Feng Chen Wang is a Chinese-born, London-based designer at the forefront of a new generation of fashion talent emerging from China. Feng studied MA Fashion Menswear at the prestigious Royal College of Art, London, graduating in 2015.

Describing her aesthetic as “future-modern, authentic and multidimensional”, Feng fuses traditional craftsmanship with innovative technology and technical deconstruction. Her design ethos draws inspiration from her life experiences and Chinese heritage to create gender neutral clothing that is functional and conceptual.

Feng Chen Wang debuted at New York Fashion Week for Spring Summer 2016, earning a nomination for the LVMH Prize. After many years of showing during London Fashion Week Men’s, her Autumn Winter 2020 collection was a finalist of the International Woolmark Prize.

In 2022, Feng Chen Wang designed the official uniform for the flag bearers of the Beijing Winter Olympics, before moving to the official Paris Fashion Week calendar for Spring Summer 2023.

Born: N/A

Education: Royal College of Art

Website: https://fengchenwang.com/

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Chris Chang’s creations for Poesia draw inspiration from children’s dolls, cartoon caricatures, the idyllic world of birds, the microscopic realm of insects, traditional garb from around the world, costumes of Mongolian and Yunnan ethnic tribes, the clothing of her own Peruvian ancestry, and the pageantry of Kun Qu with its contrast of brilliant colors set against muted pastel backgrounds.

In Chris Chang, the juxtaposition of the extremes between east and west, classic and avant-garde, glamour and demurity, boisterousness and silence are not only a revelation of the personality of the designer but also the constant elements in her designs.

Chris Chang's creations offer a chance to experience the joy, fantasy, and glamour that there is so little of in the mundane world. Her work is the result of an inner world, which treads from real to the surreal and a fascination with the symbols and icons of her childhood dreams.

Educated at the prestigious Parson School of Design, Chris Chang then worked for 8 years as General Manager of Prada Taiwan. Her familiarity with luxury lifestyle and her youthful spirit led her to reflect on the dilemma of chic mothers who wanted to dress their daughters fashionably, but only found standard basics available.

It was this spark of insight which led to the birth of Poesia. The children’s collection sold in Barney’s New York, Neiman Marcus and 15 other boutiques in North America from 2006 to 2009. In 2012, she opened her boutique at the Jing’an Kerry Centre in the heart of Shanghai.

Born: N/A

Education: Parson School of Design

Website: https://www.chrischangdesigner.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/poesiachrischang/

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Guo Pei is China’s most renowned couturier. For over 20 years, she has been dressing celebrities, distinguished ladies, royalty and political elite who turn to her for show-stopping, magnificent creations when they want to look beautiful and stand out from the crowd.

A modern messenger of her cultural heritage, Guo Pei has breathed new life into embroidery and painting traditions that date back thousands of years. Showcasing the finest of traditional Chinese craftsmanship while incorporating contemporary innovation and Western style, Guo Pei is a passionate artisan who wants to evoke people’s emotions and inspire people through her art.

In the world of Guo Pei, fabric, shape and texture resonate with meaning. Inspired by fairy tales, legends and even military history, every creation tells a story and is a canvas for artistic expression, bringing beauty, romance and the designer’s imagination to life. They tell the stories which paintings and embroidery have conveyed throughout the centuries.

2015 marked a major turning point for Guo Pei, when the pop singer Rihanna chose to wear one of her designs to the Met Gala, inaugurating the museum’s "China: Through the Looking Glass” exhibition, in which Guo’s works were shown. In July 2015, she held her first solo exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris; she followed that with a sold-out collaborative makeup collection with MAC.

Guo Pei made her Paris Haute Couture debut in January 2016, unveiling her “Courtyard” collection to wide critical acclaim. In the same year, she was also named one of TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People and one of the Business of Fashion's 500 most influential people shaping the global fashion industry.

Born: 1967

Education: Beijing Second Light Industry School

Website: https://www.guopei.com/

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Well-known all over the world with the name Uma Wang, Wang Zhi – her Chinese name – is the most popular fashion designer in China. Born in 1972 in Hebei, China, she soon felt the appeal of aesthetics and Eastern philosophy.

In 1992, Uma Wang started studying fashion design at Shanghai China Textile University and later worked as an in-house designer for several Chinese labels which she credits with guiding her in the development of her textile skills.

In 2002, Uma Wang moved to London to study fashion design at the Central Saint Martin University of Arts. Three years later, Ms Wang launched her label in England and began to devote herself to knitwear. Nowadays her items can be found in over 100 stores in more than 25 countries all around the world, and keep attracting the attention of top buyers worldwide.

In 2009, Uma Wang brand was established. Great success immediately followed and, thanks to her unique understanding of fabrics, exquisite tailoring and balance between sophistication and timeless aesthetics, she was able to gain a wide international reputation.

