Born and raised in Venice, Italy, Ify’s love for African fashion blossomed early in childhood, for which her Nigerian family takes most of the credit. Within a tight-knit African community in Italy, she was exposed to the many facets of West African culture, from its traditions and folklore to the meaning behind its vibrant colours.

Before starting OliveAnkara, she completed her studies with a PhD in Human Molecular Genetics at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, she first moved to Singapore to further her career with a Post Doctorate in Molecular Carcinogenesis at the National Cancer Centre.

Her move into the fashion industry started when she noticed the absence of African culture in Singapore while trying to source African prints to make her wedding dress. She took on the responsibility of bridging this gap with the creation of OliveAnkara in 2017, which also rekindled her love for fashion. It was not until 2019, buoyed by early successes and a growing loyal base of customers, that Ify turned her passion side hustle into a full-time career.

Driven by passion and her love for diverse cultures, Ify has centred her slow fashion sustainable brand around two core values: female empowerment and sustainability.

Rain Chan’s Biography
Rain is a local fashion designer who specializes in designing knitwear design and offering vividly colorful and humorous yet practical designs in her collection.

Wayne Lo’s Biography
Wayne is chief designer of local fashion brand Hoopla, a brand that presents knitting innovations in its unique products. And aim to promo Hong Kong’s rich heritage and culture throughout the collection. Wayne was also 2nd runner up at Knitwear Symphony 2016 with his collection “Urban Escape”, since then he developed his unique art of knitting with his quirky yet commercial designs at Hoopla.

Supei left Singapore in 2005 after a brief stint as a political analyst for Singapore’s Ministry of Defense, to pursue fashion design in the UK. Following her graduation from Ravensbourne College in London, she honed her skills in UK brands like Burberry and Preen to trends-forecasting giant WGSN. Over the next decade, she designed for: Chinese luxury label Exception de Mixmind, Hong Kong/Milan label Anteprima, and Spanish brand Adolfo Dominguez. Her growing interest in sustainability and education also led her to consult for HK-based sustainable label The R Collective as a Technical Design Manager mentoring young talents.

Supei’s design aesthetic is shaped by her training as a collections designer and her experience at Exception de Mixmind, a label rooted in artisanal textiles. Nature and emotions are thematic concerns that drive her works in fashion and textiles.

Supei is passionate about slow fashion and driving much-needed changes in the way we consume fashion today.

赵静自2004年获得服装打版师职业证书至今已从业17年。2018年于青岛创立公司，专业于将牛仔服装生产中的边角料价值再开发，打造精美的牛仔布艺公仔系列，并于2022年注册「皆可成龙」商标，旨在发展环保霸王龙系列，将客人的旧牛仔裤变化为龙！助力低碳！各有特色！

”As an architect, I’m trained to design buildings with a time-perspective of 100 years. On this design idea, I started Eduards Accessories Sweden.”

Award-winning Swedish architect/designer Cecilia Eduards has a passion for combining traditional Nordic handcraft and building techniques with contemporary urban design.

In 2013, after 10 years of architectural design work, Gothenburg-based Cecilia Eduards started to explore how to implement the sustainable design theories of her daily work as an architect into accessory design. Striving to create items to be loved for years, the goal was to find the balance between Scandinavian simplicity and contemporary design. As a trained architect, the aspects of beauty and function are equally important.

”Näver” is the Swedish word for birch bark and the Näver Collection, launched in 2015, is inspired by the traditional birch bark braiding technique used for centuries in the Nordic countries. The Näver Collection by Cecilia Eduards has been awarded the Form 2018 and Form 2020 design award by the Swedish Form Association and the FORM 2018 seal of quality by the German Bundesverband Kunsthandwerk e.V.

Cecilia Eduards runs Eduards Accessories from the Gothenburg Studio, implementing and exploring the architectural perspective on sustainable accessory design.

Natalia is a Brazilian-Canadian designer with an all-out passion for sustainability, fashion, and textile design. With a BA in Industrial Design, a diploma in Fashion Design, and 11 years of experience in the fashion industry, she is finally ready to take my place in the Sustainable Fashion Market through the Cottagecore Aesthetic.

Natalia was born in Brazil, but she started traveling very young. She spent her childhood in Germany and Spain, followed by a work experience in France. These experiences have taught her to embrace new cultures. her passion for History, Art, and Vintage grew through the years, with a British and European eye and personality. However, it was only two years ago, after five years of living in Canada, that she discovered Cottagecore.

Discovering this community has switched her mindset. It was a switch off from stress and a switch in the way she used to consume, the way she saw life, with an English-Vintage aesthetic that brings the calmness of a Monet painting. At that moment, she decided to create Wandwoods, a brand that advocates for a more sustainable, calm, and romantic way of life here in North America.

