ELLE Gala

2023:

The winner

of the

Showstopper

of the Year is

Louise Xin.

ELLE - Showstopper of the Year 2023

Black and white cover of ELLE magazine featuring a woman wearing a plaid coat, black gloves, and a hat with netting. The background shows trees and partial structures, with the text 'ELLE', 'ÅRETS BLICKFÅNG', and 'LOUISE XIN'.

Louise xin Couture

Fabric of life

by Paul Frankenius

award winner 2021

Read about the Award

A woman with long dark hair holding a white abstract sculpture in a room with a couch and wall art in the background.

An Asian woman wearing a pink ruffled dress and a black netted veil stands outdoors on a rooftop with a cityscape and river in the background at sunset.

A woman in a black dress walking on a red carpet with photographers and photographers taking her picture, under a tent with a cityscape background.

“Louise Xin, la créatrice qui confronte l'industrie de la mode à ses démons your brand”

Vanity Fair - Read it Here

A woman giving a presentation at a conference titled 'Business #2030'. The top image shows her standing at a podium with a screen behind displaying the word 'BUSINESS' and a globe. The bottom image shows her speaking at a different venue with arches

A woman standing on a red circular stage at a TEDx event, with large red TEDx letters and the word 'Brunkbergstorg' on a white panel behind her, holding a remote control.

A woman giving a presentation on stage, with a large screen showing people creating protest signs with bold text like 'Stop War' and 'Free' in a classroom or studio setting. Audience members in foreground.

Self-taught, award-winning, fashion designer Louise Xin battled with mental health problems since teenager for many years until she finally hit rock bottom. It was there she came up with an idea that changed her life. Follow her journey from catching fireflies in China to becoming a shopaholic in Sweden, before transforming into a human rights activist who seeks to inspire a more sustainable fashion industry with the help of her beautiful rental-only, haute couture dresses worn on Nobel banquets and red carpets.

 
Her passion for sustainability and personal goal to create a circular brand led her into humanitarian work, dedicating her debut fashion show to raising awareness around war and genocide. In 2022, Xin was appointed to the Sakharov fellowship for Human Rights Defenders by the European Parliament.

Watch the TEDx Talk Here