His two prior stints at design garnered many accolades and awards (Ten Most Successful Brand in Asia, Most Potential Asian Designer, The Best Innovation Design of Shanghai Fashion Week). In 2018, C.T launched CPLUS SERIES with a debut runway at NewYork Fashion Week.
CPLUS SERIES perseveres with the aesthetic of pragmatism - exploring concepts of simplicity while dissecting the quality of each and every item, adding the “plus” to Liu’s design approach. The brand celebrates unconventional beauty, gracefu l self - appreciation, with a little irreverence to tradition by its unorthodox methods: innovative fabric development, experimental cutting and use of materials, imaginative pattern deconstruction.
CPLUS SERIES collections are urban and modernist while poetic and abstract; each piece standing strong with its own singular story.
Fashion has always drawn heavily from personal histories, and in the pantheon of muses, few figures hold more sway than the designer’s own mother. For Boogie Liu, his mother, a singer by profession, is not only his muse but also his mentor and unwavering champion. Her influence on him goes beyond wardrobe choices; it’s rooted in her taste, resilience, and personal style — qualities Liu absorbed as he watched her move through life, balancing her public persona with private strength.
“My mother taught me dedication to family and work, respect for human relationships, and the pursuit of professional goals,” Liu says. “But also a love for fashion and beauty.” These lessons permeate his latest collection for CPLUS SERIES, where Liu seeks to merge the intimate art of upcycling with the vivid memory of his mother’s wardrobe, creating what he calls a “unique chemical reaction.”
In his Spring/Summer 2025 collection, Liu doesn’t just nod to these historical fashion moments; he rebuilds them. The concept of upcycling, central to his design process, involves more than just repurposing old clothes — it becomes a means of preserving and reinterpreting the past. Liu categorizes, deconstructs, refurbishes, and ultimately reassembles garments from his mother’s wardrobe, transforming them into pieces that resonate with today’s trends while maintaining their emotional weight. Unfinished hems, exposed seams, raw cuts, and distorted pleats— all intentional imperfections — become Liu’s way of honoring the resourcefulness of past generations, who often extended the life of garments through creative means.
“Imperfection” is the cornerstone of Liu’s vision. He leans into asymmetry, exaggerated shapes, and distressed details, blurring the lines between what is finished and what is not. His use of contrasting materials — rigid fabrics clashing with softer ones — reflects his desire to challenge the current obsession with precision and polish. The result is an aesthetic that defies conventional beauty standards. Boogie Liu’s “Ugly Chic” is an act of rebellion, a way of rethinking the static boundaries of classic garments like dresses and cardigans, while interrogating the relationship between n body and clothing.
At the heart of this collection is a question that has long perplexed the fashion world: “What is beauty?” For Liu, the answer lies not in the pristine or the polished but in the lived - in, the familial, the flawed. The “compromised” beauty of past generations, embodied by the mothers who wore their clothes with practicality in mind, may lack the glamour of runway perfection, but it possesses a deeper texture, a subversive quality. It is beauty that is more about substance than spectacle, more vintage than futuristic, and far richer for the memories it carries.
