Sensen Lii

Sensen Lii is a Chinese fashion designer and the founder of WINDOWSEN. He trained first in musical theatre and performance at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music, where backstage costume changes and the visual mechanics of stage dress redirected his attention towards fashion. He later worked in styling and as an assistant designer at Ground Zero before entering the fashion programme at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp.

Lii left Antwerp before graduation to design the opening looks for Sammi Cheng’s 2019 #FOLLOWMi concerts. His international runway debut had already taken place through VFiles in New York in 2018, and he formally launched WINDOWSEN the following year. Since then, his practice has moved between Shanghai and Paris, encompassing ready-to-wear, semi-couture, performance commissions and collaborations with Nike, Beats and Preciosa.

Lii builds fashion through performance logic. Silhouette must register from a distance, survive movement and transform the wearer into a complete character. Organza, tulle, crystal, synthetic leather and sportswear hardware are used to enlarge or replace ordinary anatomy with robotic limbs, alien skin and protective armour.

His work rejects fixed gender categories and treats the body as a mutable platform. High heels are developed in extended sizes, corsets and bodysuits are cast across genders, and runway casts draw from drag, ballroom and club culture. The result combines the control of stage costume with the speed, utility and graphic directness of technical sportswear.