China Fashion Week is an international fashion event held twice a year at various venues in Beijing, China.[1] The event originated in 1997 and hosts professional contests, exhibitions, fashion forums and professional evaluations.[2] The event showcases fashion collections from various designers, including ready-to-wear, accessories, styling and other new designs.[2] The dates for Fashion Week, in March and October, are determined by the China Fashion Federation.
China Fashion Week was previously called "First China Fashion Week". When it first began, China Fashion Week was less critical of the seasonal concept of the event. Over the years as the event went on, the showing of “ready-to-wear” clothes and designer clothes were split into two sections. One section changed to March and the other to November. [3]
2014 Pollution Chic—Fashion designers incorporated pollution-blocking masks into their designs and runway shows.[5]
2013: Crazy Eye Makeup—China's most famous makeup artist, Mao Geping, created faux eyebrows made of unconventional materials as part of his MGPIN Collection. These materials included metallic pyramid studs, gold-plated and crystal-rope jewelry, and bronze trinkets resembling the innards of a grandfather clock.[6]
2012: Tang Jing—(The Tang Dynasty): Spring/Summer Week in 2012 combined the past with the present to feature traditional Chinese embroidery and replicas of attire from the Tang Dynasty blended with modern Haute Couture designs. Models showed off long gowns in bright colors, some using techniques and styles often seen in the Tang Dynasty, AD 618 to AD 907.[7]
Mercedes-Benz:: In 2011, China International Fashion Week and luxury car brand leader. They established a strategic partnership. China International Fashion Week has listed China Fashion Week in Mercedes-Benz Fashion Weeks worldwide. In October 2014, the China International Fashion Week (Spring-Summer 2015) was held in Beijing.
