." This is actually the only receive Shanghai where you'll find some trendy boys," joked a friend at Ximon Lee, the final path presentation at the Shanghai selections. "You'll observe pretty girls and traditional Mandarin Tai Tai's [an idiomatic phrase for a well-off, wedded female], those sort of models, yet simply below you'll get hot males!" The venue for Lee's humid train of smoke-shows was actually the smokier Shanghai club Heim, which reopened at a brand-new area earlier this year. For the uninitiated, Lee is actually a Hong Kong-born, Berlin-based menswear designer who launched his label in Brooklyn in 2014 after researches at Parsons. He was actually nominated for the 2015 LVMH Reward and was actually the initial menswear designer to win the H&M Design Honor that very same year. Lee possesses a reasonable allotment of well-earned clout, however eats years relocated fairly subtly, shrouded by the spacious club society ambience that has actually long educated his clothes.This compilation, Lee stated backstage, was loosely inspired by the ripening tales in the Oriental creed movie All About Lily Chou Chou. He ruminated on the concept of private transformation, and seemed to embrace the pressures of being younger-- feeling unyielding, cultivating a feeling of nostalgia, the stress of potential-- by designing a compilation that forecasted some charming awkwardness.If none of this particular seems specifically gorgeous or even like a closet mature for an excellent celebration, it is actually due to the fact that Lee's primary obsession isn't attraction, and also neither is actually the club. Some points come normally, however, so his proposal had plenty of saucy and unquestionably great menswear styles: micro shorts, one-shoulder covered tops or ornamented storage tank tops, shiny shirting, and a pair of glossy underpants that a fellow guest reported feature an integrated jockstrap. A run of unique as well as funky button-downs were the best compelling: The quick sleeves on one were in fact gown tee cuffs, while another's were knitted to longer boards to make full-length sleeves.This present noticeable Lee's come back to the path in Shanghai. "This season has actually been actually challenging however it experienced significant to carry out a show considering that I intend to really feel pleased," he claimed. Lee had actually been actually presenting his collection via lookbook and in showrooms. While it is actually great to be able to observe his develop close-- do not let the barely-thereness of Lee's garments fool you, he's quite the quick technical professional-- these clothing are all ideal experienced in situation. The after-party that followed the program happened in the same location: In between the techno faithfuls stomping in place where the makeshift runway had been earlier and also the fashion trend crowd event outside to mesmerize at the tail-end of a long as well as eventful season, it was actually an opportunity to testify to Lee's brand of urban, rave-ready amorousness in full throttle..