China Fashion Week wraps up in Beijing with award winners unveiled

The Spring/Summer 2025 (SS25) China Fashion Week wrapped up in Beijing on Friday night with multiple award winners unveiled at the closing ceremony.

The Top Award for the 28th China Fashion Week, the Best Menswear Fashion Designer, the Best Womenswear Fashion Designer, and the 30th Top Ten Fashion Designers in China were announced at the closing ceremony.

The fashion week, which started on Sept 3, has attracted around 260 brands and more than 400 designers from several countries including the United States, Russia, Austria and Vietnam.

Over 160 fashion events were held during the fashion week, with the latest trends in menswear, womenswear, and a whole catalog of other eye-catching items on display at a series of special shows, fashion contests, and business exhibitions.

China Fashion Week is an important platform for designers from China and abroad to showcase their latest innovations and engage in a range of cultural and artistic exchanges.

Since its launch in 1997, it has moved in tandem with the development of China's fashion industry, bridging gaps between local designers and international markets for well over two decades.

Japan's core consumer prices increased 1.4 percent in May from a year earlier, growing for the 57th consecutive month, government data showed Friday.

The increase in the core consumer price index (CPI), excluding volatile fresh food costs, followed a 1.4 percent gain in April, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

Core-core CPI, which strips away both energy and fresh food to reflect underlying price trends, rose 1.8 percent in May.

Energy costs fell 2.5 percent on year, after a 3.9 percent drop in April, with gasoline prices plunging 7 percent and electricity bills declining 2.4 percent.

Prices for food, excluding fresh items, were up 3.5 percent in the reporting month, slowing from a 4.1 percent rise in April.