Silk Road to style

What is typical traditional Chinese fashion? Nanjing Yunjin is a good place to start. It is to silk what cashmere is to wool and refers to man-made brocade from Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province.

It is 1,500 years old, was worn by all the emperors and its name conveys its delicate nature: yun means clouds and jin means brocade. It feels like soft clouds.

Now the Nanjing Brocade Research Institute has formed a company to sell its very own high-end line, Legende De Soie, of visually stunning dresses.