86% matchYuhan Wang
Lace and sheer layering with Chinese-heritage romance
What changes: Full ready-to-wear collections rather than lingerie-adjacent handcraft
Brand profile
Shawna Wu
New York label by Taiwanese designer Shawna Wu, making hand-knotted, beaded lingerie-style pieces rooted in Chinese textile craft.
New York CityOrigin
WomenswearFocus
Avant-gardeStyle
$$$Price
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What to know about Shawna Wu
Hand-knotting does the construction
Bras, corsets, tops and skirts are hand-knotted or handwoven from cotton, silk and lace, then finished with fine beading rather than cut from conventional patterns.
Carved jade as hardware
Jade is used as both ornament and functional closure, part of a wider draw on Chinese textile traditions and ritual seen in collections like Bound.
Lingerie-adjacent, made in small runs
The Brooklyn studio produces limited quantities of body-focused pieces, which explains the upper-middle pricing and the SSENSE stockist route.
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What changes: Darker European avant-garde mood, less beading and ornament
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What changes: Monochrome minimalism, no beadwork or artisanal knotting
Brand facts
Shawna Wu is the namesake New York label of Taiwanese-born, Singapore-raised designer Shawna Wu, who launched it in 2021 after studying at Parsons School of Design. Working from Brooklyn, she builds lingerie-adjacent garments around hand craft: hand-knotted and handwoven cotton, silk and lace bras, corsets, tops and skirts finished with fine beading, plus carved jade used as ornament and hardware. Collections such as Bound draw on Chinese textile traditions and ritual while exploring desire and sensuality. Pieces are made in small runs and stocked by SSENSE.
- Founded
- 2021
- Origin
- New York City, United States
- Made in
- United States, Taiwan
- Price
- $$$
- Focus
- Womenswear
- Facts checked
- September 2026
- Styles
- Avant-garde, Minimalist / Contemporary, Punk / Grunge / Goth