Ximon Lee

Ximon Lee is a Berlin-based Korean-Chinese avant-garde fashion designer known for his unique conceptual menswear design.. 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. One year later he was the first menswear designer to win the H&M Design Award and was also finalist for the Louis Vuitton's Moët Hennessy Prize (LVMH Prize) in the same year. Ximon Lee was also included in the Forbes “30 Under 30” list in 2016.
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. 
Based currently in Berlin, 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. 
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). These performances combined Ximon Lee’s fashion and Pan Daijing’s soundtrack, presented in both Paris and Shanghai.
Since 2018, Ximon Lee has expanded his work to women’s fashion. Continue to create garments that emphasize artistic concepts over practicality.
In 2020, Ximon Lee and his label Ximonlee announced his collaboration with Reebok in sneaker designs launching globally in October.
==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. 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
==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
Category:1991 births
Category:Chinese people
Category:Avant-garde art
Category:Fashion designers