Shizhuang L'Officiel
Chinese fashion magazine
时装 L'Officiel China, previously published as 时装 Fashion, and commonly known as 时装 [Shizhuang], is a Chinese monthly fashion magazine. It is the oldest operating fashion magazine in China and since 2003 has served as the Chinese edition of the French fashion magazine L'Officiel.
Background
时装 [Shizhuang] L'Officiel China is the Chinese edition of French fashion magazine L'Officiel. It was founded in 1980 by Chen Tianbo as 时装 [Shizhuang] Fashion and is the oldest operating Chinese fashion magazine. From 2001 to 2002 it was associated with the Korean fashion magazine Farbe and from December 2003 it began to be published as the Chinese edition of L'Officiel in co-operation with Éditions Jalou (since 2022 with The Generation Essentials Group).
L'Officiel previously operated a Chinese-language edition from 1987 to 1990 and in 2002 from Hong Kong.
The magazine is a monthly publication published twelve times per year.
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History
Shizhuang Fashion was founded in 1980 as a quarterly. It was the first fashion magazine to be published in the People's Republic of China's due to Reform and opening up. During this early period the magazine featured a mix of academic, consumer, and trade information.
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