The opening of Lane Crawford's first store in Beijing last October has expanded the China presence of British designers such as Alexander McQueen and Stella McCartney and heralded the arrival of more niche designers including Dries Van Noten, Hussein Chalayan and Rick Owens.
Buyers from Lane Crawford now take prized front-row seats at fashion shows in Paris and Milan, alongside buyers from high-end U.S. retailers Saks and Nieman Marcus.
Meanwhile, Chinese fashion editors, headed by Vogue China, have become an influential presence on the European fashion scene.
China's ongoing transition to a more market-oriented economy after decades of strict communist rule is producing a constant stream of newly rich.
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