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Lv Xiaolei

Secretary General, Shanghai Fashion Week Organizing Committee and Executive Vice Chairman, Shanghai Fashion Designers Association

The textile and retail industry veteran helped turn Shanghai Fashion Week into China’s most influential B2B fashion event.

Lv Xiaolei
China

China’s Economic Woes Begin to Bite Luxury Players

Fears over China’s slowing economic growth and grey market crackdown have sent luxury stocks tumbling, a 21-year-old vlogger was detained for a livestream, and Crazy Rich Asians is scheduled for nationwide release. Read China Decoded to make sense of the market.

China

China’s Economic Woes Begin to Bite Luxury Players

Fears over China’s slowing economic growth and grey market crackdown have sent luxury stocks tumbling, a 21-year-old vlogger was detained for a livestream, and Crazy Rich Asians is scheduled for nationwide release. Read China Decoded to make sense of the market.


China

Navigating New Business Frontiers at the BoF China Summit

Executives from Tmall, Tencent, Gucci, Ermenegildo Zegna, Harrods and Bulgari gathered during Shanghai Fashion Week to debate hot-button issues at the BoF China Summit.

China

Navigating New Business Frontiers at the BoF China Summit

Executives from Tmall, Tencent, Gucci, Ermenegildo Zegna, Harrods and Bulgari gathered during Shanghai Fashion Week to debate hot-button issues at the BoF China Summit.


Fashion Week

Shanghai’s Hotbed of Entrepreneurship

As the ecosystem around Shanghai Fashion Week matures, a young professional class of fashion upstarts are focused on finding new opportunities on and off the catwalk.

Fashion Week

Shanghai’s Hotbed of Entrepreneurship

As the ecosystem around Shanghai Fashion Week matures, a young professional class of fashion upstarts are focused on finding new opportunities on and off the catwalk.


China

Marco Bizzarri, Jessica Liu, Xiao Xue, Gildo Zegna and Chen Xiaodong to Headline BoF China Summit

Following the success of last year’s inaugural event, the BoF China Summit is back to spark debate among global executives, Chinese fashion industry leaders and our China-based community during Shanghai Fashion Week.

China

Marco Bizzarri, Jessica Liu, Xiao Xue, Gildo Zegna and Chen Xiaodong to Headline BoF China Summit

Following the success of last year’s inaugural event, the BoF China Summit is back to spark debate among global executives, Chinese fashion industry leaders and our China-based community during Shanghai Fashion Week.


Global Markets

How Shanghai Fashion Week Got Its Groove

Buoyed by fresh talent, Shanghai’s fashion week is powering past regional rivals in Seoul and Tokyo, and ready to stand up to international scrutiny, reports Susanna Lau.

Global Markets

How Shanghai Fashion Week Got Its Groove

Buoyed by fresh talent, Shanghai’s fashion week is powering past regional rivals in Seoul and Tokyo, and ready to stand up to international scrutiny, reports Susanna Lau.


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.


Sustainability

China’s Sustainable Fashion Paradox

Sustainability is moving up the agenda of the Chinese government as the country's people say they care more about it. So why does the local fashion industry seem so disinterested?

Sustainability

China’s Sustainable Fashion Paradox

Sustainability is moving up the agenda of the Chinese government as the country's people say they care more about it. So why does the local fashion industry seem so disinterested?


China

China’s New Wave of Female Fashion Executives

In this month’s China Edit, Chinese executives and their power moves are in the spotlight, Plaza 66 reopens in Shanghai and Dior continues its digital innovation.

China

China’s New Wave of Female Fashion Executives

In this month’s China Edit, Chinese executives and their power moves are in the spotlight, Plaza 66 reopens in Shanghai and Dior continues its digital innovation.


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.


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.


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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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