Fashion Friday is a brand new weekly column that will appear on Shanghaiist every Friday, 9am on the dot. Here's where you'll find the latest on what's hot, what's not, meet designers, and get your fix on fashion events going about in town. more ›

Not being a particular fan of Madame Tussaud, I didn't realize that their much hyped Lady Gaga exhibit had already come into being. But yes, it has - and apparently Shanghai was one of eight cities blessed with a wax model of the star dressed in one of her most famous fashion moments. more ›

If you haven't noticed (perhaps you’ve been blocking it out mentally), summer has gone! Gone are the days of eating al fresco, aimlessly wandering through a park, and sweating like a beast in heat. Goodbye flip-flops, shorts, t-shirts and ice blended drinks; we will miss you - at least until we get in to the autumn/winter swing of things. In order to help us get in the mood for the new season, Octagon Marketing held a rather suave event over the weekend at M1NT. ‘Dream City’ was a night of fashion and cosmopolitan glamour - a well executed toast to the change of seasons - to the change of fashion at least. more ›

As summer sets to leave us and stores begin to fill their rails with the latest autumn/winter collection; all of the fashionistas out there can be kept warm in the knowledge that they live in one of the ‘Fashion Capitals’ of the World. more ›

Continuing its love affair with our city, Dior has released "Shanghai Dreamers," a series of haute couture prints photographed by local talent, Quentin Shih. But the campaign has triggered accusations that it's images of cloned Chinese people behind - usually - a white model dressed to the nines are pretty racist. more ›

There's apparently a saying that the Cantonese will eat anything and the Shanghainese will wear anything. While all the high-fashion foreign influences over the last decade or so have undeniably eroded Shanghainese fashion sense into something more sensible, there are still some in the city who cling tenaciously to dressing so wonderfully weird. We devote this space to them. more ›

This may have been obvious to anyone who's ever been at a show at Zhijiang Dream Factory, but Shanghai (and we're assuming greater China) has got an ever growing population of *gasp* hipsters! Exhibit A: M-Style magazine, which has apparently been churning out monthly issues since January 2008. more ›