Pay Attention To The Grand Opening Of The 9Th China (Shenzhen) International Fashion Festival

At the end of each year, the fashion industry is holding its breath to wait for the news of spring - the high-profile annual fashion event, the 9th China (Shenzhen) International Fashion Festival, will be grandly opened on the morning of December 21, 2023 in Luohu Shuibei No.1, Shenzhen. Many fashion industry elites from famous fashion designers, brands, industry organizations, colleges and universities at home and abroad, and Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area cities attended the opening ceremony.

This Shenzhen Fashion Festival is hosted by Shenzhen Fashion Designers Association, China Textile and Clothing Education Association, and undertaken by Guangdong Fashion Culture Creative Industry Service Center and Shenzhen Fashion Week Culture Communication Co., Ltd. Zhou Shikang, Director of the Organizing Committee of China (Shenzhen) International Fashion Festival and President of Shenzhen Fashion Designers Association, said that China (Shenzhen) International Fashion Festival, with the care and support of the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee, the Shenzhen Municipal Government and leaders at all levels, after eight years of careful operation, has become a fashion barometer and wind vane attracting the attention of the industry. Shenzhen is building a fashion city with international influence, which is a strong support for building a leading demonstration zone of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and also an important measure to create a model of a socialist modern power city and a benchmark of a Chinese style modern city. The Shenzhen International Fashion Festival in China is highly popular, bearing the important mission of building a new international fashion home in Shenzhen.

Zhou Shikang, President of Shenzhen Fashion Designers Association, delivers a speech

The level of specialization, marketization, internationalization and integration of this Shenzhen Fashion Festival has been further improved, and efforts have been focused on building five platforms, including fashion information release platform, industry university research platform, international exchange platform, talent cultivation competitive platform, and clothing culture communication platform. Since its inception, Shenzhen International Fashion Festival has put talent cultivation and talent construction at the top of its list, making all kinds of high-end fashion talents flow out of the fashion festival, providing hard core talent support for the innovative development of the fashion industry in the Bay Area, and creating a global fashion talent arena.

Ni Yangsheng, president of China Textile and Garment Education Association, said in his speech that since the development of China's textile and garment industry, from "clothing under heaven" to "everything can be woven", the upgrading and development of each stage can not be separated from talent construction. As a national textile and clothing education industry organization, providing human intelligence support for the industry and building a sharing platform are the core of the work of the China Textile and Clothing Education Association. The Association shares the same frequency with the high-quality development of the industry, actively integrates into industrial innovation and reform, helps the "trinity" integration of education, science and technology, and talents, and further promotes the integration of science and education, industry and education, We should take the initiative to cultivate talents in the industry and help China's modernization with modern textile talents. The Society will also, as always, support the cultivation of high-quality talents and the innovative development of the fashion industry in the Greater Bay Area and Shenzhen. The 8th China International Fashion Design Innovation Contest and the 8th China University Student Fashion Model Contest, which are co sponsored by the China Textile and Garment Education Association, will be held at this fashion festival, which will help students achieve their dreams. This Fashion Festival will also hold the Industry University Research Committee of China Textile and Clothing Education Association and the 4th "Digital Intelligence Innovation" Forum of China Textile and Clothing Industry University Research, to jointly build a fashion talent highland in the Greater Bay Area.

Speech by Ni Yangsheng, President of China Textile and Clothing Education Association

Dr. Luo Mei, Deputy Director of the Research and Innovation Affairs Office of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, delivered a wonderful speech entitled "Global Fashion Index and Future Trends" at the opening ceremony, and made an in-depth discussion from three perspectives: the change of global fashion pattern, future prospects and the role positioning of Shenzhen's fashion industry.

Speech by Dr. Luo Mei, Deputy Director of the Research and Innovation Office of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University

The 2023 Global Fashion City Index was released at the opening ceremony of this Fashion Festival. The results show that Shenzhen ranks fifth and continues to rank among the six largest fashion cities in the world, marking a significant improvement in Shenzhen's global fashion leadership. The index release also shows that the new pattern of the global fashion landscape of "attaching equal importance to the east and the west, and living together in harmony" has basically taken shape, The confrontation and integration of the three poles of American, European and Asian fashion is becoming the new normal.

2023 Global Fashion City Index Ranking

The release of famous teachers and brands has always been the highlight of Shenzhen International Fashion Festival. The winners of the Golden Summit Award for Fashion Design include Ji Wenbo, Luo Zheng, Li Xiaoyan and Deng Zhaoping. The well-known brands Ai Teai, Wei Manji and Luo Zheng came on stage together. The famous fashion designers Li Wei, Chao Lemeng, Tong Xiaoyan, Qu Tingnan, Tang Zhiru, Mohua/Hou Xiaolin, Cai Lei, Cheng Xiaoqin Chen Yanlin brought an amazing national style show to jointly open the Fashion Festival.

Release of famous teachers and famous brands

Release of Guofeng Guochao

As the landmark fashion festival in Shenzhen, this fashion festival is a combination of show, competition, speech and exhibition. The activities mainly include: the 8th China International Fashion Design Innovation Competition, the 8th China University Student Fashion Model Competition, the release of the global fashion city index, and the "Greater Beauty Bay Area" The release of famous teacher's works of "Leading Pengcheng", the joint release of Shenzhen strength fashion designer's works, the release of international fashion trends, the meeting of the Industry University Research Committee of China Textile and Clothing Education Association, the launching ceremony of the fourth "Digital Intelligence Innovation" Forum of China Textile and Clothing Industry University Research, and the research project of foreign affairs (official business) dress standards, and the "Go to the United States" Star Shining Future "Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area Designer Night, National College Fashion Performance Professional Committee Meeting, school enterprise docking exchange, the first" Little Swan Cup "China (Shenzhen) Children's Model Competition, brand market, etc.

In order to improve the fashion taste of citizens and set off a fashion consumption boom for the whole people, this Shenzhen Fashion Festival resonates with 2023 Shenzhen Fashion Global Travel and Shenzhen Fashion Consumption Week, striving to create a good consumption environment, stimulate new consumption potential, gather more high-quality fashion business resources, and become an accelerator to promote fashion consumption.