How far is China from emerging as a fashion center?

摘要

Although many in the fashion world are considering China as a retail market only, some Chinese and Hong Kong designers are striving to shine in the international fashion community. It will depend on how far these designers can get a good grip on the multiple successful factors so that the country can become a fashion center in the Asian region, Michelle Phong reports. rnChina has enjoyed a double-digit growth of GDP for roughly two decades, and an affluent group has also developed rapidly as a mass of ready-to-pay consumers. They become the crucial buying force in the fast-expanding Chinese retail market, rnfeeding the influx of international brands as well as emerging domestic designer labels.