.” This is actually the only show in Shanghai where you’ll view some hot kids,” poked fun a pal at Ximon Lee, the final path presentation at the Shanghai selections. “You’ll see appealing girls and traditional Mandarin Tai Tai’s [a colloquial phrase for a wealthy, married girl], those type of versions, but merely listed below you’ll get hot guys!” The place for Lee’s humid train of smoke-shows was actually the smokier Shanghai club Heim, which resumed at a brand new area earlier this year. For the inexperienced, Lee is actually a Hong Kong-born, Berlin-based menswear developer that launched his label in Brooklyn in 2014 after research studies at Parsons.
He was actually shortlisted for the 2015 LVMH Prize and was actually the 1st menswear developer to succeed the H&M Style Award that very same year. Lee has a reasonable portion of well-earned authority, however eats years relocated pretty subtly, shrouded by the cavernous club culture atmosphere that has actually long informed his clothes.This collection, Lee mentioned backstage, was freely inspired due to the coming of age stories in the Oriental cult movie All About Lily Chou Chou. He pondered on the tip of personal metamorphosis, and also showed up to embrace the pressures of being young– emotion invincible, building a feeling of fond memories, the tension of capacity– through designing a selection that predicted some capitivating awkwardness.If none of this sounds especially sexy or even like a wardrobe ripe for a great gathering, it is actually due to the fact that Lee’s primary preoccupation isn’t sexual magnetism, as well as neither is actually the club.
Some points happen normally, however, so his plan teemed with audacious and also indisputably cool menswear types: mini shorts, one-shoulder draped bests or furnished storage tank bests, glossy shirting, as well as a set of glossy shorts that a fellow guest showed up attribute a built-in jockstrap. A run of unique and also funky button-downs were one of the most compelling: The short sleeves on one were actually gown t-shirt cuffs, while one more’s were actually knitted to longer doors to create unabridged sleeves.This show significant Lee’s go back to the path in Shanghai. “This season has actually been actually challenging however it felt relevant to accomplish a series due to the fact that I would like to feel proud,” he said.
Lee had actually been showing his selection using lookbook as well as in showrooms. While it is actually really good to be capable to see his work up close– don’t let the barely-thereness of Lee’s garments mislead you, he’s pretty the nimble technological professional– these clothes are all ideal experienced in circumstance. The after-party that adhered to the series occurred in the exact same place: Between the techno faithfuls stomping in location where the makeshift path had been actually earlier as well as the fashion trend crowd gathering outside to mesmerize at the tail-end of a long and exciting time, it was actually a chance to testify to to Lee’s brand of urban, rave-ready sexuality completely throttle..