Shanghai’s Path Towards a Fashion City

Abstract

This paper examines the evolution of Shanghai into a fashion hub. Through reviewing its fashion origins and the sequential stages of fashion development, the study reveals the formal recognition of Shanghai’s fashion heritage in policy formulation, the preservation of its fashion legacy in urban planning, and the strategic allocation of resources to ensure the industry’s self-sustainability. It proposes a different perspective for global fashion diversity.

Keywords:

• Shanghai fashion
• Chinese fashion system
• policy making
• fashion diversity

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Funding

This article was funded by the K. C. Wong Magna Fund in Ningbo University.

Notes on contributors

Yating Jin

Yating Jin, Ph.D., is a lecturer in fashion studies at Ningbo University, China. She researches the formation and functionality of local fashion systems under the influence of globalization through the investigation of the Chinese fashion industry from social, cultural, industrial and political perspectives. [email protected]