." This is the only receive Shanghai where you'll observe some trendy children," joked a close friend at Ximon Lee, the last path discussion at the Shanghai selections. "You'll find pleasing women and classic Chinese Tai Tai's [an idiomatic term for a rich, married woman], those type of designs, however simply listed below you'll fume males!" The site for Lee's balmy succession of smoke-shows was the smokier Shanghai club Heim, which reopened at a brand-new area previously this year. For the uninitiated, Lee is actually a Hong Kong-born, Berlin-based menswear professional who introduced his tag in Brooklyn in 2014 after researches at Parsons. He was actually shortlisted for the 2015 LVMH Award as well as was actually the first menswear designer to win the H&M Style Honor that very same year. Lee possesses a fair portion of well-earned standing, but eats years moved reasonably discreetly, shrouded due to the spacious club lifestyle atmosphere that has long updated his clothes.This collection, Lee stated backstage, was loosely motivated due to the coming of age tales in the Eastern creed film Everything about Lily Chou Chou. He pondered on the concept of individual transformation, as well as showed up to accept the tensions of being actually young-- feeling bulletproof, cultivating a feeling of fond memories, the tension of ability-- by designing a selection that projected some special awkwardness.If none of this particular seems particularly attractive or even like an outfit enriched for a good event, it's since Lee's major obsession isn't sexual magnetism, and neither is actually the club. Some things happen typically, however, so his plan had plenty of audacious and indisputably great menswear types: micro pants, one-shoulder covered tops or even ornamented storage tank leadings, lustrous shirting, and also a pair of satiny boxers that a fellow attendee reported attribute a built-in jockstrap. A run of unique and cool button-downs were actually one of the most engaging: The short sleeves on one were actually gown t shirt cuffs, while yet another's were actually weaved to longer doors to develop whole sleeves.This reveal significant Lee's return to the runway in Shanghai. "This season has actually been testing but it really felt meaningful to perform a program since I want to really feel honored," he said. Lee had been showing his collection using lookbook as well as in showrooms. While it's excellent to be capable to see his work up close-- do not allow the barely-thereness of Lee's garments trick you, he's very the skilled technical professional-- these clothing are actually all absolute best experienced in situation. The after-party that adhered to the series occurred in the very same site: In between the techno faithfuls stomping in place where the makeshift path had been earlier and also the fashion crowd event outside to catch up at the tail-end of a lengthy as well as memorable time, it was an odds to testify to to Lee's brand of urbane, rave-ready amorousness completely throttle..