Yang Li is a fashion designer based in London, and he is the creative director of his eponymous label Yang Li founded in 2011. Li was born in Beijing and resided there for the first 10 years of his life. His mother was a translator and his father was a communist government worker and table tennis player.

After moving to Perth, Australia at the age of 10, Li spent his teenage years playing basketball and skateboarding, two sports whose style and expression through clothing were his first introduction to fashion. Li sees fashion and a form of storytelling.

Li dabbled in music and briefly studied law to please his parents, but ultimately decided to pursue fashion. Li is known for working with underground and cult musicians.