- Shanghai Trio store in Beijing Sanlitun North Village.
- Virginie Fournier, Shanghai Trio owner and main designer.
- A Nicely Made in China rice measure bag by Shanghai Trio.
- Carole Beaucour, Shanghai Trio Beijing general manager in the Sanlitun store.
- A Nicely Made in China embroidered table cloth by Shanghai Trio.
- Shanghai Trio newly opened Beijing store in the basement of Sanlitun Village.
- Shanghai Trio bags in the Beijing Sanlitun store.
- Su Lan one of the Shanghai Trio embroiderer at the Kunshan workshop.
This week Nicely Made in China presents the brand “Shanghai Trio” (上海组合). 12 years old this year “Shanghai Trio” was born in Shanghai as the name suggests. It is now expanding to Beijing and also has a shop in Paris among other places. NMiC spoke to the owner Virginie Fournier.
How did you have the idea to start “Shanghai Trio”?
When I arrived in Shanghai in the middle of the 90’s my head was full of expectations of what I would find in China: the finest silk and as well as all sort of craftmen working in the streets. Read the rest of this entry »