Fourteen fashion shows and eight special topic seminars are among the highlights of Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter 2009 and World Boutique, Hong Kong 2009. More than 1,500 exhibitors from 23 countries and regions take part in the four-day Fashion Week ending Thursday.

    China's hottest fashion designers, including Jenny Ji, Le Kun, Estune Icicle and Helen Lee, joined the catwalk in support of EcoChic Shanghai on Monday. The show presented clothes made with eco-friendly textiles like organic cotton, silk and hemp, and also those using reconstructed clothing, in order to encourage a more environmentally friendly fashion industry.

    The show also displayed collections by world-renowned designers Diane von Furstenberg, Thakoon Panichgul and Nathan Jenden.

    As one of the largest and oldest fashion events in the world, Hong Kong Fashion Week is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Among other activities the Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers' Contest aims to cultivate and promote a new generation of young designers, whose ideas will further enhance the image of Hong Kong as a fashion design center.