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Sandy Chu

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Covers:  Global fashion, culture, lifestyle & tech.
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J.HARDYMENT founder on getting started, Lane Crawford and Shanghai's energy.

J.HARDYMENT founder on getting started, Lane Crawford and Shanghai's energy.

WGSN — WGSN sat down with jewellery designer Joanna Hardyment in Shanghai to talk starting up her eponymous brand, J. HARDYMENT. We discussed Shanghai's energy, understanding differing tastes in jewellery around the world and strategic planning. Could you tell us a bit about how you founded your jewellery brand?
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The allure of Pitti Uomo in China

The allure of Pitti Uomo in China

WGSN — Although Italian fashion and the 'made in Italy' stamp has long held a special place in the hearts of the Chinese consumer, the importance of Pitti Uomo in this country didn't really resonate with me until I began covering fashion in China.
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China Influencer Summit: The key takeaways

China Influencer Summit: The key takeaways

WGSN — With China\'s increasingly cluttered influencer space, it\'s hard to know how to approach this rapidly growing marketing segment. Last week, marketing agency UpLab held its first China Influencer Summit to help understand how to approach and select which influencers to work with.
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Five Minutes with APAX Group founder Terence Chu

Five Minutes with APAX Group founder Terence Chu

WGSN — WGSN caught up with Terence Chu, the CEO and Founder of APAX Group, one of China's leading experiential marketing companies, for an insider's look at what trends are happening within this sector. With over 15 years of industry experience, his illuminating thoughts provide an invaluable snapshot about where the industry is at and what's next.
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Get to know Bangkok's storytelling concept store, Another Story

Get to know Bangkok's storytelling concept store, Another Story

WGSN — WGSN recently caught up with Thailand's leading mall operator The Mall Group to learn more about their storytelling concept store, Another Story (AS). We spoke with their Retail Development Director Maryse Kraatz who shared her insights on how the retail initiative came to be and how their ideation happens.
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What Does Digital First Mean For The Future Of Chinese Fashion?

What Does Digital First Mean For The Future Of Chinese Fashion?

temper-magazine.com — With the country's tech habits a good half a decade ahead of those found in Western countries, as China's style barometer continues to rise these two factors make the world of fashion one particularly interesting industry to watch. When I arrived in Shanghai one decade ago, the digital habits I saw in China...
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Close-Up: Exploring The Notes Of The Unconscious

Close-Up: Exploring The Notes Of The Unconscious

temper-magazine.com — A fan of the sensational, Temper Magazine turns to Shanghainese designer Xin Zhao of independent accessories brand REBYXINZHAO to escort us on a walk down one highly scented memory lane. It's scensational. When it comes to the narrative of fashion or for that matter creative work, in our digitally led world the experience relies heavily, dare I say a little bit too much, on the sense of sight.
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Crescite Et Multiplicamini: China's Top Multi-Brand Boutiques

Crescite Et Multiplicamini: China's Top Multi-Brand Boutiques

temper-magazine.com — As an emerging market with 1.3 billion people, China's growing affluence has made the country a major story to watch in the global fashion world as its economic might rose to international prominence at the start of the 21st century. And multiplying leads to multi-branding.
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Sensitive Style Issues: China's History Of Foot Binding

Sensitive Style Issues: China's History Of Foot Binding

temper-magazine.com — If anything, foot binding provides a powerful parallel offering a historic reflection on the cost of attaining beauty standards that cannot be reversed without giving the irreversible procedures required to get there any deep, let alone critical, thought.
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2017's Must-See Chinese Photographers: Focus!

2017's Must-See Chinese Photographers: Focus!

temper-magazine.com — Transcending geographic locations, the work of today's new wave of Chinese photographers bridges the gap to engage and intrigue local and overseas audiences alike. Whereas Chen Man may have officially put Chinese photographers on the world map, there are many newer names to feature! Temper Magazine Contributor Sandy Chu goes shutterbug-undercover.
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2017's Must-See Chinese Photographers: Focus!

2017's Must-See Chinese Photographers: Focus!

temper-magazine.com — Transcending geographic locations, the work of today's new wave of Chinese photographers bridges the gap to engage and intrigue local and overseas audiences alike. Whereas Chen Man may have officially put Chinese photographers on the world map, there are many newer names to feature! Temper Magazine Contributor Sandy Chu goes shutterbug-undercover.
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Chinese Creatives To Watch: BMAL

Chinese Creatives To Watch: BMAL

WGSN — As China's economy continues to mature, the country's creative scene has begun to flourish. Young globally minded Chinese artists are emerging as new talents to watch. We sat down with Shenzhen based illustrator BMAL whose work recently caught our eye to get his take on his work and creativity in contemporary China.
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Damir Doma's Shanghai International Fashion Showcase Takeaways

