Shanghai Fashion Week Bets On Creativity, Sustainability and Innovation

SHANGHAI — The latest edition of Shanghai Fashion Week will take place a week after Paris, from Oct. 9 to 20. The city is moving its show date a few days earlier each season, aiming to seamlessly connect with Paris Fashion Week in the near future. Historically, the city is already praised as Paris of the East for its sophisticated fashion and culinary taste. Shanghai has developed a moderately advanced fashion industry over the past six years. It hosts the largest fashion trade show in Asia, which attracts top local fashion giants and emerging talents from all over the world and wins praise from the international press for its sheer scale and genuine offering. Lv Xiaolei, vice secretary-general of the Shanghai Fashion Week committee, or Madame Lv to the local industry, said the city is now ready to celebrate what China has achieved 70 years after the declaration of independence and 40 years after the implementation of the open and reform policy. “With continuous refinement on fashion shows, trade shows and various B2B events, we aim to consolidate and strengthen Shanghai Fashion Week’s undisputed status in the Asian fashion system,” she said. She also revealed that Shanghai Fashion Week is debuting a new venue, built

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