Shumov was hand-picked from a group of young designers by the Russian government in 2016 to get a grant to participate in that year’s Moscow Fashion Week and has since appeared at London Fashion Week and in collaborations with Mariinsky theatre.

      The Saint-Petersburg-born, China-based designer was inspired, by his own admission, by the culture and dress of Beijing, and it was extremely evident in the anime-meets-Chinese national dress looks he showed us today.

      A Japanese remix from the soundtrack of “Ghost in the Shell” intermixed with gangsta rap set the stage for the collection. Young men in what could only be described as futuristic streetwear - coats and skirts, jackets shaped like vests and vests shaped like pullovers, trenchcoats in acid colors and straight-acting suits with exotic appliques on the back gave an overall playful and subversive impression. Or maybe it was because of the models’ long chinese braids and Joker-goes-to-Wall-Street facepaints. An incredible vision of a Pan-Asian future world and a perfect finale to the day’s shows.