Hangzhou-based Sun Yun only started his menswear label, Cornerstone in 2019, but the brand has already become a reoccurring presence at fashion shows
Sun Yun is by no means a struggling young designer. While he only started his menswear label in 2019, based in Hangzhou, China, Sun had carved a name for himself as a celebrated contemporary architect for ten years prior, designing corporate headquarters for Yahoo, Google and Alibaba in China. He also happens to be a priest. Sun funnelled these varied influences into Cornerstone, which boasts brutalist silhouettes and subtle, geometric details, all inspired by thought-provoking philosophy. The label now has a reccurring presence at Men’s Fashion Week in Paris and can be found at I.T, Lane Crawford and Ssense.
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How did you first realise you wanted to work in fashion?
I actually studied stage design at university and ended up starting my career in architecture. It was when I discovered the Antwerp Six (the influential group of avant-garde designers hailing from Belgium in the Eighties, including Dries Van Noten and Ann Demeulemeester) that I had the impulse to enter into fashion.