Hong Kong Fashion Week Off To Extravagant Start

2,000 Exhibitors Expected At This Year’s Event, Running Through January 20

Hong Kong Fashion Week (Photo: iFeng)

Hong Kong Fashion Week (Photo: iFeng)

Asia’s largest fashion fair, Hong Kong Fashion Week and World Boutique, is open for business. Kicking off yesterday and running until January 20, events include last night’s Fashion Extravaganza, a Young Designers contest, Fashion Week and Fashion Gallery. Additionally, the four-day-long extravaganza will feature 11 theme zones, a number of fashion seminars, and plenty of runway shows.

For more information, including the week’s full schedule, check out the event website.

Photos, via iFeng, from the “Fashion Extravaganza” and opening ceremony, which included designs from emerging Asian talent such as Japan’s Keita Maruyama, Korean designer Doii Lee, mainland China’s Alex Wang, and Barney Cheng, one of Hong Kong’s top designers.

Hong Kong Fashion Week, January 17, 2011 (Photo: iFeng)

Hong Kong Fashion Week, January 17, 2011 (Photo: iFeng)

Hong Kong Fashion Week, January 17, 2011 (Photo: iFeng)

Hong Kong Fashion Week, January 17, 2011 (Photo: iFeng)

Hong Kong Fashion Week, January 17, 2011 (Photo: iFeng)

Hong Kong Fashion Week, January 17, 2011 (Photo: iFeng)

Hong Kong Fashion Week, January 17, 2011 (Photo: iFeng)

Hong Kong Fashion Week, January 17, 2011 (Photo: iFeng)

Hong Kong Fashion Week, January 17, 2011 (Photo: iFeng)

Hong Kong Fashion Week, January 17, 2011 (Photo: iFeng)

Hong Kong Fashion Week, January 17, 2011 (Photo: iFeng)

Hong Kong Fashion Week, January 17, 2011 (Photo: iFeng)

Hong Kong Fashion Week, January 17, 2011 (Photo: iFeng)

Hong Kong Fashion Week, January 17, 2011 (Photo: iFeng)

Hong Kong Fashion Week, January 17, 2011 (Photo: iFeng)

Hong Kong Fashion Week, January 17, 2011 (Photo: iFeng)

Hong Kong Fashion Week, January 17, 2011 (Photo: iFeng)

Hong Kong Fashion Week, January 17, 2011 (Photo: iFeng)

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