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    what happens when luxury fashion stops impressing? — article by Marc-Olivier Arnold

    published in jing daily

    what happens when luxury fashion stops impressing?

    a xiaohongshu parody turns a sichuan auntie's apron into a high-end fashion campaign. are chinese viewers still receptive to luxury codes?

    written by marc-olivier arnold27 october 2026

    what does it mean for luxury when chinese consumers know its visual codes well enough to parody them with a kitchen apron? and if they can see through the image a campaign is selling, what actually makes luxury worth paying for?
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