Shanghai Spring 2022

Yushan Li and Jun Zhou have made tiny cut-aways a signature at Pronounce, slicing little fragments out of their button-downs, T-shirts, blazers, and more. While their early collections hewed towards streetwear—albeit with a more delicate…

Yueqi Qi doesn’t have to look far for inspiration; her husband plays in a rock band in Shanghai, and their worlds collide in Qi’s hardcore spring 2022 collection. His band even performed in a video Qi produced this season with Vogue China;…

Ming Ma often refers to an “elegant tension” in his work. Couture volumes and romantic florals are his signatures, but the results never look as precious as that: They’re cut with asymmetrical hems, splashed with neons, or styled with heavy…

Louis Shengtao Chen showed his first spring collection and just his second collection overall at Shanghai Fashion Week. A 2020 graduate of Central Saint Martins, Chen launched his brand almost immediately upon completing his bachelor’s…

The first thing Angel Chen said over Zoom after her spring 2022 show in Shanghai is: “It is my dream. I have wanted to do this performance show for my whole life.”Staged in the West Bund Dream Center, the show brought together dancers, led…

Rui Zhou is fresh off winning the LVMH Special Prize in Paris—so fresh that when we spoke she was mid-way through quarantine at a hotel in Shanghai. Zhou is an attentive and emotional designer and the experience of isolation is sure to…

It’s common knowledge that designers often hire stylists to assemble the looks in their shows. The stylist functions as a second pair of eyes, lending their vision to the collection and putting items together that the designer might not…