The Scene
The creative center of streetwear has been shifting East for years. It's no longer a prediction—it's happening.
Independent labels in Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen are producing work that's catching the attention of stylists, buyers, and designers globally. Silhouettes that feel genuinely new. References that haven't been recycled. A point of view that isn't borrowed.
Western brands have noticed. You're starting to see the influence show up on runways, in lookbooks, in the pieces that land on "best of" lists two seasons later.
Axent gets you to the source.
The Founder
Axent was started by Chung Sing Ma in 2023.
He'd spent years tracking the Chinese streetwear scene—watching new labels emerge, quality sharpen, design perspectives mature. The work was there. Getting it outside China wasn't.
Most of these brands don't ship internationally. Many don't have English storefronts. Even finding them requires navigating platforms built for a domestic audience.
Axent exists to close that gap. Direct relationships with designers. Logistics handled. Quality verified. The pieces that deserve attention, now accessible.
Based in Austin. Sourced from China. Ships worldwide.
The Quality
The same factories producing for globally recognized fashion houses are available to Chinese independents. Same materials. Same construction standards.
What you're not paying for: Western distribution chains, department store cuts, marketing overhead.
The price reflects the garment—nothing else.
The scene exists. The access is new.
Welcome.
