Fashion Challenges Forum: Leading Voices of Luxury and Design

Description

The Fashion Challenges Forum 2026 unites professionals and creative voices from across the luxury and design industries to examine the market forces and cultural shifts reshaping the fashion sector. It will explore strategies for premier luxury brands, the rise of Southeast Asia as an emerging market, the growth of Eurasian menswear, the role of fashion exhibitions and the power of authentic storytelling in building contemporary labels.

The forum features leading voices including Sara Sozzani Maino, creative director of Fondazione Sozzani and an Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana ambassador; Longhcamp regional manager Samy Redjeb; and Kayla Wong, founder of Hong Kong fashion label Lang. Together with other industry experts, they will share perspectives on the future of fashion, luxury and design.

Organised by the Hong Kong Design Centre, the forum offers a platform for exchange, critical discussion and new perspectives on the sector. Through conversations with industry leaders and design practitioners, it considers how brands and creatives can respond to a rapidly changing cultural, commercial and environmental landscape.

On 4 September, the event will be held between 09:00 and 12:30.