INTRODUCTION

YA YI uses theatrical design language to explore women´s awakenings throughout the long arc of history. Poetic silhouettes and fabrications weave together the voices and emotions of female collectives from a multicultural worldview. Informed by the multifocal lenses of China, Spain, and New York, tales from the past are reimagined with a contemporary awareness.

Led by designer Yayi Chen Zhou, YA YI breaks through a traditional expression of fashion with a multidisciplinary universe, combining fashion, performance and film art.

In 2022, the designer established her namesake label YA YI in New York City. In May, during AAPI Heritage Month, YA YI launched the début series, "It is not spring, Until all flowers blossom”. The collection and performance film premiered in the US and globally at CFDA, SHOWstudio and LABELHOOD. YA YI has been recognized in VOGUE, Elle, DAZED, WWD, Harper’s Bazaar, T Magazine, Madame Figaro, Marie Claire and Fashion Film Festival Milano.

After launching the second collection Offshore Roses through a live performance at Fotografiska in Shanghai, YA YI became selected as the recipient of the 10th Edition Talents Lineàpiu Award and was a semi-finalist for the 2024 LVMH Prize.

SCHEDULE

2025-10-16 18:00