Shanghai / since 2020

FaxCopyExpress

FaxCopyExpress makes clothes with a straight face and a small smirk: precise denim, cut tops, clean shirting, and utility pieces that look better when the rest of the outfit stays simple.

Model seated in a white shirt, scarf, and black cropped trousers

There is a useful dryness to FaxCopyExpress. The name sounds like a shop sign from an office block, not a fashion label, and that is part of the charm. The clothes do not beg for drama. They work through proportion: a trouser that gets wider without getting sloppy, a shirt that falls away from the body, a vest with enough pockets to look practical without turning into costume.

The brand was launched in Shanghai in 2020 by Lia Liao and Nick Wang. Its own description talks about real life, gender neutrality, sustainability, and clothes with a high rate of use. The better way to understand it is simpler: FaxCopyExpress makes everyday pieces that have been edited a few extra times before they reach the rack.

Ivory utility vest styled with loose long shorts and a soft cap
The utility pieces are cleanest when they stay pale, loose, and almost severe.
Washed shirt and pale scarf styled over a soft skirt in motion
A softer side shows up in washed shirts, narrow scarves, and skirts with movement.
Black long sleeve top with relaxed wide trousers

The shape does the work

FaxCopyExpress is strongest when one piece changes the outline of the whole outfit. The jeans sit low and loose. The black tops are spare but cut close enough to feel sharp. A cropped jacket or shaped vest can make a plain trouser look intentional.

That is why the collection reads better as a set of useful shapes than as a list of statement items. Denim, trousers, shirts, knit tops, hoodies, skirts, and light outerwear all show up, but the mood stays consistent: slightly industrial, a little grunge, never too polished.

What to notice first

Start with the bottoms. FaxCopyExpress knows how to make jeans and trousers feel current without making them fussy: loose legs, faded washes, long breaks, and black flares that sharpen a simple top. The tops matter too, especially when the neckline or sleeve changes the posture of the outfit.

Deep V white top worn with loose washed jeans
Close crop of faded blue denim with whiskering and a long flare
Close crop of faded blue denim with whiskering and a long flare

A good piece here keeps its nerve

The appeal is not loud branding. It is the way a garment holds a clean line while still feeling a little off: a low waist, a long hem, a pocket placed with purpose, a washed surface that stops the outfit from looking too new.

That makes the brand easy to fold into a wardrobe that already has black tees, denim, shirting, and boots. One FaxCopyExpress piece can shift the whole balance without asking for a new personality around it.

FaxCopyExpress belongs on MING STREET because it gives familiar clothing just enough tension: useful cuts, dry references, and pieces that can take repeated wear.

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