Ziv Liu
Bio
BFA AWARD: Menswear Contemporary Designer of the Year
founder of [ efnes ], Ziv Liu is a taiwanese designer based in new york city. his work explores the space between discipline and vulnerability, creating contemporary luxury garments grounded in restraint, intention, and adaptability. Inspired by minimalist design, menswear construction, cultural nuance, and the poetry of everyday life, Liu reimagines refined silhouettes and elevated essentials through softness, structure, and emotional clarity. his pieces feel effortless yet precise, quietly enduring garments designed to be adjusted by the wearer and shaped for the rhythm of modern living.
fall/winter 2026
the space between
this collection unfolds between rigid and tender masculinity. shaped by my father’s quiet love and my own experience within military discipline, it questions what masculinity can mean: fluid, layered, and shaped by both restraint and vulnerability. the men’s suit becomes the foundation: its hidden lining is deconstructed and rebuilt into new silhouettes, using shirting, suiting, and coating fabrics to trace a language of structure and intimacy. drawstrings run through the garments like lines of tension, allowing each form to gather, loosen, and shift with the body. In this space between discipline and softness, strength is not worn as armor, but revealed.
efnes
balance is never static, nor easily kept. It is carried in motion, quietly shifted, and lived through. tension gives it shape; without resistance, it falls into stillness, and without balance, tension unravels into chaos.
editorial
models: kai wang | ziyi bao
hair and make up: lulu zhang | lucy yu
photographer: omer oz
production assistant: chloe zhang
film
models: kai wang | ziyi bao
hair and make up: lulu zhang | lucy yu
director: ethan j koh
videographer: lucas carrillo | eli gullian
the companion edition
editorial
models: milli liu | leo oz
photographer: omer oz