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Gemma Hoi On Fashion As A Social Game Changer And Striking The Balance Between Reason And Romance

Elsbeth van ParidonMarch 23, 2018

"New York City has inspired me in terms of understanding how the debate regarding race and variety is actually one far more colorful than merely the generalization of East and West. The city triggered me to pay more attention to social demands, politics and market mechanisms." Gemma Hoi... Read More

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Haute Mess Sass: HER. Fine Jewelry

Elsbeth van ParidonJanuary 22, 2018

"Imagine a world without his risk-taking, his innovative genius and, above all, his allegiance to women. A world without his tongue-in-cheek, in your face, jaw-dropping creations. His 'I will zig when the world zags, a body’s never just a body' sassiness," Donatella Versace in her SS18 tribute to big brother Gianni... Read More

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Close-Up: The Power And Panache Of Fashionable Foundations

Elsbeth van ParidonJanuary 19, 2018

"As a student, it is your time to innovate and experiment; it is your time to take a chance and a stance and say to the world: I am here! It is the time to experience pure creative freedom and invest in the future. Your future." Alla Batiuk... Read More

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Crescite Et Multiplicamini: China’s Top Multi-Brand Boutiques

Sandy ChuDecember 12, 2017

As an emerging market with 1.3 billion people, China’s growing affluence has made the country a major story to watch in the global fashion world as its economic might rose to international prominence at the start of the 21st century. And multiplying leads to multi-branding.... Read More

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Piling On The Contemporary Design: URBAN FABRIC

Elsbeth van ParidonNovember 24, 2017

Currently, the growth of China's middle class means there is a larger demand for great design, ranging from furniture to architecture to fashion. High-profile design shows like Design Shanghai and Salone del Mobile Shanghai are becoming a mounting force in purveying unique and innovative designs from across Asia and beyond to the Chinese market. ... Read More

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Crossing Over To The Dark Side: Chronic’s Blacklisted Collection

Elsbeth van ParidonNovember 13, 2017

China Fashion in 2017 represents the contradiction and conflict between the nation's previously internalized Eastern philosophical type of thinking and its current notion of a more open yet conflicted culture. ... Read More

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Close-Up: Minimalism! All Comes From Nothing.

Elsbeth van ParidonSeptember 13, 2017

Temper grabs Designer Eva Yiwei Xu by the lapels and talks blanking techniques, oriental poppies and hybrid music! With the Muse of minimalism guiding us through the process like a white thread.... Read More

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