After decades of championing emerging designers, Sara Sozzani Maino believes fashion’s future depends on more than discovering new talent. During this year’s Fashion Asia Hong Kong, she reflects on the changing meaning of craftsmanship, the importance of cultural exchange and why investing in the next generation matters more than ever.
For Proya founder and chairman Hou Juncheng, building a global beauty company requires more than speed. Following a landmark achievement at the IFSCC Congress, he reflects on scientific innovation, international ambitions, and his vision for China’s beauty industry.
From biotech ingredients to mood-focused fragrances, new search and sales data reveals how health, science and wellness are influencing beauty consumption.
From First Purchase to Brand Loyalty: The Global Test for Chinese Beauty As Chinese beauty brands expand internationally, new research examines how product credibility and consumer feedback can turn initial interest into lasting demand.
From skin longevity to advanced ingredient delivery, global beauty trends are opening new opportunities for Chinese brands. Mintel's research reveals why success depends on translating innovation into locally relevant products.
At its tenth anniversary, Fashion Asia Hong Kong expanded 10 Asian Designers To Watch across runway, showroom and public exhibition, while the Fashion Challenges Forum tackled the pressures reshaping the industry. Together, the programmes offered a clearer view of the ecosystem being built around Asia’s emerging design talent.
Chinese fragrance storytelling is evolving beyond recognisable cultural symbols. Through its collaboration with Isabel Marant, To Summer offers a case study in how Chinese fragrance brands can translate local sensibility through scent, fashion and embodied experience, creating resonance across cultures without flattening their cultural roots.
Louis Vuitton’s first-instance trademark victory against Chinese tea chain Molly Tea appears legally straightforward. The public reaction has been anything but, reopening a wider debate over cultural memory, aesthetic authority and who gets to turn shared visual languages into exclusive commercial assets.
At Esxence 2026, China’s fragrance industry gained visibility not only as a growth market, but as a group of key stakeholders entering the global conversation. From buyers studying trends to creators presenting new olfactory languages, Chinese perfumery is beginning to shape how the artistic fragrance world understands China.
From Jingdezhen workshops to curated urban boutiques, ceramics are becoming a new form of lifestyle investment in China. For younger consumers, handmade tableware and tea ware are no longer just functional objects, but carriers of emotional value, aesthetic identity, and daily ritual.
China’s ceramic heritage is globally recognized, but its consumer image remains split between low-cost industrial tableware and collectible antiques. The next opportunity may lie in contemporary ceramic brands that translate Chinese aesthetics into usable, emotionally resonant objects for global consumers.