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The Chinese Look from Hong Kong Ready-to-Wear Festival
The fifth Ready-to-Wear Festival in Hong Kong drew nearly 1,000 buyers and press from the US and Europe, showcasing mass market fashion and modern Chinese-inspired designs. Designers like Philip Au Yeung impressed, with Paris editors and Bonwit Teller signaling Hong Kong as a fashion center, while mass production remains the colony’s livelihood and the clothes garner strong appeal in the United States.
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Hong Kong
NEA
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Japan
Australia
Sweden
Canada
France
Gary Scales
Gwenda Crone
London
Paris
New York
William Fine
Bonwit Teller
Philip
States
Tse
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Philip Au Yeung