SHANGHAI – Damir Doma presented what he described as an “evolution” of his coed fall 2017 collection here Monday evening.
Invited as part of the Shanghai International Fashion Showcase, Doma showed looks from the collection he first presented in Milan in January to an audience of 400 at the Shanghai Exhibition Center in the major shopping hub of West Nanjing Road.
Not wanting to simply rehash the first show in China with a Chinese cast of models, Doma added a dozen pieces with new colors and washes to the earth-toned collection of draped velvet, distressed knits, wide-leg trousers and soft-shouldered outerwear.
“Shanghai is not representative of the rest of China; it’s a very special place, but I think we should be in China more often. We need to tie bonds a bit tighter with people here. I think there are not so many opportunities in the world of fashion today, it’s a kind of complicated period,” Doma said in an interview prior to the show.
“There is the online business in general, but in terms of territory, there is no bigger opportunity than here.”
Known for pioneering the increasingly popular practice of combining men’s and women’s shows, Doma, who celebrates the 10th anniversary of his
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