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China's Shein plays fashion houses at their own game in Paris

Ultra fast-fashion label Shein has just signalled its intent to go head-to-head with the luxury giants by holding a catwalk show in their own backyard - and the Chinese brand has the ambition, and investors, to push even further. [...]

Published on 15/06/2023 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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France
China's Shein plays fashion houses at their own game in Paris

France
Could the French anti-Shein bill pass before parliament's summer recess?

China, France
Fast-fashion giant Shein targets French Senate support

Front Row | France
Shein lobbyist Fabrice Layer: luxury friend or foe?

United States
Logistical Bermuda Triangle spirits away Sézane's profits

United Kingdom
The Business of Fashion's mix of debt and shares

France, United States
New York rendezvous: Sézane and Rouje go head-to-head in Soho

France
Galeries Lafayette property plight plot thickens in Paris's Marais district

Spotlight | China
As EU ban on Xinjiang cotton looms, luxury sector weaves fine line between Western embargoes and Beijing interests

France
Not content with financing films, Saint Laurent considers publishing books

South Korea
LVMH deploys diplomatic touch in Seoul