How Far Is Xiamen From "Fashion Capital"?

< p > this year's SM spring and summer fashion week's love dress swimsuit show attracts many fashion people's eyes.

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The emergence of "P > Xiamen Gang" has become the biggest surprise of China's fashion industry. Even fashion critics think Xiamen is China's Antwerp.

In this issue, we invite Wu Xiuhua, Secretary General of Xiamen textile and garment industry association, Ceng Fengfei, chairman of the designer association of Xiamen textile and garment industry association, and Shangguan Zhe, a member of "Xiamen Gang", to chat about Xiamen and talk about Xiamen's fashion.

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< p > according to media reports, people have never linked Xiamen with the fashion industry.

The island city of southern China, which is popular with tourists, has long been known for its proximity to Taiwan. Its "small and refreshing" culture, which is full of leisure and temperament, does not seem to have the characteristics of being a fashion center.

It is far away from Beijing and Shanghai, and its quiet and scattered temperament is far from the fashionable and legendary stories of ups and downs. Even its typical subtropical monsoon climate brings the sea breeze of lazy heat, which makes the four seasons not clear, and also makes people pay more attention to cool and comfortable than fashionable.

Where to get it, a number of new independent Chinese fashion designers chose to take root here, and after several years of brewing, with the collective attention of the Chinese original design, the "Dongfeng Gang" emerged and became the biggest surprise of China's fashion industry.

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< p > "is this China's Antwerp?" Ye Xiaowei, the fashion critic, jokes.

Antwerp, the Belgian industrial city, became the center of European fashion in 1980s because of the six designers of Royal College of Art in Antwerp. These designers are known as "the Six Gentlemen of Antwerp".

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Liu P: born in 1981, he is a native of Fuzhou. Now she lives in Xiamen. She graduated from the London Fashion Institute and appeared in 2013 Shanghai fashion week and 2014 London spring and summer fashion week.

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< p > > Shangguan zhe: born in 1984, born in Changting, now living in Xiamen, graduated from Xiamen University, appearing in 2013, 2014 Shanghai autumn winter fashion week, 2014 spring and summer London Fashion Week, and won 2013 Wall Street daily (blog, micro-blog) innovation figures award fashion innovation.

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< p > > Yu Jing: graduated from the Gulangyu Islet arts and crafts College (now Xiamen Fuzhou University technology Academy of Fine Arts).

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P: Saint Martin, born in Xiamen, graduated from the Central Academy of art and design of London, appeared in London Fashion Week in 2012 and 2013, won the gold award of the central Saint Martin Fashion Awards, and the Fashion Scout award in London Fashion Week in autumn and winter 2013.

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Liu Xiaolu P: born in Xiamen, graduated from the central Saint Martin School of art and design, appearing in the 2014 autumn winter China International Fashion Week and the 2013 New York fashion week.

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< p > reporter: what do you think of this report of New York Times Chinese net? < /p >

< p > Shangguan zhe: I think this article reflects the life of our designers more objectively and objectively. When writing the report, the author himself came to Xiamen to contact and understand us.

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< p > reporter: what do you think of the saying "Xiamen is China's Antwerp" mentioned in the report?

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< p > Shangguan zhe: first of all, I think this is a compliment to the city of Xiamen.

But at the same time, I think Xiamen can not be duplicated. Xiamen is Xiamen. This city has its own distinct characteristics, and it can not compare with other cities.

At some specific stage, some characteristics of Xiamen are close to or even similar to that of Antwerp, but this does not mean that the two cities are exactly the same. Xiamen should develop something of its own characteristics.

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< p > in fact, in case, if Fang and Dido Liu are native Xiamen people, while I and Yu Jing are studying in Xiamen, Liu Min is coming to Xiamen because of his invitation to work. So in fact, our five cutting-edge designers gathered in Xiamen for no particular reason, just because the city is familiar to us.

Therefore, I think there will be a "Xiamen Gang" argument, and it is precisely because of such coincidence!! /p.

< p > reporter: how do you evaluate your design? < /p >

< p > Shangguan zhe: because our SANKUANZ chooses to pay attention to the youth culture, and there are many youth culture, for example, last season's American street and Tibet elements, and the next season may be something else.

