Pushing the boundaries between
knitwear and silicone, Xiao Li is best known for her witty commentary on the
current fashion system, using colourful, voluminous shapes, and innovative
yarns and textures.
Studying BA Fashion Womenswear at London College of Fashion,
subsequently at Royal College of Art, where she graduated with an MA in Womenswear
Knitwear in 2013, Xiao began attracting attention back in 2012, when her
structured, bubble gum knitted garments won the Pitti Filati ‘Feel the Yarn’
competition, an award for innovative knitwear.