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.


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’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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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’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’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’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’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.

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.

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.

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

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.