Born: 1972

Education: China Textile University

Website: https://umawang.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UmaWangOfficial/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/umawangofficial/

Ryan LO is a womenswear designer with over 10 years of experience working in the luxury fashion industry, who had been running his eponymous London-based fashion label! LO has been synonymous with his strong emphasis on storytelling ~ girlish fantasy and modern romance.

Born in Hong Kong, Ryan LO graduated from London College of Fashion in 2011 and had previously assisted ANDAM winner French designer Charles Anastase! Her work notion of prettiness has caught the eye of talent scout Lulu Kennedy MBE 'Fashion’s Fairy Godmother’ who put LO in her FASHION EAST London Fashion Week line-up for 3 seasons in 2012.

Since then, the independent label was awarded the British Fashion Council's NEWGEN for 6 consecutive seasons and had been a fixture in London Fashion Week. She was also shortlisted for the prestigious LVMH Prize in 2015!

The label had counted Net-a-Porter, Dover Street Market, and Moda Operandi among its international stockists. By 2019, Ryan LO’s feminine designs had been worn by Hollywood young actresses such as Elle Fanning, Lily James, Lucy Boyton and Masie Williams to name a few!

As a Vogue Runway regular, Ryan LO has collaborated with both the new wave and the most established creatives in the industry. His work has also been featured in The New York Times, Dazed & Confused, i-D, LOVE, VOGUE and many more. Past collaborations include Google Pixel, Sanrio Hello Kitty and milliner Stephen Jones & Noel Stewart!

Born: 1989

Education: London College of Fashion

Website: https://www.ryanlo.co.uk/

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A graduate from Central Saint Martins, Angel Chen moved from her native Shenzhen to study in London at age 17. During her placement year, the designer interned for Marchesa, Vera Wang and Alexander Wang in New York. Following her graduate collection, Chen was chosen by i-D as one of five designers-to-watch and launched her eponymous label the following year.

Angel Chen is a vanguard Chinese designer brand founded in 2014 by Angel Chen. The brand’s signature colorful approach to fashion coupled with its core-concept of fusion of Eastern and Western aesthetics has deemed it to be one of the most popular young fashion brands internationally.

Angel Chen has been showing on the official Milan Fashion Week calendar since 2017 and has successfully launched various crossover collaborations with premier brands such as H&M, Adidas Originals, M.A.C, McDonald's, Canada Goose... enhancing its popularity and recognition among consumers worldwide.

Stocked at more than 100 international retailers - including Lane Crawford, NET-A-PORTER, Galeries Lafayette, Selfridges, Luisa Via Roma and Urban Outfitters - Angel Chen is part of a new wave of young Chinese Brands making an impact globally.

Born: 1991

Education: Central Saint Martins

Website: https://angelchen.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/angelarchive/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angelchenstudio/

Chen Xuzhi graduated with a BA in womenswear from Central Saint Martins, and opted to intern at then-emerging labels J.W. Anderson and Craig Green, experiences which he says shaped both his aesthetic and business acumen.

Founded in 2014, Chen Xuzhi’s eponymous label Xu Zhi is praised for its innovative approach to material and garment construction, as well as its emphasis on craftsmanship. Put in layman’s terms, Chen’s work typically takes common materials — satin, denim, jacquard — and de- then re-constructs them into pleasing, complex, and often chaotic forms.

Desiger Chen Xuzhi often looks to the classics — traditional oil paintings, flapper fashion, and poets like Emily Dickinson, for instance — to inspire his work, but in such a way that the end results are nothing but contemporary.

Xu Zhi’s latest collection for SS20 — perhaps the label’s sunniest and most carefree to date — pares down some of its exquisite detailing while retaining the romantic softness and streamlined sensibility that have made the label’s designs a catwalk mainstay.

Born: 1992

Education: Central Saint Martins

Website: https://xuzhi.co.uk/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xu_zhi_/

As a Chinese-born, London-based designer, Huishan Zhang has mapped out his signature style, finding inspiration and direction through his national identity. His collections create a romantic, sophisticated and ageless philosophy with feminine details, strong lines and directional design.

Huishan studied at Central Saint Martins College and graduated in 2010. During his studies, Zhang was handpicked by Delphine Arnault to spend his 3rd year working in the House of Dior - Paris, working in leather goods and Dior's Haute Couture Atelier.

Since its inception, Huishan Zhang has grown significantly and now has 4 collections per year which are stocked worldwide at stores including Selfridges, Harrods, Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, Net-A-Porter, amongst others. In 2014 and 2015, Huishan was named the BOF 500 as one of the people shaping the Global Fashion Industry.

In 2014, Huishan Zhang was awarded the International Chinese Designer of the Year at the Elle China Style Awards. In 2015, he was a finalist for the LVMH Prize. He was also a recipient of the 2016 BFC Fashion Trust and was a nominee for the Vogue Fashion Fund in 2017.

