Shangguan Zhe

Born in Quanzhou, Fujian in 1984, Shangguan Zhe studied at Xiamen University before founding Sankuanz in 2013, the menswear label that quickly became one of the most internationally recognised Chinese designer projects of the 2010s. He was a LVMH Prize finalist in 2015 and has shown on the Paris and Milan men's calendars across the past decade, building collections around the visual collisions of Chinese folk religion, internet imagery, sportswear and post-apocalyptic styling. Sankuanz has produced ongoing collaborations with Coca-Cola, Puma and Phenomenon, and Shangguan operates the design practice from its Sankuanz Studio in Xiamen alongside a parallel research and creative direction agenda.