Paper Yarn, Specialty Fabrics & Fabric Manipulation
2026
This collection draws inspiration from Xiguchen (惜古衬), a traditional Chinese book conservation technique also known as Paotaozhuang (袍套装). It uses protective paper linings to support book pages, evoking the image of dressing a book in robes.
Reversing this metaphor—from “dressing books” to “books becoming clothing”—the collection translates the tradition’s emphasis on preservation and longevity into contemporary menswear.
Inspired by the round-collared robes of the Ming dynasty, the designs reinterpret their layering, side slits and shoulder fastenings to create new silhouettes. Offset seams, fragmented edges and displaced structures evoke pages, memories and identities shifting, migrating and being reassembled over time.
Rather than concealing damage, the collection embraces absence and fragmentation as traces of time. Here, repair is not a return to an original state, but the creation of a new wholeness that acknowledges loss and allows the old and the new to coexist.
Special Thanks
Platforms：
@Beijing Fashion Week
@Fashion Now Circle
Photography：
Beijing Fashion Week Official Photography
Xuefei Ding
ZuobiaoXi
Luofu Li
Chao Liu
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