Five Taiwan and Taiwan-American designers are set to feature their works at AsianInNY 2017 Fashion Show
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/09/21
By: Taiwan Today,Agencies
Five Taiwan and Taiwan-American designers are set to feature their works Sept. 23 at
AsianinNY.com Facebook page.
the AsianInNY 2017 Fashion Show, New York City’s largest event focusing on the works of Asian fashionistas, according to the Ministry of Culture.
Co-organized by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York, the fashion show will showcase works by six designers—Taiwan’s Edison Lu and Liling Wang; Taiwan-Americans Alexander King Chen, Jennifer Chen and Wendy Chen; and Danny Nguyen from Vietnam.
Lily L. W. Hsu, director-general of TECO in New York, said the fashion industry has played a significant role in showcasing the country’s cultural vitality. She added that such an event can not only facilitate exchanges of knowledge and best practices among designers but also increase the international visibility of homegrown brands.
The Taiwan and Taiwan-American designers are no strangers to the international spotlight. During New York Fashion Men’s Week this July, New York-based Lu, whose designs have been featured in publications such as Marie Claire, GQ and Vogue, collaborated with actor Mike He to debut menswear brand To Be Thrill.
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