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Spring/Summer 2022 Ready to Wear Collection
September 8th, 2021 New York, New York
Spring/Summer 2021 Ready to Wear Collection
This collection features uneven neckline; uneven pleats and hemline. Decorative and logo button with contrasting color throughout the entire collection. It is continual inspired by ancient Eastern elegance, infused with a modern twist. Minimalistic and it’s all about the details. Comfort and sustainability are the main focus in this collection, we shifted to 100% sustainable materials such as Tencel; Modal; Cupro; Silk; linen and cotton blend.
September 15th, 2020 New York, New York
Autumn/Winter 2020 Ready to Wear Collection
This collection is continual inspired by ancient Eastern elegance, infused with a modern twist. Minimalistic and it’s all in the details. Uneven hemlines and pleat details are used through out the entire collection. Comfort and sustainable materials are the main focus in this collection, such as stretch wool knit and stretch silk.
- February 6th, 2020 New York, NY
Autumn/Winter 2020 Art Collection
Each garment from the Art Collection is hand painted by artist with paint brush on the silk lining inside; each piece has one verse of the original "Tao Te Ching" handwritten inside with brush and the designer signature stamps in Chinese language. Read more about this collection Here
- December 02, 2019 New York, NY
Spring/Summer 2020 Ready to Wear Collection
Minimalistic, it’s all about the details. This collection features uneven neckline; uneven sleeves and uneven hemline. Pleats details with decorative and logo button remain the signature. Comfort, is a main focus in this collection, slightly stretched materials are used through out the entire collection, such as stretch crepe; textured knits and wrinkle resistant jersey.
- August 16th, 2019 New York, NY
Autumn/Winter 2019 Ready to Wear Collection
- February 21st, 2019 New York, NY
Spring/Summer 2019 Ready to Wear Collection
This SS19 collection featuring luxurious hand-feel stretch crepe and lace with metallic texture which inspired by 19 century European paintings...
- September 2nd, 2018 New York, NY
Harper's Bazaar UK: "Ying Cai. The New York label is dedicated to the “Powerful Feminist”. This SS19 collection was inspired by 19 century paintings, showed a sense of ancient nobility with a modern twist. Surely adds romance and imaginations to closets of the high style." December issue, 2018
Autumn/Winter 2018 Ready to Wear Collection
- February 19th, 2018 New York, NY
The autumn/winter 18 season featuring elegant and sophisticated pieces made from luxurious hand-feel and stretch metallic fabrics for added ease and comfort along with some exciting hand painted details which inspired by the French palace “Chateau de Versaille” during the designer's fall visit in Paris. Harper's Bazaar UK: " Ying Cai. The New York designer’s elegant style is heavily influenced by her Eastern and Fine Art background, her collections are made for the “Powerful Feminist”.
Spring 2018 Ready to Wear Collection
- September 5th, 2017
October issue Glamour UK : "YING CAI. After last season in Paris, Spring18 season is coming to London! Her elegant style is heavily influenced by her Eastern and Fine Art background, her work always retain a touch of youthful energy through cutting proportion with color." September 5th
Fall 2017 Ready to Wear Collection
- Feb 11th, 2017 New York, New York
Harper's Bazaar UK : "Ying Cai. The New York designer's Eastern background has influenced her elegant style, yet it always retain a touch of youthful energy through the use of color. The "effortless modernity" fitting perfectly into the busy New York lifestyle." August 5th, 2017, September issue.
Glamour UK : YING CAI. The New York designer debuted her second collection in Hollywood and the third collection in Paris. Her elegant style is heavily influenced by her Eastern and Fine Art background, her work always retain a touch of youthful energy through cutting proportion with colour. August 3rd, 2017. September issue.
Spring 2017 Ready to Wear Collection
Sophistication, effortless, color and sexiness are starting to show in this collection compare to the last collection was a bit more eastern style and elegant. The woman who wears Ying Cai are sure to be sophisticated yet embrace femininity.
This collection really showcased the designer’s love of color, details and the love of luxury. There’re floral green lace that came from Caudry, France which took a minimum of 6 weeks to make; Sparkly black lace that featured in 4 different dresses and crystal chain details around the full edge of jackets with a different color on the inside…
Can’t wait to see those tailor-fit crop jackets and the perfect color-block dresses in the street!
- September 02nd, 2016
Fall 2016 Ready to Wear Collection
“This collection is inspired by the Fall sense at the Gapstow Bridge in Central Park.” says Ying Cai. This collection has focused on color and the cut, a combination of prints and color blocking; deep V neck line and a really drastic High-Low skirt hem as the designer refers to the shape of a bridge and the different color leaves that falling from the bridge into the lake. The materials are silk and chiffon, it really flows beautifully as seen on a model and surprisingly light. The designer says she purposely chose fabric that are light as feather so women can feel free. “They are unique in cut and flow, they look even more amazing in motion.” says Dustin Quick, the actress has been worn 2 pieces from this collection to different events.
Ying Cai debuted her second collection in February 2016, in Hollywood, CA. Pieces from the collection were worn by Fox producer Heliya Alam at the 2016 Oscar Red Carpet; model and actress Dustin Quick at 'The Man Who Saved The World' premiere during the Atomic Age Cinema Fest on April, 2016 in Los Angeles; actress Elise Luthman at the 37th Young Artist Award as nominee and presenter which broadcasted on PBS in March, 2016.
- Feb 16th, 2016