Exclusive: Tang Shuang, Vogue China Deputy Publisher Resigns

Tang Shuang, the influential fashion critic and deputy publisher at Vogue China has resigned and will leave the company in early June, WWD can exclusively reveal. Disagreements over the newly-launched Vogue Business in China, which is published on WeChat and had acquired her much-followed personal account and rebranded it into the trade title’s presence, appears to have played a part. “After much deliberation, I felt that there was a slight gap between my personal style and the company and I decided to focus on my career and other interests,” she told WWD. “I am very grateful for the company’s sincere invitation, and I have benefited a lot in less than a year. I wish Condé Nast China every success on the road to change and innovation in the future.” Instead of starting a WeChat channel from scratch, Vogue Business in China launched last December by buying Tang’s account called Quanzi, meaning inner circle in Chinese. At the time, it had around 60,000 subscribers. Condé Nast China had not responded to request for comment at the time of publication. An authoritative voice in the Chinese fashion industry, Tang is credited with the launch of Xiamen Fashion Week in 2015, after one of the articles she penned

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