But Li doesn’t romanticize feeling like an outsider. And in those moments of lonely silence, “with no friends,” he explored, listened and studied. (“If I was still in China,” Li says, he would be creating “knockoffs, traditional clothes.”) Each time he moved, he had to start over. Li’s sensibility and his methodology are drafted from his peripatetic life. Li incorporated P-Orridge’s poetry into his spring 2015 collection: “So destroy the expected.” Li has done just that. He is boldly creative - collaborating with performance artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, who is out to eradicate, merge, blur gender through body modification. He has the audacity to work in fashion’s rarefied air, where a pair of trousers can cost $1,000. Li is part of a new generation of Chinese designers determined to play internationally. Few of China’s designers have moved beyond their local market. But it does not give nearly as much as it gets. He is a young man with an alluring point of view, unwavering focus and a back story that reflects the ever-rising influence of China in the luxury trade.Ĭhina is the world’s leading consumer of luxury goods - its landscape rapidly filling with designer boutiques and primed for growth. His modest company is self-financed each retailer he wins over registers like a home run. He is a fashion designer just beginning his career. Who is this guy? Mention his name and most consumers respond: Yang who? Well, he is a comer. His inflections are the sum of his experiences - born in China lived in Perth, Australia studied in London. Even his voice is a soothing alto, with an accent that is an amalgam of East and West. No matter that every aspect of his chosen industry exudes impatience above all else. The demeanor he presents on a sunny afternoon at the beginning of fall when the fashion world is spinning at a frenetic speed is that of someone unwilling to be rushed or overwhelmed. He wears several small silver hoops in his ears and his black shirt is buttoned to his neck. Li’s shoulder-length black hair, parted down the center, hangs across his back. PARIS - Designer Yang Li was standing outside his rather sterile showroom on a narrow stone street amid the elegant architecture of the fashion world’s capital, taking a break from the droning task of looking at clothes, selling clothes and talking about clothes to have a cigarette. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
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