We set out from different angles to explain a young person's current living conditions and preferences.

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< p > at the same time, I think what you do should be able to impress yourself, rather than repeat what someone else has done.

Just like the spirit we will pay attention to will definitely not change, but we will achieve new forms and breakthroughs every quarter.

For example, this season is very different from last season. Maybe next season will be completely different.

Although it is a refreshing feeling from every aspect of expression, the youth culture behind it always runs through.

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< p > and you will see many kinds of cultural influences in my design, such as Buddhism, Western court, national and military culture. Every culture has the point I am interested in, and I will extract that point.

What influences me is not the comparative form, but the spirit behind it.

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P: what do you think should be done to promote the development of Xiamen fashion industry in the future? < /p >

< p > Shangguan zhe: the design attitude I appreciate is that I always do strange things, but when I really do something "normal", I usually do better than others.

To promote the development of the fashion industry in Xiamen, I think it is very simple, because everyone is in a different situation. Since we can't ask everyone to do anything, then do their own things well. Just like I was trying to prepare for my Lun Dun men's dress week ago, I will work hard for my new works in January and continue to pay attention to the youth culture that our young people are very concerned about.

I think as fashion people are working hard together to do their own business, then naturally will help the development of this industry.

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< p > Xiamen has a strong foundation for developing fashion industry. < /p >

< p > Zeng Feng Fei < /p >

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< p > Xiamen chairman of Fung Fei Fashion Design Co., Ltd. < /p >

< p > Ceng Fengfei ZENGFENGFEI founder and design director < /p >

< p > reporter: as a senior fashion designer in Xiamen, and also the winner of the top award of Chinese fashion design "Golden Summit", how do you think of the evaluation of New York Times's Chinese net to these new designers? < /p >

< p > Ceng Fengfei: I think New York Times Chinese net can highly appraised these designers in Xiamen. It is their affirmation of design value and effort.

In today's environment, designers are not only the designers of commodities, but also the components of the hidden value of commodities. They constantly seek breakthroughs on the way of clothing design and constantly change themselves on the road of growth. A "turn" has become an excellent way for new designers to find a way out.

The New York Times web site can be seen in the report, in this group of cutting-edge designers positive posture, which is also a very good industry development trend.

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< p > reporter: as the president of the Xiamen textile and garment industry association's designer branch, what is the current status of Xiamen's design community? < /p >

< p > Ceng Fengfei: in recent years, the clothing industry in Xiamen is also very large, and the demand for clothing design talents is gradually increasing.

At present, the Xiamen textile and garment industry association and the Fashion Designers Association have organized various activities under the leadership of the Xiamen municipal government, such as Xiamen Siming Fashion Festival and Xiamen Fashion Design Park, which is organized by Xiamen Industrial Design Association.

At the same time, Xiamen has also sprung up a group of local cutting-edge designers, who have set up their own designer brand.

In April this year, the first selection of top ten fashion designers in Fujian was held. Six of the award-winning designers were in Xiamen.

Although the situation of Chinese clothing is not very good in recent years, the prospects for future development are good.

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< p > reporter: what do you think of the saying that "Xiamen will become China's Antwerp"? < /p >

< p > Ceng Fengfei: Xiamen, as a modern international port scenery tourist city, represents modern integrated life, and life is full of imagination and creativity all the time. In the context of Xiamen's modern metropolis, it is profoundly describing various meanings in the name of fashion.

I think Xiamen has a deep foundation for the development of fashion industry. In recent years, many famous brand clothing headquarters enterprises have been introduced to Xiamen, forming famous brand shops and special commercial streets such as clothing, watches, wedding dresses, coffee, tea and so on. Many top dress designers, designers and fashion people gather in Xiamen.

In Xiamen, Cai Meiyue, Zhao Yufeng, the top ten designers of China's top ten fashion designers, Lian Huiqing, Shangguan Zhe, Wan Yifang, Yu Jiatong, Zhu Lizhen, Chen Yu, Chen Yu, Ji Feng Si and so on. Xiamen is moving towards the next Antwerp.

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< p > Wu Xiuhua < /p >.

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< p > reporter: what do you think of the evaluation of several New York Times designers by the New York Times website in China? < /p >

< p > Wu Xiuhua: I am pleased to see that Xiamen's cutting-edge fashion designers are highly valued by New York Times, the world famous media.

