GAZELLE MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 2018 | Page 26

FASHION FASHION DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT Xi Zhu L ondon-based fashion designer Xi Zhu strives to create extreme beauty by dressing women in fashions integrating mystery and power with a distinctive modernist style. Her unique blend of oriental traditionalism and European influences has birthed an exotic form of expressionism, summed up as “rebellious, yet at the same time, romantic.” For her Spring/Summer 2018 collection, Zhu creates a romantic spin on avant-garde that evokes relaxation and understated elegance. Breezy silk and cotton fabrics hang loose and free on the body, capturing the summer spirit with creams, greens and lilacs toying together for a fresh, natural aesthetic. From glamorous feathered dresses to straight high-cut trousers, the variety of looks is endless. See more of Zhu’s work at fun-affair.com. 24 GAZELLE STL