International Fashion Festival: The First Fashion City Integration And Innovation Conference Was Held In Shenzhen

Fashion represents people's yearning for a better life, and is an important carrier to optimize the industrial structure, boost urban consumption, and strengthen the construction of urban civilization. In recent years, more and more cities attach importance to the development of the fashion industry, and have made valuable exploration in developing the fashion industry, promoting cross-border integration of fashion, and improving the level of urban development. At the same time, with the enhancement of China's comprehensive national strength, especially its cultural soft power, China's fashion industry is facing a more active and favorable position in the major adjustment of the global fashion landscape. Standing at a new historical intersection, fashion cities must strengthen cooperation and work together to build high-quality partnerships that are inclusive and cooperative.

Against this background, the first Fashion City Integration and Innovation Conference was held in Shenzhen Shuibei No.1. This conference is also an important part of the 10th China (Shenzhen) International Fashion Festival. This event was co sponsored by Shenzhen Fashion Designers Association and China Textile and Clothing Education Association. The conference was held in the form of a round table forum. Fang Ying, President of the Beijing Fashion Designers Association and winner of the Golden Top Award for Fashion Design, Liu Yang, winner of the Golden Top Award for Fashion Design, Li Xiaoyan, President of the Guangdong Fashion Designers Association and winner of the Golden Top Award for Fashion Design, Fang Jianfu, President of the Macao Fashion Designers Association, He Jianhua, a famous fashion designer in Hong Kong, and Guan Shumin, honorary president of the Hong Kong Textile Chamber of Commerce, Zhou Shikang, President of Shenzhen Fashion Designers Association They participated in the round table forum, which launched in-depth discussions on topics such as cross-border integration of fashion, fashion design and urban fashion, how fashion cities enhance global fashion discourse, and how fashion design empowers cities.

　　 Fang Ying, President of Beijing Fashion Designers Association and winner of the Golden Summit Award for Fashion Design Said: Beijing is a thousand year old ancient capital and a modern city of openness and innovation. As the national political center, cultural center, international exchange center, and scientific and technological innovation center, the Medium and Long term Plan of Beijing for Promoting the Construction of National Cultural Center (2019-2035) has been released, and efforts are being made to build five cities, one city, and two centers, including the city of design, and cultivate new business forms such as fashion design, fashion consumption, fashion leisure, fashion exhibition, and fashion business circle, Extend the fashion industry chain, build a fashion industry ecosystem, and make this top priority area an innovative and creative center to meet the needs of the masses for high-quality cultural consumption.

Fang Ying, President of Beijing Fashion Designers Association and winner of the Golden Summit Award for Fashion Design

　　 Liu Yang, winner of Golden Summit Award, the highest fashion design award Said: Guangzhou is a dynamic and inclusive city. It is not only an important birthplace of Lingnan culture, but also a hot spot for fashion consumption. Guangzhou has a profound historical background, and there is no lack of modern innovation power. As an important fashion center in southern China, Guangzhou provides a broad stage for fashion designers with its open market and efficient business model. I firmly believe that Guangzhou can activate its local fashion culture by introducing more international resources, so as to make this city more influential in the global fashion landscape.

Liu Yang, winner of Golden Summit Award, the highest fashion design award

　　 Li Xiaoyan, President of Guangdong Fashion Designers Association and winner of the Golden Summit Award for Fashion Design Said: The unique Lingnan culture of Guangzhou, a fashionable city, has provided infinite inspiration for her design. The traditional craft, folk art and natural environment of Lingnan area have deeply influenced her creation. She hopes to combine the delicacy and delicacy of Lingnan culture with modern fashion through costume design, and tell Chinese stories in a unique design language. Fashion is not only the expression of beauty, but also the inheritance and innovation of culture.

Li Xiaoyan, President of Guangdong Fashion Designers Association and winner of the Golden Summit Award for Fashion Design

　　 Fang Jianfu, President of Macao Fashion Designers Association Said: Macao, as a city where Chinese and Western cultures blend, has a unique fashion gene. The designers here are good at combining traditional elements with modern design concepts to create fashionable works with both international vision and local characteristics. Although Macao's fashion industry is small, it attaches great importance to individuality and originality. In the future, he hopes to make Macao's fashion design more internationally competitive by virtue of the coordinated development of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area.

Fang Jianfu, President of Macao Fashion Designers Association

　　 He Jianhua, a famous fashion designer in Hong Kong Said: Hong Kong is the fashion capital of Asia and is famous for its internationalization, diversification and innovation ability. The biggest advantage of Hong Kong's fashion industry lies in its ability to quickly capture global trends and market, which enables Hong Kong's design to have both an international perspective and a fast landing. He hoped to continue to make breakthroughs in sustainable development and the application of new technologies, so as to inject more vitality and vitality into Hong Kong fashion.

He Jianhua, a famous fashion designer in Hong Kong

　　 Guan Shumin, Honorary President of Hong Kong Textile Chamber of Commerce Said: The Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area provides a great opportunity for the coordinated development of the fashion industry. Hong Kong's international vision, Shenzhen's technological advantages, Guangzhou's industrial foundation and Macao's cultural diversity constitute a complementary fashion ecosystem. She hopes to jointly create a world-class fashion industry highland through regional cooperation and provide more innovative and cultural fashion products for global consumers.

Guan Shumin, Honorary President of Hong Kong Textile Chamber of Commerce

　　 Zhou Shikang, President of Shenzhen Fashion Designers Association Said: Design is the soul of urban development. It is not only reflected in architecture and public art, but also reflects the personality and temperament of the city through fashion. Shenzhen is a city full of vitality and innovative spirit. He hopes to build Shenzhen into a fashion city with global influence by enabling urban construction through fashion design. Through the unique talent cultivation and link function of the industry organization, deepen the design drive, and provide important talent support for the high-quality development of the fashion industry in the whole Greater Bay Area.

Zhou Shikang, President of Shenzhen Fashion Designers Association

At this conference, Shenzhen Fashion Designers Association and Beijing Fashion Designers Association held a signing ceremony for strategic cooperation. The two sides decided to establish a cooperation model and system of mutual cooperation, mutual support and common development in information sharing, business expansion and talent training.

Fang Ying (left), President of Beijing Fashion Designers Association and winner of the Golden Summit Award for Fashion Design Zhou Shikang (right), President of Shenzhen Fashion Designers Association

Participants unanimously agreed that fashion can not only improve the level of urban development, but also represent people's yearning for a better life and meet multi-level and diversified material consumption and spiritual life needs. China has set the goal of becoming a fashion power - to become a major driver of fashion technology, an important leader of global fashion, and a strong promoter of sustainable development. Under the guidance of this goal, fashion cities shoulder an important mission. They should adhere to the concept of openness, cooperation, mutual benefit and win-win results, and build a fashion community of beauty and common, harmonious coexistence - enable new quality productivity, and work together to build an innovation community; Deepen the design drive and work together to build a community of values; Focus on sustainable development and work together to build a community of responsibility. Participants called on fashion cities to establish a long-term operational communication mechanism, carry out regular exchanges and dialogues, further promote integration and innovation, and seek a better future for the fashion industry.