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She has curated fashion exhibitions such as 80s -90s Facing Beauties. Italian Fashion and Japanese Fashion At AG lance (2013, Rimini: Museo della citta )a nd Jungle. The Animal Imagery in Fashion (2017, Torino: Venaria Reale).' This impressive book re-frames all general and many specialist understandings of Chinese fashion. It turns on its head nearly everything Iwas taught and have imagined about dress in China, from the period of Mao to the present day.' -

In this article, Segre-Reinach outlines the profile of the celebrated pop singer Teresa Teng (1953–1995), also known as Teresa Deng and Teng Li-Chun (traditional Chinese: 鄧麗君; simplified Chinese: 邓丽; pinyin: Dèng Lìjūn). Twenty-six years after her death, Teresa Teng, Segre-Reinach argues, has a role not only for her music but as a fashion icon of global reach. Her fame has in fact continued after her death, and she has recently acquired a new global interest. Teresa Teng is a Chinese fashion icon influencing global fashion, much beyond her life.

Each case tells a story in the global production of "national fashions," a historically Eurocentric field. The first Italian-Chinese collaborations were characterized by joint ventures led by Italians and aimed at the Chinese market. New types of collaboration are vastly more complex. Indeed, they are reshaping Western-Chinese relations in both directions, and present a template for global fashion in the twenty-first century.