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Chinese fashion designers to know
Chinese fashion runs from Guo Pei’s Beijing couture and Uma Wang’s Paris shows to Huishan Zhang, Feng Chen Wang and Susan Fang in London, the Hong Kong-born couturier Robert Wun, Shanghai labels Ziggy Chen, SHUTING QIU, PRONOUNCE and RUIbuilt, and Paris-calendar newcomers DIDU and RUOHAN. Each profile lists what the label makes and dated milestones, every one with its source.
How this guide works
What counts, and what we leave out
This is an introduction, not a ranking. We chose twelve labels that between them cover couture, womenswear and menswear, from Guo Pei’s Rose Studio, founded in 1997, to labels started since 2016, and that have a public record we could check. The guide covers designers born in mainland China or Hong Kong, wherever their studios are; four of the twelve are based in London. Taiwanese labels, and designers of Chinese heritage born and raised elsewhere, fall outside it.
Paris facts come from the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode’s official calendars, which we read ourselves: men’s and women’s calendars from January 2023 to SS27, and haute couture calendars from January 2025 to July 2026. On those calendars, Chinese labels showing or presenting included Uma Wang, RUOHAN, DIDU and the Shanghai house ICICLE in womenswear; Ziggy Chen, Sean Suen and Feng Chen Wang in menswear; and Robert Wun in haute couture. Shanghai facts come from Shanghai Fashion Week’s official SS2027 schedule and show pages, London facts from the British Fashion Council’s official schedule, and museum facts from M+. Where sources disagree on a date, the profile says so.
Facts were checked on 22 October 2026. If you represent one of these labels and see something out of date, send us a correction.
At a glance
The labels at a glance
| Label | Designer | Since | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guo Pei | Guo Pei | 1997 | Couture and eveningwear: hand-embroidered couture drawing on imperial Chinese dress and European court splendour |
| UMA WANG | Uma Wang | 2009 | Ready-to-wear: fabric-led womenswear with understated, precise tailoring |
| HUISHAN ZHANG | Huishan Zhang | 2012 | Ready-to-wear: eveningwear and tailoring that set Chinese references against European couture detail |
| ZIGGY CHEN | Ziggy Chen | 2012 | Menswear: menswear in natural fabrics that sets Chinese tradition against workwear and tailoring |
| ROBERT WUN | Robert Wun | 2014 | Couture and eveningwear: sculptural couture and tailoring inspired by film and nature |
| FENG CHEN WANG | Feng Chen Wang | 2017 | Menswear: deconstructed, multi-wear tailoring that draws on Chinese craft |
| SUSAN FANG | Susan Fang | 2017 | Ready-to-wear: airy, mathematically patterned textiles such as its Air-Weave fabrics |
| SHUTING QIU | Shuting Qiu | — | Ready-to-wear: romantic womenswear in asymmetric cuts, silk jacquards, embroidery and clashing prints |
| PRONOUNCE | Jun Zhou and Yushan Li | 2016 | Menswear: menswear that blends Chinese references, such as cheongsam details, with Western tailoring |
| RUIbuilt | Rui Zhou | 2019 | Ready-to-wear: body-conscious pieces conceived as a second skin |
| DIDU | Di Du | 2019 | Ready-to-wear: sharp, subversive womenswear with an emphasis on body acceptance |
| RUOHAN | Ruohan Nie | 2021 | Ready-to-wear: minimal, neutral-toned everyday luxury built on fabric and precise tailoring |
Profiles
Who they are and what they make.
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Couture and eveningwear · Beijing and Paris
Guo Pei
Guo Pei (郭培) was born in Beijing in 1967 and graduated from the Beijing Industry and Trade Technician College in 1986. In 1997 she founded Rose Studio in Beijing, which M+ describes as China’s first couture studio. Her Yellow Queen gown, from the 2009 collection 1002 Nights, became known worldwide when Rihanna wore it to the 2015 Met Gala, the same year two of her designs appeared in The Met’s China: Through the Looking Glass. She opened a Paris office that year and, from 2016, staged ten shows over five consecutive years during Paris Haute Couture Week. M+ in Hong Kong gave her a major exhibition from September 2024 to April 2025, and in September 2025 she opened CENTRESTAGE with Gilternity: An Everlasting Radiance, a show at M+ that her site lists as Spring/Summer 2026 couture.
