Shanghai Tang

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Shanghai Tang sets out to create the first global Chinese lifestyle brand by revitalizing Chinese designs - interweaving traditional Chinese culture with the dynamism of the 21st Century.  Shanghai Tang was established in 1994, Shanghai Tang is being positioned as the first global luxury Chinese brand. With 15 branches worldwide, including ones in Paris, London and New York and the 12,000-square-foot flagship store in Central, Hong Kong, the brand can already be said to have begun to bridge the East-West fashion gap.  Thus, resulting in a vibrant fusion of "East Meets West." In fashion, Shanghai Tang continues to evolve its distinctive style whilst employing elegance, comfort and vitality. In hard goods, Shanghai Tang’s products are created for everyday use, emphasizing functionality, and always integrating the use of the Chinese motifs into their design. Shanghai Tang always uses the highest quality of materials, workmanship and much inventiveness in the construction of all their products. In September 2000, Shanghai Tang opened its doors in Singapore. Shanghai Tang store is in the center of the city’s action and in the neighborhood of many of the world’s premier brands.   David Tang, Hong Kong industrialist and cyber-entrepreneur, is the owner of the Shanghai Tang chain of stores worldwide.

Shanghai Tang Singapore
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HPL House
Singapore

Website: shanghaitang.com

Remarks: Already Closed Shop

Who is David Tang?  He is often photographed in traditional Chinese attire, cigar never far from hand, Tang's friends are an eclectic group including everyone from Senior Chinese Communist Party Officials to British Royalty.  Tang's high profile and often-forthright opinions have made him one of the most recognizable faces in Hong Kong - his views encompass a wide variety of the issues that face Hong Kong today - some of which may raise more than an eyebrow. Though proudly Chinese, his education in England (he is trilingual, being fluent in Cantonese, Putonghua and English).

Updated On: 15.02.10