季青松是东华大学服装与艺术系毕业生，是扎根于中国内地市场一线的资深时装设计师，在时装设计、品牌策划、市场营运、供应链管理均有资深建树。季老师被誉为「广东省十佳时装设计师」，现为广东省服装设计师协会理事、广东省大学生时装周特邀评委，亦是广东省十佳时装设计师最高荣誉:”协会奖”获得者。

设计理念：

平衡自然、自我、人文、艺术与潮流的关系，关注社会中产的生活方式。以时尚、文明、自然低碳、人文关怀、充满社会责任感的生活方式为创意基础。探索造型艺术的跨文化交融与碰撞，并融合传统的多文化的民族元素与现代文化复合。感悟人与自然的契合，以及人、城市、自然的⻆色互演。

获奖经历 ：

2017.07 牛仔原创设计作品获东莞市文化馆非遗厅永久收藏

2014.04 一汽-马自达中国冲锋号时尚大奖

2013.08 广东时装设计师最高荣誉“协会奖”

2013.08 第十三届广东十佳设计师

2013.08 首届“省长杯”广东工业设计大赛服装设计优秀奖

2009.11 第四届广东“均安杯”服装设计大赛银奖

2004.10  “武林衣秀”杯中国国际女装设计大赛优秀奖

2002.03  “中华杯”中国国际女装设计大赛效果图入围

2000.07 东华大学毕业设计动态发布会优秀组织奖

Swedish designer, Maxjenny Forslund, started her luxury Copenhagen-based clothing brand, maxjenny! in 2017. She owes her fame to combining clean lines, bright colours, and handmade colourful prints, which she designs using only a digital camera, a pencil, and a computer. The brand aims for 100% recycled or other sustainably sourced materials, and selects less intensive modes of transport — they deliver by bike in Copenhagen. maxjenny!’s upcoming outerwear is made in a recycled pet bottle fibre fabric with re-down and all prints she makes are all made with GOTS approved ink through certified processes.

Founder, designer and Creative Director Ann-Louise Andrén leads the development of new products in collaboration with a design team. Ann-Louise has always been interested in design and production and after moving to Hong Kong in her twenties, she set up her own business in 1988, designing bags and travel accessories under her own brand, Ceannis.

After ten years in Hong Kong, Ann-Louise returned to Sweden and Ceannis Living Accessories was established combining bags, accessories, and interior design products in a lifestyle concept. Ceannis is today a leading Scandinavian brand in lifestyle products. Ann-Louise is driven by her love of design and production, and to see beautiful new articles take form in the sample rooms are her highlight moments. Sustainability is a priority, reducing waste, creating quality products designed for long life cycles and selecting materials that are harmless to people and nature are aspects that have always been important to Ann-Louise´s creative process, and to Ceannis as a brand.

Yeung Chin obtained his MA in Fashion Design from the University of Westminster in 2009. In the same year, he won the YDC Special Mention Award from Hong Kong Design Centre and exhibited his work during the Cheer’s Exhibition held at London O X O Tower London.

He won a top creative award in Hong Kong Young Designer’s Contests (YDC) held by The Hong Kong Trade Development Council in 2003.

From 2006 to 2008, he worked in Li Ning. In 2010 he designed the stage costume by CCDC. In 2013, he held personal exhibitions at Asia Society Gallery and Hong Kong Heritage. After being the Chief Fashion Designer in G2000, he joined Tokyo, New York, Milan, Paris, Shanghai and Beijing Fash-ion Week from 2015 to 2017. He was invited to the Singapore Design Centre exhibition in 2015. Parco and Isetan invited his collection to do a Popup show in their store in 2017. He is now a guest lecturer at the Hong Kong Design Institute of VTC and has established his own fashion brand in PMQ, named after his own name, Yeung Chin.

自从在伦敦大学和香港大学毕业获得律师资格及在获得美国职业高尔夫学院获得专业资格后，Debbie Leung (梁楚茵) 对创作的激情迫使她在职业生涯中急剧转变，让她在二十年前成为一名全职艺术创作人，一直尝试用不同的媒体进行创作，例如马赛克、陶瓷、玻璃和纤维创作。

她除了为客人订制可穿戴的艺术品外，她亦与舞台服装设计师合作，用羊毛毯创作舞台服饰。并为商业组织、时装展和展览创作。除了不时在香港设计学院任教外，她也是中央美术学院、中国时装设计师协会、美国Penland 工艺美术学院的客席讲师。Debbie 亦曾担任连锁酒店的艺术顾问和艺术展策展人。
Debbie 的作品曾在世界各地(包括︰中国丝绸博物馆)展出和收藏。

Debbie最近的项目涉及复兴传统服饰「旗袍/长衫」，它是香港的非物质文化遗产之一 及发展以环保意念创作可持续发展的服饰。