Shanghai Tang - Fashion Company Profile
Shanghai Tang is the Hong Kong luxury house David Tang founded in 1994 - the pioneering brand of modern Chinese chic, Richemont-owned for two decades and now held by China's Lunar Capital.
Company Snapshot
- Status
- Operating - Hong Kong's pioneering luxury house of modern Chinese chic, with flagship 'mansions' in Hong Kong and Shanghai and boutiques internationally
- Type
- Private - owned by Lunar Capital since December 2018; described since 2020 as a core brand of the UTAN Group
- Headquarters
- Hong Kong
- Founded
- 1994, in Hong Kong, by Sir David Tang - beginning as a bespoke tailoring atelier in the Pedder Building, Central
Company Profile
Shanghai Tang trades on under Lunar Capital: current collections and stores are on its website, linked above, and the shop box covers Shanghai Tang products sold through Amazon and eBay. The linked history page keeps the record this profile has carried: the 1994 Pedder Building atelier, Richemont's 1998 controlling stake and the 24-store international chain that followed, the flagship's 2011 closure under Hong Kong rents, the Mongolian-ger 'Nomad of Central' interlude, and the April 2012 opening of the Shanghai Tang Mansion on Duddell Street.
In 1998 the Swiss luxury group Richemont acquired David Tang's controlling stake, and under that ownership Shanghai Tang became an international chain: 24 outlets worldwide, in Bangkok, Beijing, Honolulu, London, Miami, New York, Las Vegas, Madrid, Paris, Shanghai, Tokyo and Macau, sited in famous shopping districts such as Bangkok's Sukhumvit Road and Shanghai's Xintiandi. The profile's Hong Kong detail captures the brand at its most theatrical - and its most exposed to the city's rents.
Shanghai Tang History
The earlier record for this company - its history, past brand line-ups, figures and photographs from the periods described - is kept on a separate page for historical reference.
Shanghai Tang History & Historical Profile →Common Questions
Who founded Shanghai Tang?
Sir David Tang, the Hong Kong businessman, in 1994. It began as a bespoke tailoring atelier in the Pedder Building, Central, Hong Kong, building modern luxury clothing on traditional Shanghainese tailoring.
Who has owned Shanghai Tang?
Richemont took a controlling stake in 1998 and sold the brand in 2017 to Alessandro Bastagli and Cassia Investments; Lunar Capital acquired it in December 2018, and it has since been described as a core brand of the UTAN Group.
What is Shanghai Tang known for?
Modern Chinese chic: mandarin collars, qipao-inspired dresses, vivid silks and bold color, reinterpreted from the opulence of 1930s Shanghai - and flagship 'mansions' in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
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