Milan, Paris, London, Tokyo, New York - Fashion Weeks are held in major cities around the world. And the Chinese capital is no exception… BON’s Niva Whyman went along to a number of China Fashion Week events and reports that Mainland designers are determined to make a greater impact on the international fashion scene.
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Observers of China's fashion industry often complain that it suffers from the same malady that plagues creative industries all over the country: there's just not enough people out there with the ability to do groundbreaking design, and as a result, copycats and cheap imitations are the rule, rather than the exception. It's a problem people all over China are trying to solve, with attempts popping up in some of the most unexpected places.