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Food and fashion fulfil people’s fundamental needs – something that’s recognised by Hong Kong-based innovation platform The Mills Fabrica, which is focused on cultivating start-ups engaged in these two fields.

The trade show, established in 1991, was revamped as bi-annual event and moved from Beijing to Shanghai in 2015. In order to strengthen business connections between Hong Kong and other cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), and to identify more business opportunities for Hong Kong garment businesses in the GBA, the HKTDC will launch the first Hong Kong Pavilion at the China International Fashion Fair’s “CHIC Shenzhen/GBA” event – the GBA edition of the well-established CHIC Shanghai.

Founded by a senior fashion designer in Hong Kong, Moonone Collection Limited has expanded into overseas markets and helped to nurture a new generation of clothes designers through cross-border cooperation with multinational artists.

Digital transformation and a shift to sustainable operations are developments that are impacting most industries across the world – and fashion is no exception. This was amply demonstrated at the 2022 edition of Asia’s premier fashion event, CENTRESTAGE.

Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and sponsored by Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government, CENTRESTAGE returns to the spotlight from 9 to 11 September. The three-day event will open to fashion buyers and also the general public, featuring a number of in-person as well as virtual exhibitions, with visitors able to immerse themselves in augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) interactive experiences.

The rise of so-called “fast fashion” over the past two decades enabled consumers to buy a wider range of clothes at low prices, rapidly boosting the fashion industry worldwide – but the fast fashion trend has led to a string of environmental and sustainability concerns.