RECAP: Kingpins Hong Kong

Thank you to all who came to Kingpins Hong Kong’s Pop-Up show. Held November 21-22 at DX Design Hub in Hong Kong’s Sham Shui Po district, Kingpins Hong Kong featured 24 exhibitors, including denim mills, fiber producers, garment manufacturers, chemical suppliers and textile machinery makers. This was our second annual Pop-Up event in Hong Kong and this year, our event coincided with several other workwear- and fashion-themed events.

Kingpins Hong Kong ran concurrently with The Fashion Union, an 8-day event celebrating “the beauty of workwear,” presented and organized by the Hong Kong Design Institute and supported by the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency, part of Hong Kong Fashion Fest, which is presented by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

“This season, The Fashion Union’s focus on workwear provided an opportunity for the Kingpins community to look at denim through that lens. Denim and jeans have their roots in workwear and the historical use of denim provides so much inspiration for today’s designers,” said Vivian Wang, Kingpins’ Managing Director & Head of Global Sales. “The timing of our Pop-Up show, not only during The Fashion Union’s eight-day event, but also right before the Spring/Summer 2025 runway shows put on by Lumiere Runway, demonstrated to us that Hong Kong is a fashion destination and we were pleased to connect with the denim community there.”

Highlights of the show included:

A presentation by The Vintage Showroom’s Douglas Gunn, looking at the history of denim in workwear.
HKDI x Advance Denim pop-up fashion show featuring student designs
Shanghai Jingqiu shop, featuring a curated selection of handmade craftsmanship
“Innovative Materials (From Lab to Loom),” a panel discussion about denim developments led by consultant David Tring.
LilDenimJean founders Max Kaupp and Nick Baur presented “The Lil Denim Show,” focusing on the next generation of denim creatives.
Denim designer and consultant Miles Johnson looked at what’s in store for denim design in a presentation titled “Future in Sight.”
Kingpins’ Wang hosted the “Key Pieces from Inspiring Wardrobes Around the World,” panel, which was curated by The Vintage Showroom.
An installation of Kingpins’ One Denim collection, which explores the breadth of looks that can be achieved from a single fabrication. Cone Denim and Tonello worked with Kingpins to create the One Denim collection.