Aiming to go global

Chinese-American Grace Chen has been offering women in China clothes that blend glamour, authoritativeness and cultural identity for years. Now she wants tomake a bigger impression. Sun Yuanqing reports.

For China's political and entrepreneurial women elites, it's not easy to find a look that balances glamour, authoritativeness and cultural identity. But for years, Chinese-American couturier Grace Chen has been offering just that. Well-known among the well-heeled, Chen is now making a bigger splash both in China and overseas.

Earlier this month, Chen opened The House of Grace Chen in Shanghai.