." This is the only show in Shanghai where you'll see some popular kids," poked fun a buddy at Ximon Lee, the last path discussion at the Shanghai compilations. "You'll view pleasing women as well as classic Chinese Tai Tai's [a colloquial condition for a rich, married gal], those kinds of models, yet just right here you'll fume men!" The venue for Lee's balmy succession of smoke-shows was actually the smokier Shanghai nightclub Heim, which resumed at a new place earlier this year. For the inexperienced, Lee is a Hong Kong-born, Berlin-based menswear designer who launched his tag in Brooklyn in 2014 after research studies at Parsons. He was actually shortlisted for the 2015 LVMH Award as well as was the very first menswear professional to win the H&M Design Honor that same year. Lee possesses a decent allotment of well-earned standing, however has for years relocated relatively discreetly, shrouded by the cavernous nightclub society atmosphere that has actually long notified his clothes.This collection, Lee mentioned backstage, was actually freely inspired by the maturing accounts in the Japanese cult movie Everything about Lily Chou Chou. He pondered on the concept of individual transformation, and also appeared to accept the stress of being actually youthful-- sensation unyielding, establishing a feeling of fond memories, the pressure of possibility-- through constructing a compilation that projected some charming awkwardness.If none of this particular sounds particularly seductive or even like a wardrobe ready for a great event, it's because Lee's main fixation isn't sexual magnetism, and neither is the nightclub. Some traits come naturally, though, so his proposition had plenty of audacious and undeniably cool menswear styles: small pants, one-shoulder covered leadings or even furnished storage tank bests, glossy shirting, and also a pair of glossy boxer shorts that a fellow attendee turned up feature a built-in jockstrap. An operate of novel and cool button-downs were actually the best compelling: The brief sleeves on one were in fact outfit tshirt cuffs, while yet another's were knitted to longer doors to make full-length sleeves.This reveal marked Lee's go back to the runway in Shanghai. "This period has been testing yet it really felt meaningful to accomplish a show due to the fact that I would like to really feel happy," he claimed. Lee had actually been presenting his assortment through lookbook as well as in display rooms. While it is actually excellent to become able to view his develop close-- do not let the barely-thereness of Lee's garments deceive you, he is actually fairly the quick technical developer-- these clothing are all greatest experienced in context. The after-party that complied with the show happened in the same location: Between the techno faithfuls stomping in place where the makeshift path had actually been actually earlier and the style group celebration outside to mesmerize at the tail-end of a lengthy as well as exciting season, it was actually a chance to testify to Lee's brand name of city, rave-ready provocativeness completely throttle..