." This is the only display in Shanghai where you'll view some popular kids," poked fun a friend at Ximon Lee, the final runway presentation at the Shanghai collections. "You'll find pretty gals and also traditional Chinese Tai Tai's [a colloquial condition for a well-off, married gal], those kinds of models, however merely right here you'll get hot men!" The venue for Lee's humid train of smoke-shows was actually the smokier Shanghai club Heim, which reopened at a brand-new site previously this year. For the uninitiated, Lee is a Hong Kong-born, Berlin-based menswear professional that released his tag in Brooklyn in 2014 after studies at Parsons. He was shortlisted for the 2015 LVMH Award as well as was the very first menswear professional to win the H&M Design Honor that very same year. Lee has a fair reveal of well-earned authority, but eats years moved pretty discreetly, shrouded by the roomy nightclub society setting that has actually long informed his clothes.This collection, Lee said backstage, was freely motivated due to the maturing accounts in the Oriental cult film Everything about Lily Chou Chou. He pondered on the suggestion of personal transformation, and also seemed to embrace the stress of being actually young-- emotion bulletproof, developing a feeling of fond memories, the stress of potential-- by designing a compilation that forecasted some endearing awkwardness.If none of this particular appears particularly seductive or like a wardrobe mature for an excellent gathering, it is actually since Lee's key preoccupation isn't sex appeal, and also neither is the nightclub. Some points happen typically, however, so his proposition contained cheeky as well as undoubtedly trendy menswear types: mini shorts, one-shoulder draped leadings or even adorned container tops, lustrous shirting, and also a set of glossy undershorts that a fellow participant reported feature a built-in jockstrap. A run of unique as well as cool button-downs were actually one of the most engaging: The brief sleeves on one were actually dress tshirt belts, while an additional's were actually knitted to longer panels to create uncut sleeves.This reveal marked Lee's go back to the path in Shanghai. "This time has actually been challenging however it really felt purposeful to carry out a program since I wish to experience proud," he claimed. Lee had been revealing his compilation through lookbook and also in showrooms. While it is actually really good to be capable to observe his develop close-- don't allow the barely-thereness of Lee's garments deceive you, he's fairly the nimble technological developer-- these clothing are actually all best experienced in circumstance. The after-party that adhered to the program took place in the same location: In between the techno faithfuls stomping in position where the makeshift path had actually been actually earlier and also the fashion group celebration outside to catch up at the tail-end of a long and also exciting time, it was an opportunity to attest to Lee's brand of city, rave-ready amorousness completely throttle..