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RUOHAN
Ruohan Nie
RUOHAN is a ready-to-wear label based in China, started in 2021. Behind the label: Ruohan Nie. It is known for minimal, neutral-toned everyday luxury built on fabric and precise tailoring. Latest milestone on record (30 September 2026): Presents SS27 on the official Paris womenswear calendar.
Quick facts
RUOHAN at a glance
- Behind the label
- Ruohan Nie
- Based
- China
- Since
- 2021
- Focus
- Ready-to-wear
- Makes
- Womenswear
- Trained
- Parsons School of Design
- Official site
- ruohan.co ↗
- @ruohan.co ↗
The person and the label
Who is behind RUOHAN?
Ruohan Nie, a Parsons graduate, founded RUOHAN in March 2021, and it made its debut with a 37-piece AW21 collection. The label calls its approach everyday luxury: minimal clothes in a mostly neutral palette, built on fabric, detail and precise tailoring, and FashionUnited has noted its use of traditional Chinese silk-dyeing techniques. A Lane Crawford scholarship backed its first show, in Shanghai for SS22; it was one of the winners of the Yu Prize in 2022 and joined the official Paris calendar for SS23. In June 2023 it took over the running of its retail network in China. RUOHAN presented on every official Paris womenswear calendar we checked, from FW23 to SS27.
Timeline
RUOHAN, dated
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Quick answers
RUOHAN, answered
Who is behind RUOHAN?
- Ruohan Nie. RUOHAN is a ready-to-wear label based in China.
When was RUOHAN founded?
- 2021, according to the sources listed on this page.
What does RUOHAN make?
- Womenswear. It is known for minimal, neutral-toned everyday luxury built on fabric and precise tailoring.
Where did the designer of RUOHAN train?
- Parsons School of Design.