- Since
- 1997
- Makes
- Haute couture and bespoke gowns from her Beijing atelier, Rose Studio
- Trained
- Beijing Industry and Trade Technician College (graduated 1986)
- 1997 Guo Pei founds Rose Studio in Beijing. Source ↗
- 2015 Rihanna wears her Yellow Queen gown to the Met Gala; two of her designs appear in The Met’s China: Through the Looking Glass. Source ↗
- 2016 Begins showing at Paris Haute Couture Week, ten shows over five consecutive years. Source ↗
- 21 September 2024 M+ in Hong Kong opens Guo Pei: Fashioning Imagination, on view until 6 April 2025. Source ↗
- September 2025 Opens CENTRESTAGE 2025 in Hong Kong with the collection Gilternity: An Everlasting Radiance. Source ↗
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Ready-to-wear · Shanghai
UMA WANG
Uma Wang
Uma Wang, whose Chinese name is Wang Zhi (王汁), trained at Donghua University in Shanghai and at Central Saint Martins in London, and the Fédération and her own site both date her label to 2009. Her reputation rests on her handling of fabric and tailoring. Her site says she was the first Chinese designer on Milan Fashion Week’s official calendar before she joined the Paris schedule in 2017, and that she became a permanent member of the Chambre Syndicale du Prêt-à-Porter in 2022. She also works in film: her costumes for Juno Mak’s Sons of the Neon Night won Best Costume Design at the 44th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2026. UMA WANG showed on every official Paris womenswear calendar we checked, from FW23 to SS27.
- Since
- 2009
- Makes
- Womenswear, shown on the Paris calendar; Uma Wang also designs film costume
- Trained
- Donghua University, Shanghai; Central Saint Martins, London
- 2009 Uma Wang founds her label. Source ↗
- 2017 Joins the official Paris Fashion Week schedule. Source ↗
- 2022 Becomes a permanent member of the Chambre Syndicale du Prêt-à-Porter. Source ↗
- 2026 Wins Best Costume Design at the 44th Hong Kong Film Awards for Sons of the Neon Night. Source ↗
- 1 October 2026 Shows SS27 on the official Paris womenswear calendar. Source ↗
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Ready-to-wear · London
HUISHAN ZHANG
Huishan Zhang
Huishan Zhang was born in Qingdao and left home at 17, spending time in New Zealand and Paris before studying at Central Saint Martins in London. As a student he was picked for a placement at Dior in Paris, working in leather goods and the haute couture atelier, and he graduated in 2010. He launched his womenswear house in London in 2012; M+ notes that its atelier is in Qingdao, and its flagship is on Mount Street in Mayfair. The house pairs Chinese references with European eveningwear, tailoring and embellishment. He was an LVMH Prize semi-finalist in 2015 and received the BFC Fashion Trust in 2016, and his work is in the V&A’s collection. His Spring/Summer 2025 collection, shown during London Fashion Week in September 2024, took its cue from Wong Kar-wai’s short film The Hand; his site now lists Resort 2027 and Spring/Summer 2027.
- Since
- 2012
- Makes
- Womenswear, occasion wear and bridal, in four collections a year
- Trained
- Central Saint Martins (graduated 2010), with a placement at Dior in Paris
- 2010 Graduates from Central Saint Martins after a placement at Dior. Source ↗
- 2012 Founds his womenswear house in London. Source ↗
- 2015 Named a semi-finalist for the LVMH Prize. Source ↗
- 2016 Is awarded the BFC Fashion Trust. Source ↗
- September 2024 Shows Spring/Summer 2025 during London Fashion Week, inspired by Wong Kar-wai’s The Hand. Source ↗
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Menswear · Shanghai
ZIGGY CHEN
Ziggy Chen
Ziggy Chen told Metal that he has always lived in Shanghai, and he started his label there in 2012, at 42, after years in the garment industry. The Fédération describes it as a project about the meeting of tradition and the present, built on simple volumes and close research into materials; Metal points to natural fabrics, workwear shapes and details such as a ramie lining, set against Chinese aesthetics and Western tailoring. FashionUnited reported his SS22 presentation during Paris men’s week in June 2021. Ziggy Chen appeared on every official Paris menswear calendar we checked, from January 2023 to June 2026: presentations in 2023, runway shows from FW24 to SS26, a presentation for FW26 and a show again for SS27.