Damir Doma's Shanghai International Fashion Showcase Takeaways

WGSN — Shanghai Fashion Week continues to grow, develop and evolve, helping it to become an industry standard. Each season all eyes are on the catwalk shows from Shanghai Fashion Week (held at Xintiandi), to Labelhood and Shanghai International Fashion Showcase (SIFS).
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Fashion photographer Alicia Shi's tips for success

Fashion photographer Alicia Shi's tips for success

WGSN — For anyone who has had the gumption to cut their professional teeth in a second language or culture, you probably don't have to be told twice its no small feat to "make it". One-part sheer tenacity, teamed with a heavy dash of stubborn determination, Alicia Shi sat down with us to share her story on how she successfully established her photography company in Shanghai.
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How brands are embracing Chinese New Year 2017

How brands are embracing Chinese New Year 2017

WGSN — This Saturday is Chinese New Year day, so here's a few highlights of things you might have missed from mainland China, in terms of how brands are embracing this special day and creating special event/products to captivate consumers and grab their attention.
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This deep data analysis tool is helping luxury brands make a global impact

This deep data analysis tool is helping luxury brands make a global impact

WGSN — In today's increasingly global fashion world, businesses are going into unfamiliar markets and approaching non-native cultures, in non-native languages. This poses a challenge for retail business. Businesses now need to be nimble enough to keep up and engage with information being transmitted instantaneously on local social media feeds, respecting and understanding local nuances to make their mark and engage with this global and local consumer.
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Yuzhe Studios: The fashion brand celebrating a slower aesthetic

Yuzhe Studios: The fashion brand celebrating a slower aesthetic

WGSN — We're living in a noise-filled world, a place where shameless attention seeking has become the modern status quo. At times it feels kind of like a dystopian social media driven (how many followers?) society that's filled with never-ending noise.
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How Chinese stylist EyeLoveLu built a creatively fulfilling career

How Chinese stylist EyeLoveLu built a creatively fulfilling career

WGSN — Looking at Lulu Zhou with her hard to miss, bleach blonde pixie cut and visually strong, punchy portfolio, it would be hard to guess she's still a relatively young stylist. In 2014 having worked for a few years in a stable job as an accountant she realised she wanted to do something more inspiring, albeit less predictable.
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How Natali D built a successful styling business in Shanghai

How Natali D built a successful styling business in Shanghai

WGSN — Throughout its history with the west, China has long been known as an insular world, a difficult place for foreigners to crack with a language and cultural barrier that is hard to get past.
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CES Asia 2016: What we learned from the tech trade show

CES Asia 2016: What we learned from the tech trade show

WGSN — Last week the second edition of CES Asia 2016 took place in Shanghai. Although this show is still in its infancy, the exhibition space was packed. Since the Las Vegas show remains one of the hottest tech topics for Chinese social media and for business magazines such as CBN Weekly, post show we caught up with commercial and private drone company MOTA's president and co-founder Michael Faro to get his thoughts on exhibiting.
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Elsewhere is one of the best fashion zines out there

Elsewhere is one of the best fashion zines out there

WGSN — The internet is an amazing tool we often take for granted as a way to serendipitously discover new information about the global creative community. During a recent and serious image search session for yet another report, an amazing bilingual and free (score!)
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Wendy Yu on the BoF China Prize and the 2019 trends-to-watch

Wendy Yu on the BoF China Prize and the 2019 trends-to-watch

WGSN — Following the announcement of the $100,000 BoF China Prize in partnership with Yu Holdings, WGSN sat down with the investment company\'s millennial Founder and CEO Wendy Yu. One to watch, Yu was invited this year to join the prestigious Met Gala Committee, and was named as a 30 Under 30 by Forbes China.
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Guess Inc. on Asia, storytelling and fabric innovation

Guess Inc. on Asia, storytelling and fabric innovation

WGSN — At Shanghai's Innersect convention, WGSN sat down with Nicolai Marciano, Director of Brand Partnerships at Guess Inc. and Guess Jeans to chat about inspirations from Asia, target markets for growth, the Chinese denim consumer and fabric innovation in product. What countries in Asia will be a source of inspiration for Guess in 2019?
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Guess Inc. on Asia, storytelling and fabric innovation

Guess Inc. on Asia, storytelling and fabric innovation

WGSN — At Shanghai's Innersect convention, WGSN sat down with Nicolai Marciano, Director of Brand Partnerships at Guess Inc. and Guess Jeans to chat about inspirations from Asia, target markets for growth, the Chinese denim consumer and fabric innovation in product. What countries in Asia will be a source of inspiration for Guess in 2019?
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