86% matchPoster Girl
Y2K cut-out dresses and corsetry, club-first
What changes: Narrower party-dress focus, no cultural-motif layer
Brand profile
KIM SHUI
New York womenswear label mixing Chinese motifs with body-conscious, club-ready tailoring, lace and mesh.
New York CityOrigin
WomenswearFocus
Y2KStyle
$$$$Price
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What to know about KIM SHUI
Chinese motifs cut for the club
Cheongsam collars, dragon and floral prints, lace and mesh get reworked into body-conscious, cut-out pieces built around downtown and nightlife dressing.
Tops carry the collections
The label is best known for its tops, where the corsetry, mesh and cut-out construction that defines the house is most concentrated.
Institutional backing, independent scale
Still independent since 2016, the brand shows at New York Fashion Week, has collaborated with Nike and Jordan Brand, and dresses Cardi B, Dua Lipa and Hailey Bieber.
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84% matchPRISCAVera
Body-conscious slips in the same downtown NY register
What changes: Minimal prints, less embellishment
80% matchSHUSHU/TONG
Chinese design voice with corsetry and girlish subversion
What changes: Sweeter, less overtly sexy clubwear
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What changes: More explicit shock tactics, Berlin techno codes
Brand facts
Kim Shui is an independent New York womenswear label founded in 2016 by designer Kim Shui, an American of Chinese descent raised in Italy. The collections mix cheongsam collars, lace, mesh, corsetry, dragon and floral prints, and body-conscious cut-outs, drawing on Chinese motifs filtered through club and downtown dressing. The brand shows on the New York Fashion Week calendar and has collaborated with Nike and Jordan Brand. Shui is a CFDA member, CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalist and Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree; Cardi B, Dua Lipa and Hailey Bieber wear the label.
- Founded
- 2016
- Origin
- New York City, United States
- Made in
- USA, China
- Price
- $$$$
- Focus
- Womenswear
- Facts checked
- August 2026
- Styles
- Y2K, Streetwear, Avant-garde