LEAF XIA Information

LEAF XIA is a fashion label from 90's Chinese designer, YiQi (Leaf) Xia, launched in 2016. With a rich background in charitable work, Xia takes her inspiration from humanity, love ，and a joyful engagement with color, print, and collage. LEAF XIA aims to spread positivity in the real world by celebrating girlhood, dreams, and art in fashion reality.Leaf Xia graduated from Parsons The New School For Design with a BFA in womenswear, showcasing at the Parsons 67th Annual Fashion Benefit Runway Show in 2015. Her thesis work has also been exhibited in Saks Fifth Avenue window display in New York. Leaf Xia has been named Fashion Scout's SS16 " Ones to Watch ", receiving a sponsored catwalk show and exhibition during London Fashion Week in 2015. The success of her first collection, saw Xia gain notable attention, her clothing published on Vogue, Glamour, etc. She is the first Chinese designer to collaborate with the ice cream brand Magnum and showed the collaborated SS17 collection at Shanghai Fashion Week. Specializing in collage, Xia uses this medium as a tool to express her unique design spirit. Her pieces often feature oversized shapes with colourful silhouettes that play on the classic.