China rich’ is the new ‘crazy rich.’ It’s a new level of outrageousness. It comes from this world where overnight fortunes have been made, but the fortunes are so ginormous compared to anything we’ve ever seen in the history of the world. Kevin Kwan Read Quote
In Asia, it’s customary to get together with your entire extended family on a regular basis, and it’s all rife with politics. Kevin Kwan Read Quote
I grew up with a posh English accent, and all my aunts sounded as if they came out of a Merchant Ivory movie. Kevin Kwan Read Quote
I’m not revealing any deep, hidden secret that there are wealthy people in Asia. Kevin Kwan Read Quote
My mother likes to say that I was conceived to shop – not just born to shop. My whole life as a child was following her and her sister and friends around on her shopping trips. Kevin Kwan Read Quote
Couture occupies the uppermost stratosphere of fashion. It is the holy of holies, as only about 2,000 women globally are fortunate enough to wear these precious garments tailored to their exact measurements, making it perhaps the most exclusive club in the world. Kevin Kwan Read Quote
I remembered that my grandfather had spent his teenage years in Shanghai and that he went back after he finished medical school to work there in a hospital. So I went back into my family archives and was able to find out his exact address; it was a street that was in the French Concession. Kevin Kwan Read Quote
I love Netflix and Amazon and watching movies on streamers as much as the next person. Kevin Kwan Read Quote
All Americans knew was ‘The Joy Luck Club’ and children of dry cleaners trying to assimilate. The Asia that I was seeing was a world of people who are incredibly sophisticated, and I wanted to represent that side. Kevin Kwan Read Quote
