Xu Jinglei creates high-fashion Du Lala

Chinese director-actress Xu Jinglei promotes her upcoming film "Du Lala's Promotion" with American costume designer Patricia Field and cast members at a press conference in Beijing on August 6, 2009. [Photo:baidu.com ]

Chinese director Xu Jinglei is working with celebrated American costume designer Patricia Field to make her office politics film a show of office fashion.

Xu has invited Field, who has won several awards for designing costumes for the stylish television series "Sex and the City" to be a costume advisor for "Du Lala's Promotion", Sina.com.cn reports.

Field showed up Thursday with Xu and the film's cast members at a press conference in Beijing. The fashion guru told reporters her experience in China had been pleasant.

"Du Lala's Promotion", adapted from a bestselling Chinese novel of the same name, centers on a woman named Du Lala who takes the high road to get promoted.

Xu Jinglei, who is also a popular actress, plays the lead character. The film also boasts a cast of fashionistas, including model-turned actresses Pace Wu and Li Ai, as well as hip-hop star Stanley Huang.

"Du Lala" is Xu's fourth film as a director. It is scheduled to be released next spring.