MARKGONG Spring/Summer 2025 / SS25 at Shanghai Fashion Week entitled “MARRY? ME?” Charlotte York was the poster girl for perfection—pearls, marriage, the whole fairytale. But, As I’ve learned, the fairytale often comes with fine print. Beneath the bows and floral dresses, Charlotte wasn’t just chasing love—she was wrestling with it. Can we really have it…
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Markgong Fall/Winter 2024 at Shanghai Fashion Week
Markgong Fall/Winter 2024 / FW24 at Shanghai Fashion Week entitled THE HEARTBREAK CLUB “Carrie waking up & taking the subway on NYE so that Miranda doesn’t have to be alone eating Chinese food, arriving in a sequined hat and fur coat (sorry not sorry-ish) w/a “Auld Lang Syne” playing and grabbing Miranda to tell her…
Markgong Spring Summer 2022 at Shanghai Fashion Week
Spring/Summer 2022 | “Park Ave.” Sun rises over New York City. It is 6:15am. A lower east side girl comes out of a Park Avenue doorman building. She wears a men’s tailored coat over a sparkling party dress. She smiles at the city she loves, and the city smiles right back at her. I couldn’t help…
MARKGONG Spring Summer 2021 collection at Shanghai Fashion Week
2020 was a reflective year for all, one that Mark Gong chose to tough out in New York and observe how the city was jolted out of its comfort zone. In Mark’s eyes, New York is undeniably a woman. How did she counter a force greater than herself? While being tough on the outside, she…
MARKGONG Fall Winter 2021 – 2022 collection at Shanghai Fashion Week
2021 is a transitional year for Mark Gong. After living in the US since a teenager, at 23 years old and at its 5th MARKGONG collection, Mark decided to move back to Shanghai to settle and anchor his business. A departure from his previous 5 projects, Chapter 6 combines a celebration of the past with a…