Hong Kong, June 10 -- In March 2020, the world locked down to curb the spread of COVID-19. Poised to present their Cruise and Resort collections - with fashion shows whetting an appetite for travel and staged outside the traditional fashion weeks - some of the biggest names in luxury fashion were forced to cancel shows planned in Italy, the UK, the US, Dubai and Russia.

It was the beginning of a change, a revolution, which notably saw the rise of digital, virtual events. For months, in fact, runway collections were unveiled through the medium of screens. There was even talk of this being the future of fashion.

But talk is cheap. And with many countries worldwide now progressively opening up their borders, the fashion world is already bu...