ANNAKIKI

A ,   BRAND AND FASHION DESIGNER

ANNAKIKI is a clothing brand founded in 2012 by the Chinese designer Anna Yang, pseudonym of Yang Zi

Annakiki is a brand that supports multiculturalism and combines tradition with a futurist vision. It is currently present with studios and press offices in Milan, Los Angeles and Shenzhen.

Debut

Anna Yang is an independent designer, born in a family of tailors. Thanks to the stimulating environment in which she grew up, she proved her love for fashion design since she was a child and started designing her first skirts at the age of 8. 

The first success arrived in 2014, with the crossover Collection in collaboration with Disney “Believe in Love” and “Lips”, launched on Amazon.com.

Anna Yang was invited between 2014 and 2015 to the London and Paris fashion weeks to present her collections. Moreover ANNAKIKI was classified as a brand recommended by the London Fashion Week. 

In 2017 it officially joined the Milan Fashion Week. Its garments are sold in world-famous retailers and in luxury stores in China, Italy, Great Britain and France. 

It attracted the attention of over 1,000 celebrities from around the world including Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Gigi Hadid, Cardi B, Little mix, Avril and other internationally renowned personalities. 

Chinese designer Anna Yang

Fashion Flair experimental project

Annakiki was the first designer in the world to use artificial intelligence for an experimental fashion project. 

Annakiki was the first designer in the world to use artificial intelligence for an experimental fashion project. Specifically Fashion Flair is a fashion application created by Italian developers and monitored by the artificial intelligence of Huawei P30 and Huawei P30 PRO. 

This app is able to create an outfit proposal according to the inputs and filters set by the designer. Once this information has been processed, it will help the stylist’s work in the creation and design of the garments. 

The ANИAKIKI for Huawei capsule collection was released in Milan on the 9th of May 2019. First in the world created with the support of artificial intelligence. Notably, the collection was conceived by creative director Anna Yang and the artificial intelligence of Huawei P30 Pro.  In a futuristic scenario that takes us into space, vivid colours and changing lights and shadows intersect. This collection includes about 20 garments in the colours amber sunrise, breathing crystal, aurora and black, which recall the nuances of the covers of Huawei’s P30 models.

Annakiki in collaboration with Huawei

Between Future and Tradition 

Anna represents the past, Kiki represents the future. A brand that supports multiculturalism and combines tradition with a futurist vision. ANИAKIKI embodies a balanced design aesthetic: conservative on the one hand and with an unconventional and rebellious spirit on the other. 

Anna Yang presents herself as a simple, fashionable, fun, young and elegant woman. She respects diversity and independence through an unconventional style and thinking.

She uses eccentric designs and bright colors, 3D deconstructed silhouettes, asymmetrical tailoring, reconstruction techniques and constantly breaks the mold by creating new models. In addition, she is able to integrate technology and other elements, inspired by past and future imaginations. 

A brand that leaves room for the free interpretation and creativity of the young designer. Anna Yang offers refined garments giving free rein to colours and fantasy in shapes.  

FW 2021 collection

The ANИAKIKI 2021 collection translates the romantic vision of the menswear universe through the language of fashion. The colour palette mainly revolves around black, white and gray, but there are also shades of pink for the stars and the celestial of the cosmos. A distinctive element of the collection is represented by the sleeves that the designer has chosen using a 3D structure. In this way the sleeves are presented in an exaggerated and eccentric shape, with the aim of giving a witty image to the whole collection.

FW 2021 collection

Collaborations and production

Yang Zi collaborated with multi-sector brands, including internationally renowned brands such as Huawei, Disney, Amazon, Looney Tunes. 

It currently has studios and press offices in Milan, Los Angeles and Shenzhen, China. Distribution is mainly concentrated in China or through renowned e-commerce distributors, including Luisaviaroma.

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