©Laurence Laborie Exhibition “Of Air and Dreams”
On Saturday, June 14, 2025, the Cité de la Dentelle et de la Mode in Calais will unveil its new exhibition dedicated to the poetic and sensory universe of Yiqing Yin, entitled “D'air et de songes”.
The City of Lace welcomes Yiqing Yin
After Japanese Yuima Nakazato, the City of Lace and Fashion in Calais continues thes meetings with Asian creators. From June 14, 2025 to January 4, 2026, the universe of Yiqing Yin, the first Chinese designer to receive the prestigious “Haute Couture” designation, will be on display.
Yiqing Yin was born in Beijing in 1985. As a child, she Part for France, with a stopover in Australia. She trained at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. Her innovative vision makes her received the Grand Prix de la Création de Paris in 2009. Yiqing Yin ploughs his furrow in Fashion and presents his first show during the week of HHaute Couture de Paris in 2011.
His career was launched, prizes and distinctions followed one after the other (Vogue Paris, Elle style award Shanghai, Crystal Globe for the best designer of the year 2015). Lat home Yiqing Yin receives the designation " High Couture» in 2015. She is the youngest and the first member of Chinese origin à hold this distinction. His career in Fashion gets richer of collaborations with prestigious houses such as Leonardo, Poiret or even the jeweler CARTIER. She creates original works during major events such as the Venice Biennale (2023) or theExpo U2020 Dubai World Cup, in the France Pavilion. It is also Yiqing Yin dressing the mistress of ceremonies Audrey Tautou at the opening of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
WHAT TO SEE IN THE “D'AIR ET DE SONGES” EXHIBITION?
The exhibition offers a immersive journey in Yiqing Yin's unique creative process. Inspired by natural elements – mineral, plant and animal – the artist weaves a poetics of the living where human fragility and the creative power of nature meet. Her creations evoke dreamlike landscapes, mixing dreams and metamorphosis.
The route highlights emblematic pieces such as:
• Orchid Dress (haute couture collection fall-winter 2012)
• Vertebrae Dress (spring-summer 2013 haute couture collection)
These works are accompanied by images (photographs, films, drawings), sound textures (murmurs, rustling air) and even olfactory trails, offering a unique multi-sensory experience.
©Laurence Laborie 
©Laurence Laborie An intuitive and sensory approach
Nourished by multiple experiences in the field of fashion, Yiqing Yin favors an intuitive and sensory approach by working directly on the material, rather than going through drawing. This process allows him to develop aan organic relationship with his creations, where each piece comes to life like a sculpture in motion. Considering clothing as a real second skin, she explores shapes and volumes that hug the body while telling a story.
Her creations are distinguished by intricate draping and meticulously crafted pleats, evidence of exceptional craftsmanship. The use of luxurious materials – delicate silks, ethereal tulles or textured fabrics – gives her works a unique tactile and visual dimension. Through her work, Yiqing Yin combines innovation and tradition, reinterpreting the classic codes of haute couture to breathe new life into them. a vision resolutely Contemporary.