- Since
- 2012
- Makes
- Menswear, plus womenswear sold through its own site
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Couture and eveningwear · London
ROBERT WUN
Robert Wun
Robert Wun was born in Hong Kong and graduated from London College of Fashion in 2012. After two years freelancing he launched his label in London in 2014, working to custom order, and it has become known for sculptural silhouettes and tailoring drawn from film and nature. He won the Prix Spécial at the 2022 ANDAM Fashion Awards. In January 2023 he staged his first Paris runway show, with the support of Chanel’s president of fashion, Bruno Pavlovsky, and joined the haute couture calendar as a guest member of the Fédération; the label says he was the first Hong Kong designer to do so. Robert Wun showed on the official haute couture calendar in July 2025, January 2026 and July 2026, and the label lists The Met and Singapore’s Asian Civilisations Museum among the museums that have acquired its pieces.
- Since
- 2014
- Makes
- Haute couture and custom-order pieces
- Trained
- London College of Fashion (graduated 2012)
- 2014 Robert Wun launches his label in London. Source ↗
- 2022 Wins the Prix Spécial at the ANDAM Fashion Awards. Source ↗
- January 2023 Stages his first Paris runway show and joins the haute couture calendar as a guest member. Source ↗
- 9 July 2025 Shows FW25 on the official haute couture calendar. Source ↗
- 8 July 2026 Shows FW26 on the official haute couture calendar. Source ↗
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Menswear · London
FENG CHEN WANG
Feng Chen Wang
Feng Chen Wang, a Chinese-born designer based in London, completed an MA in menswear at the Royal College of Art in 2015. Her label takes apart classic tailoring to make functional, often unisex pieces that can be worn more than one way, drawing on her own life and on traditional Chinese craftsmanship. Her site dates her New York debut to Spring/Summer 2016, the LVMH Prize lists her as a 2016 semi-finalist, and the Fédération gives 2017 as the label’s year of creation. After several seasons at London Fashion Week Men’s, she was an International Woolmark Prize finalist with Autumn/Winter 2020, designed the uniforms of the flag bearers at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and moved to the Paris calendar for SS23. She presented on every official Paris menswear calendar we checked, from January 2023 to June 2026.
- Since
- 2017
- Makes
- Menswear and womenswear, plus accessories
- Trained
- MA Fashion Menswear, Royal College of Art (2015)
- 2015 Graduates from the Royal College of Art’s MA in menswear. Source ↗
- 2016 Named a semi-finalist for the LVMH Prize. Source ↗
- 2022 Designs the uniforms of the flag bearers at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Source ↗
- 21 January 2026 Presents FW26 on the official Paris menswear calendar. Source ↗
- 25 June 2026 Presents SS27 on the official Paris menswear calendar. Source ↗
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Ready-to-wear · London
SUSAN FANG
Susan Fang
Susan Fang is originally from China and grew up in Canada and the United States before moving to London to study at Central Saint Martins. After working with Kei Kagami, Céline and Stella McCartney, she founded her womenswear label in 2017. Its collections start from perception and mathematics, the LVMH Prize notes: repeated, fractal-like patterns worked into Air-Weave textiles, air-pleating, macramé, 3D beading and 3D-printed accessories. The label was an LVMH Prize semi-finalist in 2019 and has collaborated with Zara, Nike and Swarovski, among others. Its collection archive lists AW25 in Milan, SS26 in London and AW26 in Shanghai, and its SS27 collection was a catwalk show on the British Fashion Council’s official London Fashion Week schedule in September 2026.
