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.

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.

季青松是東華大學服裝與藝術系畢業生，是紮根於中國內地市場一線的資深時裝設計師，在時裝設計、品牌策劃、市場營運、供應鏈管理均有資深建樹。季老師被譽為「廣東省十佳時裝設計師」，現為廣東省服裝設計師協會理事、廣東省大學生時裝周特邀評委，亦是廣東省十佳時裝設計師最高榮譽:”協會獎”獲得者。

設計理念：

平衡自然、自我、人文、藝術與潮流的關係，關注社會中產的生活方式。以時尚、文明、自然低碳、人文關懷、充滿社會責任感的生活方式為創意基礎。探索造型藝術的跨文化交融與碰撞，並融合傳統的多文化的民族元素與現代文化複合。感悟人與自然的契合，以及人、城市、自然的⻆色互演。

獲獎經歷 ：

2017.07 牛仔原創設計作品獲東莞市文化館非遺廳永久收藏

2014.04 一汽-馬自達中國衝鋒號時尚大獎

2013.08 廣東時裝設計師最高榮譽“協會獎”

2013.08 第十三屆廣東十佳設計師

2013.08 首屆“省長杯”廣東工業設計大賽服裝設計優秀獎

2009.11 第四屆廣東“均安杯”服裝設計大賽銀獎

2004.10  “武林衣秀”杯中國國際女裝設計大賽優秀獎

2002.03  “中華杯”中國國際女裝設計大賽效果圖入圍

2000.07 東華大學畢業設計動態發佈會優秀組織獎

趙靜自2004年獲得服裝打版師職業證書至今已從業17年。2018年於青島創立公司，專業於將牛仔服裝生產中的邊角料價值再開發，打造精美的牛仔布藝公仔系列，並於2022年註冊「皆可成龍」商標，旨在發展環保霸王龍系列，將客人的舊牛仔褲變化為龍！助力低碳！各有特色！

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.

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.

”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.

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.

自從在倫敦大學和香港大學畢業獲得律師資格及在獲得美國職業高爾夫學院獲得專業資格後，Debbie Leung (梁楚茵) 對創作的激情迫使她在職業生涯中急劇轉變，讓她在二十年前成為一名全職藝術創作人，一直嘗試用不同的媒體進行創作，例如馬賽克、陶瓷、玻璃和纖維創作。

她除了為客人訂制可穿戴的藝術品外，她亦與舞臺服裝設計師合作，用羊毛毯創作舞臺服飾。並為商業組織、時裝展和展覽創作。除了不時在香港設計學院任教外，她也是中央美術學院、中國時裝設計師協會、美國Penland 工藝美術學院的客席講師。Debbie 亦曾擔任連鎖酒店的藝術顧問和藝術展策展人。

Debbie 的作品曾在世界各地(包括︰中國絲綢博物館)展出和收藏。

Debbie最近的項目涉及復興傳統服飾「旗袍/長衫」，它是香港的非物質文化遺產之一 及發展以環保意念創作可持續發展的服飾。

CHENWEN Studio品牌總監

• 中國時裝設計最高獎金頂獎獲得者
• 中國服裝設計師協會副主席
• 歐亞（法國）文化藝術交流協會藝術總監
• 東華大學上海國際時尚創意學院教授

陳聞是一位中國知名的服裝設計師，同時又是一位藝術家。其創立的「CHENWEN Studio」 是一個具有設計理念的獨立設計師品牌，主張藝術與創意、時尚與科技的理念，引領了牛仔服裝設計的潮流，是集牛仔的激情與現代藝術形式相結合的一種精神和生活方式。