Luxury streetwear label 1017 Alyx 9SM, co-founded by Matthew M. Williams, who is also the creative director of Givenchy, has confirmed that it has secured investment from Hong Kong-based entrepreneur Adrian Cheng. In a statement, Williams said that his label was entering into a “strategic business partnership” with Cheng, who serves as chief...
20 Nov 2023
Editor and stylist Carine Roitfeld is teaming up with cultural entrepreneur Adrian Cheng on a major fashion exhibition ‘Savoir-Faire: The Mastery of Craft in Fashion,’ opening in Hong Kong on December 13. ‘Savoir-Faire: The Mastery of Craft in Fashion’ will be Asia’s first multi-brand exhibition and will explore the world of craftsmanship in...
21 Oct 2021
Hong Kong-based businessman Adrian Cheng has been announced as the first global ambassador of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). Cheng is the founder K11, a museum-retail mall in Hong Kong and China, and of the Millennial-focused venture capital firm C Ventures, which has injected capital in promising companies like Bandier,...
3 Jun 2019
Moda Operandi, the first online luxury retailer to provide consumers access to full collections straight from the runway, has secured 165 million dollars in growth capital to “fuel continued international growth and increased development across several key business verticals”. The new round of investment was led by billionaire entrepreneur...
6 Dec 2017