Born: 1994

Education: Central Saint Martins College

Website: https://huishanzhang.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/huishanzhang/

Shie Lyu was born in China and has been living and educated in different countries like Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York. After receiving a BA in Finance, she started fashion design and graduated from Parsons MA fashion.

Shie Lyu has been selected as the finalist of Yu Prize 2021, ITS International Talent Support 2019, Big Design Award 2019, the semi finalist of HM Design Award 2019, FashionScout Ones-to-Watch winner 2019AW, CFDA+ graduates 2018. Her work has been exhibited in Moma PS1 in New York, 247 showroom in Paris as well as freemasons’ hall in London.

Shie Lyu focuses on exploring the possibility of craftsmanship and bringing back the artistic values of fashion. For each collection, there are always fully handcrafted pieces that are produced sustainably by recycling the leftovers, dead-stock or flawed materials.

Through the exquisite couture techniques like 3D embroidery, weaving, knotting or crochet, these useless materials grew into garments in a sculptural approach and finally turns into sophisticated styles. In Shie Lyu’s world, futuristic craftsmanship forms the most glamour chaos and futuristic femininity without losing the elegant wearability.

Born: N/A

Education: Parsons School of Design

Website: https://www.shielyu-official.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shie.lyu/

Renli Su is one of the most notable names in fashion today. From her vibrant and bold clothing to her inspiring upbringing, her rise to fame is inspiring and awe-inspiring. She was born in Fujian, and moved to the U.S.A. when she was 6. She was exposed to one of the country’s most diverse fashion scenes and flourished.

Having been surrounded by art and passionate creatives, Renli quickly caught on to the industry and fell in love. She began to paint, and designer clothes with her own sketches, and as she honed in on her business skills and craft, her designs began to be noticed. Her designs are distinctive and powerful, characterized by vibrant, eye-popping colors and intricate designs.

Her pieces are truly unique, utilizing several layers of fabric to create daring and unconventional silhouettes. Encouraging self-expression and empowering her customers to have confidence in their style and be who they want to be, Renli’s designs embody the idea of individual freedom of style.

Her creation processes inspire her beliefs in “slow fashion”, and also incorporate sustainable processes to her brand. Utilizing practices such as zero-waste designing, upcycled fabrics, and implementing a self-care mentality, Renli Su is environmentally conscious and passionate about creating revolutionary fashion with a healthy and mindful mentality.

Offering her customers the confidence and freedom to express their individuality through clothing, Renli Su’s pieces are empowering and modern. Her passion for creating fashion that is stronger than just a trend and changes the fashion game has allowed her to be one of the most revolutionary and inspiring designers of her generation – and the next.

Born: N/A

Education: London College of Fashion

Website: https://www.renlisu.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/renlisu/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/renlisuofficial/

Highly innovative, contemporary and impeccable with quality and detail; Haizhen Wang established himself as the cutting-edge designer he is presently known for by building his career around that philosophy. Born in Dalian, China, he acquired an unyielding passion for art and design since young.

This led Haizhen Wang to a path of success, from furthering his education in fashion design in his hometown to ambitiously obtaining the highly coveted MA degree in Womenswear Fashion from the prestigious Central Saint Martins in London.

Haizhen Wang developed a love for tailoring and his expertise guided him to an auspicious career line working for well-known companies, Handwritten by Tanya Sarne, All Saints, Boudicca and Max Mara. The designer later established his eponymous label in 2010, and recently showcased his AW11 and SS12 collections at London and Paris Fashion Week.

Sophisticated, edgy and inspired by immaculate craftsmanship are the ethos behind the Haizhen Wang label. May it be his distinguished tailored jackets or his signature soft pieces incorporating a mixture of high-quality fabrics, strong pieces are produced while taking heed to professional finishing.

Born: 1984

Education: Central Saint Martins College Of Art And Design

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/haizhenwang/

Louis Shengtao Chen, graduated from Central Saint Martins. From the age of 16 to the present, his 9 years of fashion background and experience as a fashion model have given him a unique insight into fashion. In the world of Louis, luxury is not just about expensive fabrics and exquisite French embroidery.

Aimed at challenging the traditional notion of glamour, Louis established an eponymous brand Louis Shengtao Chen attempts to construct a boundary-breaking yet accessible cloth philosophy. He was awarded Ports 1961 full scholarship, LVMH Grand PrixScholarship (2020) and British Fashion Council BAScholarship (2019) during academy year.

Louis Shengtao Chen is set to redefine luxury through an experimental approach. He fuses dramatic and storytelling design to construct a boundary-breaking yet accessible brand philosophy, fluidly mixing exaggerated colors with unconventional fabrics. Blending fun into the brand’s exquisite craftsmanship, he composes an ever-evolving ode to celebrate life, beauty, attitude and dreams in the present.

Born: 1997

Education: Central Saint Martin

Website: http://www.louisshengtaochen.cn/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/louisshengtaochen/