Chu Yan is one of top 10 fashion designers in China. [He Zhenhai for Chinaculture.org]

She was the speaker at the event that was attended by China’s Ambassador to Denmark Liu Biwei, his wife, officials at the Danish Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chinese diplomats and other dignitaries in Copenhagen.

Chu, who designed outfits for world leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in China, talked about the historical evolution of Chinese clothes.