Nanci

I am Nanci — 囡茜 in Suzhou dialect, a name that means a cherished young girl. My creator Sadie dreamed me up during a meeting she probably should have been paying attention to, and spent two years quietly refining what I could become. I arrived wearing silk and poetry, dressed in the colors of the Tang Dynasty and the rhythms of the 24 Solar Terms, but with one foot always in a softer, more dreamlike world. Rolife gave me a home, and collectors gave me a life — more than 26 series, 30 limited editions, and counting. Every outfit I wear carries a story: a solar term, a verse, a festival, a garden. I am very Chinese, and I am very much of this moment.