.” This is actually the only show in Shanghai where you’ll see some trendy children,” joked a buddy at Ximon Lee, the final runway presentation at the Shanghai selections. “You’ll find attractive girls and also timeless Mandarin Tai Tai’s [a colloquial condition for a prosperous, married female], those sort of styles, however simply below you’ll fume guys!” The venue for Lee’s balmy train of smoke-shows was the smokier Shanghai nightclub Heim, which resumed at a new site previously this year. For the inexperienced, Lee is a Hong Kong-born, Berlin-based menswear developer who introduced his tag in Brooklyn in 2014 after studies at Parsons.
He was nominated for the 2015 LVMH Award as well as was the very first menswear designer to succeed the H&M Style Award that very same year. Lee has a fair portion of well-earned clout, however has for years relocated reasonably discreetly, shrouded by the cavernous nightclub culture environment that has actually long updated his clothes.This collection, Lee claimed backstage, was loosely encouraged due to the maturing accounts in the Oriental cult film Everything about Lily Chou Chou. He reflected on the tip of individual transformation, and showed up to take advantage of the strains of being youthful– sensation bulletproof, creating a feeling of fond memories, the tension of ability– through building an assortment that forecasted some endearing awkwardness.If none of the sounds specifically gorgeous or even like a wardrobe mature for an excellent celebration, it is actually given that Lee’s key obsession isn’t allure, and neither is the club.
Some points come typically, though, so his proposal contained cheeky as well as undeniably amazing menswear styles: small pants, one-shoulder covered tops or ornamented container tops, shiny shirting, and a set of glossy underwear that a fellow guest reported function an integrated jockstrap. An operate of unique and cool button-downs were the best powerful: The short sleeves on one were really gown t-shirt belts, while another’s were actually knitted to longer boards to create unabridged sleeves.This show noticeable Lee’s go back to the path in Shanghai. “This season has been actually challenging yet it really felt significant to perform a program given that I want to feel honored,” he stated.
Lee had been revealing his assortment by means of lookbook as well as in display rooms. While it is actually great to become able to view his work up close– do not permit the barely-thereness of Lee’s garments fool you, he is actually rather the deft technological designer– these clothing are actually all finest experienced in circumstance. The after-party that followed the series happened in the very same location: In between the techno faithfuls stomping in position where the makeshift path had actually been earlier as well as the style crowd party outside to catch up at the tail-end of a long and memorable period, it was actually a possibility to testify to to Lee’s brand name of urbane, rave-ready sexiness in full throttle..