Jeffrey Chang In SHAO SHANGHAI 1930S Collection at Gold House Lunar New Year
Gold House made history on February 12, 2026, hosting its inaugural Lunar New Year gala at Chinese Tuxedo in downtown New York City, right in the heart of Fashion Week. The star-studded evening brought together some of the most prominent faces in entertainment and culture to ring in the Year of the Horse, with Jeffrey Chang among them, dressed in SHAO's SHANGHAI 1930S Collection.
From the moment guests arrived, the energy was electric. Bespoke Hennessy cocktails flowed, contemporary Chinese bites circulated through the room, and downstairs at the venue's Opera House bar, mahjong games, karaoke, and a Bridgerton-themed portrait station with a Tatcha beauty touch-up kept the celebration alive well into the night. Co-hosts Hudson Williams of "Heated Rivalry" and Yerin Ha of "Bridgerton" drew the room's full attention, but the fashion held its own.
Jeffrey Chang in the Midnight Sapphire Tank
Jeffrey stepped into the evening in the Midnight Sapphire tank from SHAO's SHANGHAI 1930S Collection and it was exactly right for a night like this. The premium cotton construction in a deep, inky sapphire carried the kind of quiet authority that reads effortlessly in a room full of style. The oversized silhouette with dropped armholes gave the piece a relaxed, confident ease, while the hand-applied sequin trim along the neckline and curved hem caught the light of Chinese Tuxedo's dining room in all the right ways.
The anachronism print graphic, nostalgic imagery placed with intention, is the detail that makes this piece unmistakably SHAO. It's the tension between eras, between then and now, that defines the entire collection.
The Shanghai 1930s Collection
The SHAO SHANGHAI 1930S Collection draws its soul from an era of unparalleled cultural richness, a Shanghai at the crossroads of East and West, old world elegance and avant-garde reinvention. It was a time when tailoring was a declaration. When fabric was philosophy. SHAO channels that spirit not through nostalgia, but through radical reinterpretation.
Every silhouette in the collection is an exercise in precision. The classic qipao influence is deconstructed - its structured geometry translated into contemporary suiting, fluid draping, and standout separates that carry unmistakable cultural DNA without being costume. This is dressing with intention.
Redefined Tailoring for a New Era
What SHAO calls "redefined tailoring" is not simply a structural approach to clothing - it is an ideology. The brand has always held that the Asian masculine form has been underserved by Western tailoring conventions. The Shanghai 1930s Collection corrects that quietly, and with extraordinary confidence.
The Midnight Sapphire tank is a perfect example: an oversized tank cut for ease and movement, elevated by hand-applied sequin trim and a curved hemline that gives the relaxed silhouette shape and intention. Nothing about it is accidental.
Gold House & The New Year
Gold House's inaugural Lunar New Year gala was always going to be something special, a celebration of Asian heritage that was traditional and high-profile and community-focused all at once. Mahjong tables. Custom cocktails. Karaoke. Bridgerton. Fashion Week. It was a night that held everything, and the fashion matched the moment.
For SHAO, dressing Jeffrey Chang for this evening was exactly the kind of alignment the brand is built for. Jeffrey's presence - effortless, grounded, culturally attuned, embodied everything the Shanghai 1930s Collection stands for.
The sequins catching the light at Chinese Tuxedo. The anachronism print nodding to a Shanghai a century gone. A room full of people celebrating who they are and where they come from. This is what SHAO makes clothes for. Moments that matter.
Discover the Midnight Sapphire Tank and shop the full SHAO SHANGHAI 1930S Collection.
