Three Chinese fashion graduates aim to develop their own style in New York

May and June are an interesting time for the fashion world, as the weather warms up and designers present their now ubiquitous resort collections.

The period also marks another presentation: that of just graduated designers about to enter the industry.

Regarded as one of the best design schools in the world, Parsons, The New School for Design has taught many famous figures, including Marc Jacobs, Tom Ford, Alexander Wang, Jason Wu, Lazaro Hernandez and Derek Lam.

Now in its third year, the contest brought together some of Parson's most promising students, several of whom have already had "real life" industry experience. While all the participants made a lasting impression on the panel of judges, which included Bottega Veneta's Tomas Maier, Style.com's Dirk Standen, Kering's Laurent Claquin and Parsons' Simon Collins, three stood out.

These represented a new breed of Chinese students making waves in New York: Mijia Zhang, Wenqi Wu and Ximon Lee. Three diverse designers with distinctive looks, although both Wu and Lee reference their Chinese backgrounds in their work, albeit in an abstract way.