On Saturday, November 3, the Ne-Tiger collection kicked off China Fashion Week in Beijing. 

Mr. Zhang Zhifeng, who is the founder of Ne-Tiger, said: 

“After 5000 years of Chinese civilization, Chinese convenance is famous. But as the most important carrier and symbol of the Chinese civilization and convenance, the Chinese gown, has not yet been inherited. Today, Asia has the kimono in Japan, the Han-Bok in Korea and the Ao Dai in Vietnam, but China does not yet have its own gown to represent the Chinese national spirit. Chinese people shall wear Chinese gowns on formal occasions. The definition of the Chinese gown is threefold. First, it shall show Chinese core culture using traditional Chinese fashion elements to form vivid symbols. Second, it shall carry and combine the cultural characteristics of all Chinese races and minorities to represent a Chinese cultural union. Thirdly, it shall promote Chinese traditional culture and combine with modern and international elements to reflect our era of globalization. The modern Chinese gown shall have such five elements: symbolization, tradition, nation, compatibility and modernity.”

The 2008 Ne-Tiger Hua Fu Series has a deep understanding about modern Chinese dress and filled the series with its insights in elegance and luxury. While employing traditional fabric techniques, Ne-Tiger also engages in promoting traditional Chinese colors, while using ”Jin” and “Xiu” (”Jin” is explained as being the Yun Brocade with 1500 years´ history, while “Xiu” are the traditional Chinese weaving techniques) and is divided into 5 traditional Chinese colors: yellow, black, blue, green and red.

As the Chinese gowns representing the Chinese national spirit, the Ne-Tiger Hua Fu series fully presents national unity, combining fashion elements from over 50 Chinese races and minorities. The whole series deeply incorporates Chinese traditional culture into the gowns, including colors, pleat skirts, fans and lamps to make the series elegant and sexy.

While combining ancient and modern, Ne-Tiger also tries to link East and West, bringing modern Western fashion inspiration and solid clipping technology into the designs. The designers use georgette, damask, Italy baldachin, lace and Yun Brocade to redefine the western gown, pleat skirt and fish skirt together with Swarovski crystals. 

I absolutely love this style.  I can’t get enough of the bright colors and the drape of the fabric. Everything in this collection screams “high class” to me - it’s truly fabulous.

photo courtesy: PR Newswire