A four-generation atelier · contemporary Eastern aesthetic.
LX Atelier was founded in 1908 by the Lu family in Shengze, Suzhou. Across four generations and thirty masters, we still weave by hand on Song-brocade looms and finish with Suzhou's two-faced embroidery — for clients across the globe.
We hold a single belief: true luxury is the gift of time, of care, and of an Eastern grace that cannot be reproduced.
We hold a hundred years of family practice — and a thousand years of Suzhou silk — quietly forward.
Each piece passes thirty-six steps in the hands of masters with ten or more years at the loom.
Trusted privately by collectors, royal households and heads of state.
Natural mulberry silk, plant dyes, plastic-free packaging — out of respect for the source.
Lu Yuanqing opens a small loom on Silk Lane, Shengze. The first Song-brocade qipao leaves the workshop within the year.
Twelve master embroiderers from the Suzhou Embroidery Institute begin a lasting collaboration with the maison.
A long partnership begins with smallholder gardens on Dongshan and Lion-Peak — still ours today.
First commissions to Paris, Milan, New York, Geneva. The atelier today receives clients in twelve countries.
The silk slips through the fingers like spring water — a single piece speaks more than a thousand words. The most quietly Eastern couture I have ever worn.— Ms. L · Private client, Shanghai