- Since
- 2017
- Makes
- Womenswear and accessories, plus bridal and kidswear
- Trained
- Central Saint Martins; then Kei Kagami, Céline and Stella McCartney
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Ready-to-wear · Shanghai
SHUTING QIU
Shuting Qiu
Shuting Qiu took both a BA and an MA in fashion at the Royal Academy in Antwerp, and the LVMH Prize notes that she won VFILES Runway 10 in New York and was a finalist for the H&M Design Award. Now based in Shanghai, she designs womenswear built on contrast: asymmetric silhouettes, silk jacquards, intricate embroidery and clashing prints, with heroines such as Virginia Woolf and Pina Bausch as touchstones. She was an LVMH Prize semi-finalist in 2021. Shanghai Fashion Week’s official pages record her shows at Taiping Lake Park in Xintiandi in March 2023 and, for SS27, on 14 October 2026.
- Makes
- Womenswear
- Trained
- BA and MA in fashion, Royal Academy in Antwerp
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Menswear · Milan and Shanghai
PRONOUNCE
Jun Zhou and Yushan Li
PRONOUNCE (珀琅汐) was founded in 2016 by Jun Zhou and Yushan Li, who met in Milan, and works between Milan and Shanghai. Zhou holds menswear master’s degrees from Istituto Marangoni and London College of Fashion. The label’s Autumn/Winter 2017 Raràmuri collection won The Latest Fashion Buzz award at Pitti Uomo 91 in Florence, also appeared at Labelhood during Shanghai Fashion Week and was nominated for the International Woolmark Prize. PRONOUNCE debuted at London Fashion Week Men’s in 2018 and took its first slot on the Milan menswear schedule in January 2024 with AW24, “Zhuangzi’s Butterfly Dream”, which mixed cheongsam details into Western tailoring. Shanghai Fashion Week’s official schedule lists its SS27 show at Taiping Lake Park in Xintiandi on 11 October 2026.
- Since
- 2016
- Makes
- Menswear
- Trained
- Jun Zhou: menswear master’s degrees from Istituto Marangoni, Milan (2013), and London College of Fashion (2015)
- 2016 Jun Zhou and Yushan Li found PRONOUNCE. Source ↗
- 2017 Wins The Latest Fashion Buzz award at Pitti Uomo 91 with the Autumn/Winter 2017 collection. Source ↗
- 2018 Debuts at London Fashion Week Men’s. Source ↗
- January 2024 Makes its debut on the Milan menswear schedule with AW24. Source ↗
- 11 October 2026 Shows SS27 at Shanghai Fashion Week, at Taiping Lake Park in Xintiandi. Source ↗
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Ready-to-wear · Shanghai
RUIbuilt
Rui Zhou
Rui Zhou was born in Hunan in 1994, studied fashion design at Tsinghua University in Beijing and completed the MFA Fashion Design and Society programme at Parsons in New York in 2018. She founded her label, RUI, in New York in 2019; the LVMH Prize lists Shanghai as its main studio. She treats a garment as a second layer of skin, paying attention to the space between body and fabric, and takes a taste for asymmetry and imperfection from wabi-sabi. She won the Karl Lagerfeld Prize at the 2021 LVMH Prize and was an International Woolmark Prize finalist in 2022. In 2025 the label became RUIbuilt; its site describes a 2024 showpiece of hand-stitched mini fabric tiles that now inspires pieces in the label’s signature stretch fabric.
- Since
- 2019
- Makes
- Ready-to-wear and accessories, sold as RUIbuilt since 2025
- Trained
- Fashion design, Tsinghua University; MFA Fashion Design and Society, Parsons (2018)
- 2018 Graduates from the Parsons MFA Fashion Design and Society programme. Source ↗
- 2019 Rui Zhou founds her label, RUI, in New York. Source ↗
- 2021 Wins the Karl Lagerfeld Prize at the LVMH Prize. Source ↗
- 2022 Named a finalist for the International Woolmark Prize. Source ↗
- 2025 The label becomes RUIbuilt. Source ↗
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Ready-to-wear · Paris and Shanghai
DIDU
Di Du
Di Du graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp in 2019, having studied under Antwerp Six members including Walter Van Beirendonck and Dirk Van Saene, the label says, and won VFILES that year, which brought a debut at New York Fashion Week. DIDU launched later in 2019. The Fédération describes ready-to-wear for women built on sustainable fabrics and sharp cuts, with non-conformist styling and an emphasis on body acceptance; the label is building its presence in Paris and Shanghai. It has presented on the official Paris calendar since September 2021, was a Yu Prize finalist in 2022 and made an exclusive capsule with Mytheresa in April 2023. In the seasons we checked, DIDU presented every season from FW23 to SS25, then for SS26 and SS27.
