Shanghai lockdown: fashion designers talk about uncertain future amid Covid-19 crisis | South China Morning Post

March and April are supposed to be busy times for designers in Shanghai as they prepare for Shanghai Fashion Week, which normally takes place in October and April. But with a Covid-19 flare up on March 1 and Shanghai entering a citywide lockdown a month later under China's "dynamic zero Covid" strategy , some have found themselves under strict lockdown. Shanghai Fashion Week had been gaining momentum, largely thanks to Chinese consumers' strong spending power and a growing army of Chinese designers. What is unsettling is the waning consumer sentiment amid food shortages and overwhelmed medical resources . Spending on…