Look at designer Allina Liu’s work, and at first, you may not see the influence of her Chinese upbringing in monolithically white upstate New York. It's not on the nose, like a Mandarin collar or dragon embroidery, but hints at a more subtle, unexpected element of being raised in a strict immigrant household: sexual repression. Liu is a womenswear designer based in New York City and has previously designed for The Row, Thakoon, Rebecca Taylor, and J.Crew before launching her eponymous, sust...
