After honing her design skills at notable fashion houses such as The Row, Thakoon, Rebecca Taylor, and J.Crew, Allina Liu launched her eponymous brand in 2015. Seeking to combine elegance with sensuality and comfort with style, Allina's work explores the confluence of opposites. Inspirations include shibari (the art of Japanese knot tying), fiber artist Do-ho Suh, photographers Nobuyoshi Araki and Ren Hang, as well as 17th century Dutch portraiture.