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Shanghai’s Hotbed of Entrepreneurship

As the ecosystem around Shanghai Fashion Week matures, a young professional class of fashion upstarts are focused on finding new opportunities on and off the catwalk.
Backstage at Ban Xiao Xue during Shanghai Fashion Week | Photo by Lolita Sharun for YYO Foundation
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  • Casey Hall

This week, BoF is running a week-long special editorial series on working in fashion. ‘Careers Week’ analyses the latest trends in the workplace and what matters most today to fashion’s workforce. BoF Careers brings together 300 of fashion’s leading companies with the most innovative and engaged talent in the marketplace — discover more

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