.” This is actually the only show in Shanghai where you’ll see some hot children,” joked a pal at Ximon Lee, the last runway discussion at the Shanghai selections. “You’ll find appealing gals and also classic Chinese Tai Tai’s [a colloquial phrase for a well-off, wedded lady], those kinds of versions, however only right here you’ll fume males!” The place for Lee’s humid procession of smoke-shows was actually the smokier Shanghai club Heim, which resumed at a new area earlier this year. For the unaware, Lee is actually a Hong Kong-born, Berlin-based menswear developer who launched his tag in Brooklyn in 2014 after studies at Parsons.
He was nominated for the 2015 LVMH Reward as well as was actually the 1st menswear developer to gain the H&M Style Honor that same year. Lee possesses a fair allotment of well-earned authority, however has for years moved relatively discreetly, shrouded due to the roomy club lifestyle environment that has long notified his clothes.This compilation, Lee claimed backstage, was actually loosely motivated by the coming of age accounts in the Japanese creed film Everything about Lily Chou Chou. He pondered on the idea of personal metamorphosis, and showed up to take advantage of the tensions of being actually youthful– emotion bulletproof, cultivating a feeling of fond memories, the pressure of potential– by building an assortment that predicted some endearing awkwardness.If none of this particular appears particularly attractive or like a closet ready for a great party, it is actually because Lee’s primary preoccupation isn’t allure, and neither is actually the nightclub.
Some things come naturally, though, so his proposition had plenty of saucy and without a doubt cool menswear designs: mini pants, one-shoulder draped tops or even embellished tank tops, shiny shirting, as well as a set of satiny underwear that a fellow attendee reported feature a built-in jockstrap. A run of novel and also fashionable button-downs were the most powerful: The short sleeves on one were really gown tshirt cuffs, while one more’s were actually knitted to longer panels to generate unabridged sleeves.This show marked Lee’s come back to the path in Shanghai. “This time has actually been actually testing yet it felt relevant to carry out a show because I desire to experience pleased,” he stated.
Lee had been showing his compilation using lookbook as well as in showrooms. While it’s great to be capable to observe his work up close– do not permit the barely-thereness of Lee’s garments trick you, he is actually very the ingenious technical professional– these garments are actually all best experienced in context. The after-party that adhered to the show took place in the same place: Between the techno faithfuls stomping in place where the makeshift path had actually been actually earlier and the fashion group gathering outside to catch up at the tail-end of a lengthy and active season, it was actually an odds to testify to Lee’s company of municipal, rave-ready sexuality completely throttle..