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Exploring Eternal Beauty
Chinese designer makes her way on the global stage
By Yu Shujun  ·  2019-02-13  ·   Source: Web Exclusive

Chinese fashion designer Wang Tao released her fall-winter 2019 collection in New York on February 9, the tenth time her brand, Taoray Wang, has been featured at the biannual New York Fashion Week.

Sitting on the front row of the show were U.S. President Donald Trump's youngest daughter Tiffany Trump with her mother Marla Maples, as well as former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle.

Tiffany Trump, a fan of Taoray Wang, wore a custom made white double-breasted coat by Wang to her father's inauguration ceremony in January 2017.

Wang's latest collection, Eternity, is partly inspired by Tiffany Trump. In this collection, Wang combines the unconventional beauty of the 1970s, typified by renowned American model Lauren Hutton and the feminine look favored by millennials such as Tiffany Trump.

The two women are from in two different age groups with two different styles but both are confident and courageous, said Wang while attending her show in Manhattan. "Beauty is not about time or age. It's all about attitude."

Along with China's growing economic strength, Chinese fashion has gradually gained worldwide attention, said Wang, adding that only when more and more foreigners wear clothes designed by Chinese people, will it mean a real rise of Chinese fashion on the global stage. Only once the spotlight is focused on Chinese fashion will it penetrate the international markets.

Chinese designer Wang Tao at New York Fashion Week in September 2018 (YU SHUJUN)

Wang has a diverse background. With a degree in history from East China Normal University in Shanghai, Wang got a second degree in fashion from Japan's top fashion institute Tokyo Mode Gakuen, where she received five international awards in design. She was handpicked by Junko Koshino, the highly acclaimed Japanese designer, to head the studio as the chief men's designer.

In pursuit of her global career aspirations, Wang then left Japan to go to the UK where she worked as a principal designer. In 2002 she returned to China and led the repositioning of broadcast: bo, making it one of the top 10 Chinese women's labels. Wang is currently a board member of the Shanghai Ribo Fashion Group who owns TAORAY WANG and broadcast:bo among others.

(Reporting from New York City)

Copyedited by Craig Crowther

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