shanghai bund shanghai tang or the bund see the bund tv series . shanghai tang type private industry fashion founded hong kong 1994 founder david tang headquarters hong kong number of locations 34 2009 area served worldwide key people david tang founder website shanghaitang.com former shanghai tang flagship store in central hong kong shanghai tang chinese ; pinyin sh ngh i t n is a hong kong based international clothing chain company 1 founded in 1994 by hong kong businessman david tang . in 1998 richemont acquired david tang s controlling stake in the business . 2 david tang stated that shanghai tang is a chinese label that set out to rejuvenate chinese fashion of the 1920s and 1930s . 3 the fundamental design concept is inspired by 1920s cheongsam combined with the modernity of the 21st century . the brand is noted for its use of bright colours . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit the original shanghai tang store was on the ground floor of pedder building central hong kong ; this was followed by 24 outlets worldwide including bangkok beijing honolulu london miami new york city las vegas madrid paris shanghai tokyo and macau . they are often located in well known areas such as bangkok s sukhumvit road and shanghai s xintiandi . 2 after 17 years the 6 300sqft flagship store in hong kong s pedder building closed in october 2011 with rising rents being cited as the main reason . in the meantime the company set up several project units to continue its presence in central namely a new journey as a nomad of central in a series of mongolian gers on the roof of central pier 1 from 4 november to 31 december 2011 . this was followed by shanghai tang loft in pedder building upstairs to the old store from 23 october to 20 february 2012 . 4 in april 2012 the flagship store in central was opened on duddell street called shanghai tang mansion . with close to 1 400 square meter it is shanghai tang s largest branch designed by shanghai based design firm design mvw . 5 in 2014 shanghai tang celebrated its 20th anniversary in shanghai china . 6 see also edit shopping in hong kong references edit chevalier michel 2012 . luxury brand management . singapore john wiley & sons . isbn 978 1 118 17176 9 . a b reena jana 1 december 2005 . china goes luxury . businessweek . retrieved 2009 01 16 . broun samantha 6 april 2006 . designing a global brand . cnn world . retrieved 2 june 2012 . shanghai tang flagship store closes and reopens in mongolian gers 2point6billion . com . 8 october 2011 . retrieved 2012 06 02 welcome back shanghai tang hong kong flagship biggest in the world . cnn go . 26 april 2012 . retrieved 2 june 2012 . bloomberg.com fashion icon shanghai tang celebrates 20th anniversary october 22 2014 external links edit official website wikimedia commons has media related to shanghai tang . v t e brands owned by compagnie financi re richemont s.a. full ownership a. lange & s hne azzedine ala a baume & mercier cartier chlo dunhill giampiero bodino iwc schaffhausen jaeger lecoultre lancel manufacture roger dubuis montblanc officine panerai peter millar piaget purdey shanghai tang vacheron constantin van cleef & arpels joint ventures ralph lauren watch & jewelry company sarl 50 % other investments yoox net a porter group retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title shanghai tang & oldid 740567971 categories companies of hong kongclothing brands of hong kongrichemont brandsclothing brandscompanies established in 1994luxury brandshigh fashion brandsprivately held companies of chinahong kong brandshidden categories articles containing traditional chinese language textcommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages edit links this page was last modified on 21 september 2016 at 21 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view