Ximon Lee

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Born1991
Manchuria (China)
EducationParsons School of Design (New York) & University of the Arts London
AwardsWinner: H&M Design Award (2015) Finalist: Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy Prize (2015)
Websitehttps://ximonlee.com/

Ximon Lee is a Berlin-based Korean-Chinese avant-garde fashion designer known for his unique conceptual menswear design.[1]. He has received significant following and numerous awards and appreciation from fashion publications and institutions.

Ximon Lee graduated from prestigious Parsons School of Design (New York) in 2014 where he was awarded the Parsons Menswear Designer of the year for his final collection[2]. One year later he was the first menswear designer to win the H&M Design Award[3] and was also finalist for the Louis Vuitton's Moët Hennessy Prize (LVMH Prize[4]) in the same year[5]. Ximon Lee was also included in the Forbes “30 Under 30” list in 2016[6].

Ximon Lee earned years of working for notable fashion brands such as Prabal Gurung, Calvin Klein and Philip Lim before launching his eponymous fashion brand in 2015[7].

Based currently in Berlin[8], Ximon Lee has a global presence with his collections showcased in cities like New York, London, Paris and Shanghai.

DESIGN STYLE & WORKS

Ximon Lee has his own signature experimental approach to menswear, often inspired by subculture, sometimes with a fluent transition to installation art. He is regarded as one of the forward-thinking and boundary-pushing designers in the fashion industry today. His designs often play with proportions and silhouettes and his collections feature unconventional materials and construction techniques[9].

In regard to his forward-thinking and boundary-pushing designing oriented, Ximon Lee collaborated with the sound artist Pan Daijing to launch “Master of Mess” (2017) and “Melancholic Violence” (2018)[10]. These performances combined Ximon Lee’s fashion and Pan Daijing’s soundtrack, presented in both Paris and Shanghai[11].

Since 2018, Ximon Lee has expanded his work to women’s fashion. Continue to create garments that emphasize artistic concepts over practicality[12].

In 2020, Ximon Lee and his label Ximonlee announced his collaboration with Reebok in sneaker designs launching globally in October[13].

H&M DESIGN AWARD 2015

Ximon Lee won the H&M Design award in 2015, the competition was judged by an international jury that included Luella Bartley, design director of Marc by Marc Jacobs, photographer Tommy Ton, Lily Allen, and Ann-Sofie Johansson, H&M’s head of design, new development[14]. Ximon Lee is the first menswear designer to win the H&M Design Award and this award resulted in a capsule collaboration collection between Ximon Lee and H&M featuring pieces sold at select H&M stores[15]

CAREER & ACHIEVEMENTS

2011 - 2012: Design Intern in womenswear and menswear at Calvin Klein (New York)

2012 – 2014: Menswear Design Intern and Menswear Freelancer at Phillip Lim

2014 – 2015 Men’s Design Assistant at Calvin Klein (New York)

2014 Parsons Menswear Designer of the year

2015: H&M Design Award 2015

2015: Finalist LVMH Prize

2015: Found and launched XIMONLEE

2016: The Forbes “30 Under 30” list

2018: Expand to womenswear

2020: Collaboration with Reebok

COLLECTION

H&M Design Award 2015 Collection

XIMONLEE SS17 Collection | Study of HARD | London LCM

XIMONLEE AW17 Collection | Study of SHAME

XIMONLEE AW21 Runway Show

XIMONLEE SS22 Runway Show

XIMONLEE AW23 Paris Runway

References

  1. "Avant-garde menswear: Ximon Lee". Vogue.it. 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  2. "Ximon Lee x Yunan Wang — The Friendship Between Homeless Russian Children and Icelandic Volcanoes in New York | Elsewhere magazine". elsewhere-zine.com | Elsewhere magazine. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  3. "Ximon Lee | Metal Magazine". metalmagazine.eu. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  4. "XIMON LEE". LVMH PRIZE. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  5. "In Paris, Ximon Lee Impresses Even Kanye West". W Magazine. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  6. "Ximon Lee". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  7. UK, FashionNetwork com. "Spotlight on Asian creativity at Paris Fashion Week with Beautiful People, Anaïs Jourden, Ximonlee". FashionNetwork.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  8. Röthig, Sabine (2023-01-14). "Modestadt Berlin? Dafür fehlt es an Emotion, Leidenschaft – und Drama". Berliner Zeitung (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  9. "Ximon Lee on His Club-Inspired, Gender-Fluid Fashion Designs". Telekom Electronic Beats. 2020-05-22. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  10. "How Ximon Lee & Pan Daijing Turned Fashion Into Performance Art". www.sleek-mag.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  11. "Ximon Lee — Master of Mess". Whitelies Magazine. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  12. UK, FashionNetwork com. "Spotlight on Asian creativity at Paris Fashion Week with Beautiful People, Anaïs Jourden, Ximonlee". FashionNetwork.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  13. "Menswear Designer Ximon Lee on Contemporary Identities". Prestige Online - Hong Kong. 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  14. Newell-Hanson, Alice. "ximon lee is the first menswear designer to win the h&m design award". i-d.vice.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  15. B, Adriano (2015-10-08). "First Winning Menswear Designer Ximon Lee's Collection For H&M". Fucking Young!. Retrieved 2023-03-31.

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