At the halfway point of Shanghai Fashion Week on Thursday, designer Xu Zhi held a large-scale 10-year anniversary show, with a boho chic collection that riffed on the brand’s origins, featuring a reissue of the tasseled, tiered gowns from his first collection in 2015.
Zhi launched his brand from London, and found success quickly. “Ten years ago, I’d just graduated from Central Saint Martins and launched my brand immediately. I was one of the lucky ones,” the designer says. “My first season, I was picked up by Dover Street Market, Opening Ceremony and Lane Crawford. In 2016, I was nominated for the LVMH Prize [semi-finals]. It really was the best start for a designer you could imagine.”
