About The Designer
Qixin grew up in an environment shaped by art, craftsmanship, and cultural diversity. Her mother’s love for handmade work deeply influenced her from an early age, nurturing a sensitivity to materials, details, and the quiet discipline behind creation. She was raised to think independently and to reflect inwardly, believing that beyond all appearances and labels, the essence of humanity lies in spiritual purity and sincerity.
After graduating from the London College of Fashion, she founded r.l.e in London in 2021, a sustainable womenswear brand. For Qixin, it is a question her generation must actively confront — not in theory, but through everyday actions and tangible systems. As one of many young designers navigating this new landscape, she sees r.l.e as a living laboratory for sustainable fashion: a space to test, question, and explore what sustainability can truly look like in practice.
To her, sustainable fashion means far more than an organic shirt or a recycled fabric. It extends into a slower way of living — conscious purchasing, thoughtful care, and continuous reuse. Through circular production systems, material regeneration, and handcraft techniques, r.l.e proposes a more intentional way of dressing. One that values longevity, emotional connection, and respect for nature.
Having lived in London for over a decade, Qixin’s perspective has been shaped through an ongoing dialogue between cultures. This cross-cultural sensibility allows her to seamlessly bridge Eastern and Western philosophies, nature and craftsmanship, intuition and structure, forming an aesthetic language that feels both gentle and grounded.
Alongside fashion, floristry has remained an essential part of her life and creative practice. Working with flowers taught her how to slow down, to observe, to reflect, and to return inward. Through this process, she discovered a deeper sense of stillness and balance.
For Qixin, floristry is not decoration, but meditation.
She sees each vessel as a small inner world: a quiet space for self-reflection and clarity. From learning to look inward to developing a more critical and intentional design mindset, she continues to search for calmness and equilibrium — both in life and in creation.
For her, r.l.e is not simply a fashion label, but a quiet proposition for the future — a search for harmony between humanity and nature, craft and technology, tradition and innovation.
