Five Start-Ups in China, of Fashion and Luxury

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The Fast Company (a magazine) in its March 2014 issue has a cover story: The World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies” (cover).

No 24 are five companies in China, whose sketches (a page for each) are all written by Christina Larson.

“No 24
Rose Studio
Institute Sarita
Wild China
Mary Ching
Nissis”

(1) ROSE STUDIO  FOR REVIVING THE ART OF CHINESE EMBROIDERY AND CRAFTSMANSHIP
www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2014/rose-studio

Note: GUO Pei 郭 培 of Rose Studio  玫瑰坊
www.rosestudio.com.cn

(2) INSTITUTE SARITA  FOR MINDING THE MANNERS OF CHINESE BUSINESS
www.fastcompany.com/most-innovat ... 14/institute-sarita
(“In 2013, Sara Jane HO 何 佩嵘, a Hong Kong native and graduate of both Harvard Business School and a premier Swiss finishing school, opened an etiquette school in Beijing”)

瑞雅礼仪
www.institutesarita.com

(3) WILD CHINA  FOR MAKING REMOTE CORNERS OF CHINA ACCESSIBLE
www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2014/wild-china
(“China's tourism market is booming, generating more than $500 billion last year”)

My comment:
(a) Mei ZHANG 张玫 of Wild China 碧山
wildchina.com/
(b) In comparison, for 2013 China’s trade surplus, export and import were $259.75 billion, $2.21 trillion and $1.95 trillion, respectively. China's Foreign Trade up 7.6 pct in 2013. Xinhua, Jan 10, 2014.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-01/10/c_133034326.htm

(4) MARY CHING  FOR REMIXING CHINESE OPULENCE, BRITISH ECCENTRICITY, AND ITALIAN LEATHER INTO GLOBAL LUXURY
www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2014/mary-ching
Alison Mary Ching YEUNG 杨贞 of Mary Ching 贞 (品牌)
www.mary-ching.com/

Note:
(a) June Ng, Alison Mary Ching Yeung. HK Magazine, Apr 16, 2009
hk-magazine.com/shopping/article/fashion-designer-alison-mary-ching-yeung
(“I’m mixed-race. My dad is Chinese and my mom is English. I don’t feel that I really fit into either side. In England, I feel more Chinese, but in China, I see myself as English. * * * I’m not seeing anyone right now—I’m married to my business”)
(b) 香港雜誌列表
zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/香港雜誌列表
(section 1.4 生活、文化、藝術、消閒: HK Magazine, 出版社 Asia City Media Group, 創刊年 2004, 刊期[:] 每週)


(5) NISSIS  FOR STAKING OUT ASPIRATIONAL BUYERS IN CHINA’S EMERGING HOT SPOTS
www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2014/nisiss

Note:
(a) I can not find teh Chinese name of Ms Susan SHEN.
(b) Nisiss   怡夕
www.nisiss.com/