About the speaker       Allyson Rees WGSN Senior Editor, Retail Lifestyles   Allyson Rees is the Senior Retail Lifestyles Editor at WGSN Lifestyle & Interiors. Previously, she was WGSN Fashion’s US Retail Editor and a freelance journalist, contributing consumer behavior, lifestyle, design and fashion features to publications including WWD, Fashionista, Los Angeles Confidential and The Impression. She has been a speaker at Fashion Rio, Premiere Vision New York and Parsons, The New School for Design, and her opinion on retail and trends has been quoted in The Associated Press, Vogue Brazil, Elle Brazil and Bloomberg News.

Join WGSN at Intertextile Shanghai, where we will present key trends and developments for A/W 19/20.

We will analyse key colour palettes and usage for Asia. We will then look at material and textile directions as well as the surface finishes and embellishments that will impact design for the season ahead.

14 March  |  13:30 – 14:20 5.2 Hall, Textile Dialogue (Seminar area), National Exhibition and Convention Center

About the speaker       Lupi Yao WGSN Trend Director   Lupi graduated with a MA in Costume Design from London College of Fashion, and her work was exhibited and displayed at the Royal Victoria and Albert Museum and Sadler's Wells Theatre, and she was interviewed and reported by media like ELLE, Vogue and BBC. She also has previously worked at the British famous luxury department store Harrods, a special correspondent of the London Fashion Week for Shanghai television, fashion designer and plate maker in Ambow Education Group and trend specialist in Stylesight.