Shanghai Fashion Week news and archive

China: Tmall demonstrates fashion shopping of the future

Together with Shanghai Fashion Week, China's online giant Alibaba demonstrated what fashion shopping of the future could look like as new technologies aim to make the connection between consumers, retailers and brands even closer. Virtual catwalks China's most important fashion metropolis hosted Shanghai Fashion Week from 10th to 17th October. A...

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Shanghai police see no foul play in Russian teen model's death

Shanghai police have ruled out foul play and cast doubt on allegations that overwork contributed to the death of a 14-year-old Russian model after she took part in Shanghai Fashion Week last month. The death of Vlada Dzyuba in a Shanghai hospital on October 27 threw a spotlight on the murky world of foreign models in China -- many from the...

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Probe into 14-year-old Russian model's death in China

Russia on Tuesday opened a criminal probe into the death of a 14-year-old Russian model who died following Shanghai Fashion Week, amid concerns about her working conditions. Investigators in the Perm region where Vlada Dzyuba lived are looking in to whether her death was caused by negligence, TASS state news agency reported, citing regional...

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Growing demand for baby-face models, says dead Russian's agent

The Chinese agency responsible for a 14-year-old Russian model who died in Shanghai said on Tuesday there is a growing demand worldwide for younger-looking girls in the fashion industry. Vlada Dzyuba died in hospital on Friday, sparking accusations that she had been overworked and underpaid during a two-month working stint in China that included...

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China agency denies dead Russian model, 14, was overworked

The Chinese agency representing a "beautiful" 14-year-old Russian model who died after taking part in Shanghai Fashion Week denied on Monday allegations that she was overworked and underpaid. The death of Vlada Dzyuba in a Chinese hospital on Friday shines a light on the murky world of western models in China, many of whom are from the former...

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Shanghai Fashion Week highlights domestic brands

Shanghai Fashion Week, which concluded yesterday, surprised this year’s visitors by focusing on domestic brands and designers. Organised by the Shanghai Textile Group, the spring edition of Shanghai Fashion Week 2013 took place from April 10th to 16th. Founded in October 2003, the bi-annual Shanghai Fashion Week has always claimed a focus on “...