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Uma Wang

Designer, Uma Wang

China’s breakout design star, championed by Vogue China, her textural approach to form and fabric have won her widespread acclaim.

Uma Wang
China

Meet the Shanghai Eight

As Shanghai Fashion Week draws to a close, the city cements its position as the springboard for progressive Chinese design. BoF highlights eight of its most promising designers.

China

Meet the Shanghai Eight

As Shanghai Fashion Week draws to a close, the city cements its position as the springboard for progressive Chinese design. BoF highlights eight of its most promising designers.


Partner Content

Bringing Made in Italy to China

Milan’s largest tradeshow White is taking 56 SMEs to Shanghai Fashion Week, with the aim of increasing awareness of the ‘Made in Italy’ brand and to better tap the increasingly discerning tastes of the Chinese consumers.

Partner Content

Bringing Made in Italy to China

Milan’s largest tradeshow White is taking 56 SMEs to Shanghai Fashion Week, with the aim of increasing awareness of the ‘Made in Italy’ brand and to better tap the increasingly discerning tastes of the Chinese consumers.


China

Shanghai’s Bid to Conquer Asian Fashion

Dynamic, ambitious and sometimes chaotic, Shanghai Fashion Week is becoming a global centre of gravity for Asia’s sprawling fashion trade.

China

Shanghai’s Bid to Conquer Asian Fashion

Dynamic, ambitious and sometimes chaotic, Shanghai Fashion Week is becoming a global centre of gravity for Asia’s sprawling fashion trade.


Workplace & Talent

Announcing The Shelter

Check out this week’s new partners and openings on BoF Careers, the global marketplace for fashion talent.

Workplace & Talent

Announcing The Shelter

Check out this week’s new partners and openings on BoF Careers, the global marketplace for fashion talent.


China

Shanghai Fashion Week Ups the Ante

China’s most globally-minded fashion week is becoming an umbrella event for new platforms clustering around Shanghai.

China

Shanghai Fashion Week Ups the Ante

China’s most globally-minded fashion week is becoming an umbrella event for new platforms clustering around Shanghai.


Financial Markets

Homegrown Asian Labels Challenge Western Imports

Fashion brands from South Korea, China and Japan are becoming serious rivals of their Western peers as Asian consumers become increasingly confident in their own style and take pride in buying home-grown labels.

Financial Markets

Homegrown Asian Labels Challenge Western Imports

Fashion brands from South Korea, China and Japan are becoming serious rivals of their Western peers as Asian consumers become increasingly confident in their own style and take pride in buying home-grown labels.


China

Success and Struggle for China's Creative Class

China’s fashion designers are making serious inroads abroad but why aren’t more of its photographers, stylists and other fashion creatives making a bigger global impact?

China

Success and Struggle for China's Creative Class

China’s fashion designers are making serious inroads abroad but why aren’t more of its photographers, stylists and other fashion creatives making a bigger global impact?


Fashion Week

A Wave of Chinese Talent on European Runways

China has nurtured a crop of young designers who have begun to establish themselves in the major fashion capitals of Europe.

Fashion Week

A Wave of Chinese Talent on European Runways

China has nurtured a crop of young designers who have begun to establish themselves in the major fashion capitals of Europe.


Fashion Week

WWI Romantics

Wang’s collection consisted of a clash of military regalia and opulent brocade textiles on sack dresses, overcoats, and generously tailored suits.

Fashion Week

WWI Romantics

Wang’s collection consisted of a clash of military regalia and opulent brocade textiles on sack dresses, overcoats, and generously tailored suits.


Retail

6 Global Gamechangers Revolutionising Multi-Brand Retail

From China and India to Nigeria and Mexico, a host of influential, bellwether boutiques have become real gamechangers in their respective fashion markets.

Retail

6 Global Gamechangers Revolutionising Multi-Brand Retail

From China and India to Nigeria and Mexico, a host of influential, bellwether boutiques have become real gamechangers in their respective fashion markets.


What is The BoF 500?

The people shaping the global fashion industry, curated by the editors of The Business of Fashion, based on nominations and on-the-ground intelligence from around the world.

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