Fei Fei Sun’s Guide to Shanghai and Designers to Watch

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

About three years ago, Fei Fei Sun was just a gal about China, hangin’ with her boyfriend in Shanghai. Several Paris Fashion Week video viewings later, and she’s got the bug to wear it all; to be there in it. Fortunately her razor sharp jawline and chameleon abilities have allowed just that and she skyrocketed her to the fashion stratosphere.. Her first season out, she walked 30 shows without knowing a lick of English. Which I suppose proves the point that you can get by on just your good looks (and in this case, polite, intuitive silence and a fearsome smize). If you turn the tables and find yourself in Shanghai without knowing a damn word in Chinese, check what Fei Fei Sun advises you eat, see and shop in her city.

Qui Hao Wins Woolmark Prize

Edited by Rebecca Alexander

Chinese designer Qui Hao has won the Woolmark Prize, beating out nine other finalists. Hao translated some pretty innovative ideas into knitwear, including “a white tube dress encircled with knitted orbs of Merino wool, inspired by a series of cave photos by Wang Gang,” WWD reported. With his prizes (100,000 euros, and his designs will be stocked at Colette) Hao plans to relocate from Shanghai to Paris. And he’s planning a line of masks that will appear in Chinese Vogue‘s December issue.

Source: NY Mag