Due to popular demand, here are more photos from CHIC.

I received a lot of feedback from my pictures from the CHIC show. So here's the last batch of it.


Below are pictures from the jewelry section. Bling Bling!



Not sure what they are selling but the cabin concept is pretty neat.

More pics from the CHIC!

Here's more pics from the CHIC2008 clothing show (China International Clothing & Accessories Fair) in Beijing.

Communist Party is cool. All Asian brands are western focus “me too” copy cats. Really nice to see a brand that have an element to the Chinese culture.

Nice Egyptian theme.

Chilling on the streets of Paris

Did their logo come before or after the Lion King musical?

Ideaido use fibre optics for its walls and build a dream like state.

A story and drama can be created with just manikins and creativity.

Snoppy has a clothing line? Licensing is a big business.

I don’t think Bon Jovi designs a Chinese clothing brand

Zorani – The women’s collection

The Chinese love foreign models I still got more pictures coming including some of really cute Chinese models. Like the West there is a 'typical' model look. I see it on all the magazines. Just like the West I can't tell one cover model from the next.

The Chinese got style...and culture!

My journey back to China my birthplace started March 25th. This is a mission to learn more of the Chinese culture and seek inspiration for the Spring Summer 2009 collection. My trip takes me Qingdao a beautiful coastal city on the eastern edge of China. Qingdao city has been a German colony in the 19th century.

What really surprised me was how beautiful the city is. The buildings are absolutely perfect! All buildings in the city are German inspired and is well planned. While each building is designed differently with a sense of organic growth, there is a feel of a higher order. As if each building was built with relation to each out and a higher concept. You can see clearly see the amount of attention the designers paid to the architectural design from the air. Just a glance from and you'll see the perfectly aligned and organized buildings. Colors are amazing and details magnificent. Scenic ocean mountains interlace the shoreline buildings and office towers. The view is perfect from any part of the city.

What also surprised me were that the Chinese got style. The trendsetting youths were well dressed and everything fits perfect and well pieced together. Maybe their style is a novelty and that's why it looks good but either way I'm impressed. The style is western influenced. You can see the results of China opening to the world.

My trip takes me to Taidong the shopping centre of this rich city. As you can see there is a long strip with walking distance as wide as a four lane road. No cars are allow which makes for a very pleasure shopping experience. The street is at least one mile long with most high end Chinese brands. The shops are clean and very western.

Within the modern and high end shops of Taidong there is a hidden entrance to a clothes and fabric center which seems to have been hidden from the modernization of the centre. As you enter you will see many vendors hanging as much goods as they can. Cloths and poorly made clothes cruelly scattered all around in their tiny space. And if you dare to venture your way up the narrow stairs several floors to the top, you will find the fabric area. Each merchant stack as much as they can in their tiny five square metre area. And apparently they can stack quite a bit. Merchants squeeze tightly beside each other with no sunlight, it may seem worse than a prison. But everyone is in a pleasant mode and is having a good time as with the city as a whole.

This is the secret area where I found some amazing traditional designed silk and satin fabrics with the most gorgeous Asian patterns. You can see black and grey patterns with a splash of colour, vibrantly colour art prints, and the more muted tone on tone traditional patterns. On the wall you will be able to see some of the beautifully and delicately designed traditional Chinese art fabric. Time and modernization cannot outdate good design. This is exactly what I was seeking on this journey.