I never woke up with some epiphany of a career choice. I was in junior college back in Singapore and really bad at Math, and so I was told to take Art as an ‘A’ Level subject instead. The project was fashion illustration and going into that made me research and fall in love with fashion. I applied to Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design with that portfolio (and a lot of guts) and was accepted straight into the BA Fashion Design Womenswear course – the most sought-after undergraduate course in the college, without having to do a foundation year. I had to serve in the Republic of Singapore army before I could go do my course, so I spent whatever time I had reading and researching designers.
During my course, I interned for Tristan Webber, Preen and Vivienne Westwood – all of whom I found incredibly inspiring for various reasons. After I graduated, I scored a distinction in the Post Graduate Innovative Pattern Cutting Course also at C.S.M. and proceeded to work for Roksanda Illincic and Ashley Isham as a pattern cutter, before deciding to launch my own label in 2009.