for further investment in the creative sector is broadly accepted; and events like Fashion Fest are doing much to raise the city’s profile overseas.
“The goal is to get Hong Kong’s fashion industry back on track,” Bosco says. “We are moving in the right direction, but like other major cities we should have a dedicated district – it could be Sham Shui Po – and must build a business model that covers everything, including a fashion week, just like in Paris or Shanghai.”
Lessons that Last
Bosco’s leadership is shaped by two enduring influences: a family tradition of service and a personal belief that creativity is one of the most powerful tools for bringing people together. Having studied Architecture and Art History at the University of Toronto, Bosco sees design as a shared language that cuts across cultures, industries and generations. As he puts it, “I have always found that design and creativity are a very good platform for dialogue. It is easy to understand, easy to sell, and a very good medium for making friends—connecting with people across cultures and backgrounds.”
That instinct to connect people has guided him throughout his career. At Lawsgroup, it informs how he engages staff, designers and small business owners, encouraging them to experiment, test ideas and grow at their own pace. Outside the company, it underpins his commitment to CSV, whether through incubating new brands at D2 Place, supporting artisans through his annual awards programme, or helping young designers gain international exposure. For Bosco, business is at its best when it lifts others with it.
His sense of responsibility also extends beyond the industry. During his time at university, he saw how creative thinking and social awareness could influence campus culture. Years later, he established an award there to recognise students who make a meaningful contribution to combating racism. It is a quiet gesture, but one that reflects his belief that leadership carries obligations — to set standards, to address inequities and to create opportunities for those who may not otherwise have them.
What ties these threads together is his deep affection for Hong Kong. The city’s energy, diversity and resourcefulness shaped him, and he sees CSV and community building as ways to preserve those qualities for the next generation. Whether nurturing designers, revitalising neighbourhoods or strengthening the textile sector, he sees creativity as both a practical tool and a civic duty. “Design is a language everyone understands,” he says. For Bosco Law, it is also a way to keep Hong Kong’s story moving forward.