Beijing Fashion Week, which is now underway in the capital, features fashion releases and exhibitions. The Week Up Fashion Exhibition is one of them.
Opening at Beijing's Fangheng Fashion Center, the 2020 Week Up Fashion Exhibition is a fusion of fashion and culture.
On display are clothes, accessories, cultural products, and even intangible cultural heritages presented by more than 100 brands from home and abroad.
One of the highlights this year is a show by design graduates of the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology and inheritors of intangible cultural heritages from the Liangshan Prefecture in Southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The Week Up Fashion Exhibition opens at Beijing's Fangheng Fashion Center. /Week Up Fashion Exhibition
"This time, designers from the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology join hands with local ethnic Yi embroiderers in Liangshan Prefecture, creating these special fashion products," said Yu Hong, market director of the School of Continuing Education at Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology.
"You can see the traditional patterns of the Yi ethnic group on these coats, cheongsams, scarves, purses and hoodies. It's a combination of modern design and traditional culture."
Vintage fashion platform Fashion Real has put on a market, featuring vintage-inspired items by domestic vintage brands.
"Everything here is vintage, from clothes and jewelry to furniture and handmade items," said Guan Yaliang, artistic director of Fashion Real. "It offers you an upscale flea market-style shopping experience."
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed organizers to launch an online exhibition.
"Because of the pandemic, everything is going online. Through the online exhibition, we hope more people can get access to this exhibition," Cao Yu, curator of 2020 Week Up Fashion Exhibition, explained.
The exhibition also includes a theme session, a salon and a forum on sustainable fashion.
It runs until Tuesday.