- Since
- 2019
- Makes
- Womenswear, plus shoes and accessories
- Trained
- Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp (graduated 2019)
- 2019 Di Du graduates from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp and launches DIDU. Source ↗
- September 2021 First presents on the official Paris Fashion Week calendar. Source ↗
- 2022 Named a finalist for the Yu Prize. Source ↗
- April 2023 Launches an exclusive capsule with Mytheresa. Source ↗
- 6 October 2026 Presents SS27 on the official Paris womenswear calendar. Source ↗
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Ready-to-wear · China
RUOHAN
Ruohan Nie
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.
- Since
- 2021
- Makes
- Womenswear
- Trained
- Parsons School of Design
In person
Where to see Chinese design in person
Shanghai Fashion Week is the home stage: its SS27 catwalks ran 8–16 October 2026, with PRONOUNCE on 11 October and SHUTING QIU on 14 October at Taiping Lake Park in Xintiandi, and the AW26 season ran 25 March–1 April 2026. Our Shanghai Fashion Week guide explains its trade fairs and what the public can attend.
Uma Wang, RUOHAN, DIDU, Ziggy Chen and Feng Chen Wang show in Paris during men’s and women’s fashion weeks, and Robert Wun during haute couture week in January and July; the fashion week calendar has the dates, and Asia’s fashion weeks have their own page. In London, Susan Fang showed SS27 at London Fashion Week in September 2026, and Huishan Zhang has a flagship on Mount Street in Mayfair. In Hong Kong, Guo Pei opened the 2025 edition of CENTRESTAGE, and M+ held its Guo Pei exhibition from September 2024 to April 2025.
For the wider market, see our Shanghai desk; for China’s fashion magazines, our China style page; and for agencies and how to apply as a model in China, the China modelling guide.
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Sources
Sources
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Quick answers
Chinese designers, answered
Which Chinese designers show at Paris Fashion Week?
- On the official Paris calendars from FW24 to SS27, Uma Wang showed every womenswear season, RUOHAN presented every season, DIDU presented for FW24, SS25, SS26 and SS27, and the Shanghai house ICICLE presented from FW25. In menswear, Ziggy Chen, Feng Chen Wang and Sean Suen appeared every season. Robert Wun, who was born in Hong Kong, showed on the haute couture calendar in July 2025, January 2026 and July 2026.
Who is Guo Pei?
- A Beijing couturier, born in 1967, who founded Rose Studio in 1997. Rihanna wore her Yellow Queen gown to the 2015 Met Gala, and from 2016 she staged ten shows over five consecutive years at Paris Haute Couture Week. M+ in Hong Kong held a major exhibition of her work from September 2024 to April 2025, and she opened CENTRESTAGE in Hong Kong in September 2025.
Which designers showed at Shanghai Fashion Week SS27?
- The SS27 catwalks ran 8–16 October 2026 and opened with HEMU at Taiping Lake Park in Xintiandi. Of the labels in this guide, PRONOUNCE showed on 11 October and SHUTING QIU on 14 October, both at Taiping Lake Park; SHUSHU/TONG showed on 15 October on Yongyuan Road.
Which Chinese designers have been LVMH Prize semi-finalists?
- Of the labels in this guide, Huishan Zhang was a semi-finalist in 2015, Feng Chen Wang in 2016, Susan Fang in 2019 and Shuting Qiu in 2021. Rui Zhou won the Karl Lagerfeld Prize at the 2021 LVMH Prize.
Is Robert Wun from Hong Kong?
- Yes. Robert Wun was born in Hong Kong, graduated from London College of Fashion in 2012 and launched his label in London in 2014. When he staged his first Paris couture show in January 2023, he joined the haute couture calendar as a guest member of the Fédération; his label says he was the first Hong Kong designer to do so.