Leo Qian

Collection

blooming.

Blooming is a collection that explores the modern romanticism of childhood reminiscence through cultural heritage. The print narrative is a beautiful garden of dancing swallows and fluttering butterflies informed by traditional Chinese motifs and imagery recollected from my youth.
I was inspired by an unseen archive of photographs that documented my early childhood in Harbin, China before my family immigrated to Canada. Reconnecting with these fond memories evoked from the past allowed me to find closure with this distant chapter of my life and reclaim my own identity. 

CREDITS


Design
Illustrations

Photography
Photography Assistant

Models


Hair

Makeup
Photoshoot Assistants


Leo Qian
Leo Qian

Honglin Cai
Sanding Yi
Giwa Huang
Justin Kung

April Andreu
Aya Iwakami
Zhiqi Ji
Ramisa Rouf

Bio

Leo Qian is a fashion designer, fashion illustrator, and print designer based in New York City. Qian designs gorgeous wearable pieces with colorful print narratives that compliment sleek silhouettes for the bold individual. Often playing between analog and digital forms of making, Qian merges his hand for illustration and sensibility to fashion imagery to create his world of print and color. 

Leo is a CFDA Scholarship Fund finalist, FIDA award winning illustrator, and SHOWstudio contributor who studied at Parsons School of Design with experience from Central Saint Martins.