Tia

My background at the age of 19 is a tad complicated. I grew up in Hong Kong, at 14 I wanted a change, which led me to boarding school - Millfield - in the UK. During Covid, my family moved out of Hong Kong and put everything into storage, leading us to live nowhere for about 1 year (moving around from airbnbs across the world). Eventually, being Swiss, my parents moved us to Zürich, Switzerland. Upon graduating sixth form, I got offered a merit/academic/design scholarship to study at Parsons School of Design in NYC, which I took...for a year. In NYC, I got a job as a podcast research assistant for 2 interior designers - a team of 4 total -, I was given a private tour and meet of the Ralph Lauren R&D team and studios, I had a memoir published in the Parsons First Year Exhibition as well as Journal, I had 2 artworks of mine displayed both in the Parsons Gallery and in a student expo, etc. I love NYC to this day and will always love its opportunities, memories and experiences it will and has provided me. However, right before my second academic year began, I accepted a position to go to Nashville, Tennessee and study at Vanderbilt University. Here, I was able to meet and learn from Stuart Weitzman, get a job for a fashion technology company, where I ended up helping them secure Ralph Lauren as a client, helped set-up Vanderbilt Fashion Week - working with many known brands such as Rag & Bone -, etc. 

At 19 years old, I had lived in 5 cities, 4 countries, 3 continents. All of these experience's have allowed me to grow, along with my interests. I am now working towards getting into luxury fashion for sourcing/procurement/merchandising, allowing me a mix of creative and analytical/business outlets. 

Maddy

I have always wanted to be a part of fashion and want to go into digital advertising and marketing within the fashion industry, and travel around Asia explore different fashion cultures. I grew up in China and Singapore and this has altered my view of the fashion industry therefore I have always been more interested in the digital creation side.