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Claudia Li - “Free Range Kids”

“The starting point of the collection was “We were once all superheroes”. As adults, we tend not to have TOO much fun. We even feel numb towards certain things, and most of us have lost the “courage” towards things that are supposed to be exciting and adventurous because of responsibilities, stress, life, etc. I went to a Christian Girls School,...

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Claudia Li FW21 Collection

On February 16th, fashion designer Claudia Li released her Fall Winter 2021 Ready-to-Wear collection titled “Homecoming” during New York Fashion Week. “Homecoming” is a reflection of Li’s experience being back home in Auckland, New Zealand. The FW21 collection echoes Li’s interpretation of fashion during her teenage years when she attended high...

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Claudia Li partners with Teva for NYFW

While fashion week has always been a place for designers to reveal their latest creations, it’s also a time for purveyors in all areas of the industry to determine the next set of trends to rise to the surface. Last year, shoes inspired by the hiking and camp culture appeared on runways everywhere, and based on Claudia Li’s most recent show, the...

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Claudia Li gets nostalgic for NYFW

Claudia Li has finally stopped selling herself short. The designer, who for the past several season’s debuted her spring/summer collection at New York Fashion Week via presentation format, decided this season she was finally going to do a runway show. What was stopping her? She had the fan base, the design talent, and the production muscle...

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Claudia Li presented the modern princess at New York Fashion Week

New York Fashion Week is no stranger to seeing a few princess gowns go down the runway. However, this season at New York Fashion Week, designer Claudia Li decided to give us a modern take on a princess. Her fall/winter 2018 collection was inspired by the Turkish fairytale "The Silent Princess." She presented a series of dresses, outerwear pieces...

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Claudia Li gets whimsical for NYFW

Dare to dream. Claudia Li did for her spring/summer 2018 collection. This season, Li decided to explore the surrealism of childlike dreams. The inspiration for the collection was drawn from the memory and playfulness of whimsical nature of child like curiosity and the ability to enter another world. Her take on florals for spring involved...