The 2024 China-France Fashion Week concludes with the "Maritime Silk Road Quanzhou" National Tide Fashion Show as the grand finale

On October 3, 2024, the one-week 2024 China-France Fashion Week concluded in Paris, featuring 7 fashion shows, 3 exhibitions, 3 forums, and 2 fashion cocktail parties, with participation from people across various sectors of both countries. The theme of this year's event was "Fashion Resonance: China-France Clothing Culture Exchange Lights Up Life," coinciding with the 60th anniversary of China-France diplomatic relations, receiving widespread attention and praise.

Song and Yuan China: Maritime Silk Road Quanzhou" Fashion Show

As the grand finale, this show showcased the integration of Quanzhou’s deep historical and cultural heritage with modern fashion. Deputy Director of Quanzhou’s Bureau of Culture and Tourism, Zhubao Yang, introduced the city's multicultural features. Thirty outfits blended traditional and modern elements, incorporating Quanzhou’s maritime culture, World Heritage sites, floral accessories, Hui’an women, tea culture, and ceramics.

Quanzhou Cultural Exhibition

A static exhibition presented the charm of Quanzhou's World Heritage sites, showcasing the prosperity of the Song and Yuan dynasties and the exchange of Eastern and Western cultures, along with local cultural features.

Fashion Sharing Session

Chinese and French experts and scholars held a discussion on "The Innovative Inheritance and International Dissemination of World Heritage," exploring sustainable development paths for World Heritage. Guests delivered keynote speeches followed by enthusiastic discussions.

Amira Sangar, Vice President of the Paris Fashion Association, stated that this fashion week was a collision of Chinese and French fashion elements, offering high-quality cultural exchange and opening doors for more future cooperation. The "China-France Fashion Week" is a regular cultural brand initiative organized by the Paris Chinese Cultural Center, launched in 2023, injecting vitality and inspiration into the fashion industries of both nations. Against the backdrop of the 60th anniversary of China-France diplomatic relations, this event paved new paths for cultural exchange, tourism cooperation, and people-to-people connections between the two countries.

Source: The Paper