These new cutting-edge designers can be highly praised by New York Times's Chinese website, which is not only the affirmation of designers' input in the field of clothing design and the value of their creation, but also to some extent represents the affirmation of the input and production capacity of the city of Xiamen in the development and construction of the textile and garment industry.

In fact, during the "12th Five-Year" period, the regional creative design capital was one of the positioning of the development of Xiamen's cultural industry. This position has also been strongly supported by the municipal Party committee and municipal government, and Xiamen also has a solid foundation for the development of fashion industry, which is the entrepreneurial paradise of fashion designers.

In recent years, our city has introduced Anta, seven wolves (002029, stock bar), nine Mu Wang (601566, stock bar), XTEP and a number of clothing headquarters enterprises, LV, Gucci, Hermes, Cartier and more than 50 international first and second line brands. Many fashion designers and fashion people gathered here. Many designers in Xiamen have emerged in the world, and talented people in Xiamen have poured fresh power into fashion Xiamen, making positive contributions to the future building of "fashion Xiamen" landmark.

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< p > reporter: what advantages do you think Xiamen has in developing the fashion industry? < /p >

< p > Wu Xiuhua: Xiamen has the foundation of a modern city and has strong artistic conserving. Not only does the headquarters of many famous Chinese clothing enterprises locate in Xiamen, but Xiamen is also the hinterland of the textile cluster of Quanzhou, the economic center of Haixi, and the large logistics structure system with Shanghai port, Airport and port as the leader, has laid the favorable conditions for building the fashion and fashion industry.

Xiamen is a modern residential city. The Gulangyu Islet is known as the island of piano and the island of music. The international and domestic piano competitions and international music festivals are held here. It can be said that Xiamen is a city that not only loses the Chinese culture, but also highlights the international culture and human spirit. Textile and clothing are the combination of culture, art and life forms. In Xiamen, these two have been perfectly displayed, and have also highlighted Xiamen's urban temperament.

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< p > what is Antwerp? Perhaps before the emergence of Six Gentlemen in Antwerp, the fashion industry will not establish a link with fashion in the industrial port city in Northwest Belgium. Now, the Six Gentlemen of Antwerp have even become the names of the avant-garde designers.

Therefore, when the "Xiamen Gang" is famous in the world, Xiamen, which is a small and refreshing island that has always given people a sense of leisure literature and art, naturally reminds us of this. It may become China's Antwerp.

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< p > in fact, compared with domestic cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, Xiamen may be more sporadic and lazy, but it must not be said that it has nothing to do with fashion. Apart from the five heroes who have attracted widespread attention, the headquarters of Ports and Jorya are in Xiamen, and the design and research center of the seven wolves is also in Xiamen.

Xiamen eyeglasses industry has also been developing and expanding in recent years. Xiamen has become the largest Sunglasses production base in China. From materials, parts, mirrors, packaging to wholesale and retail, apart from forming a complete industrial chain, there are famous spectacles brands such as Prosun, PARIM, Tyrannosaurus, Europe, snow wolf and so on.

Moreover, the SM fashion week has been successfully held for five consecutive years. It also exerts a subtle change in the island. From the beginning to the scene, the handsome young men join in a lively idea. Now fashion people are focusing on and feeling the most cutting-edge information brought by the feast of fashion week. It can be said that people in Xiamen and Xiamen are moving forward step by step in the direction of fashion city.

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Ye Xiaowei, a fashion critic, commented on the phenomenon of "Xiamen Gang" and said, "is this China's Antwerp?" and Shangguan Zhe, a member of the Xiamen Gang, said: "the New York Times's Chinese Web report is a real reflection of the life and emotions between our five cutting-edge designers."

Even after reading many reports, many readers say that this is more like the story of a Xiamen partner who has been staged in the design field.

But I think, in any case, whether Xiamen will become a Chinese version of Antwerp, when more and more designers gather in the island of egret, more and more fashion brands take root in the island. "Xiamen Trapp" has already appeared. This is the unique fashion story of Xiamen and the exclusive fashion mark of Xiamen.

So why don't we go on with the fashion of Xiamen? What's wrong with "Xiamen Trapp"? < /p >