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About
Montreal-based fashion designer and professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) best known for experimental, technology-inspired designs. Her work is widely recognized for its unique blend of fashion, media, and interactive technology, often featuring elements that move, light up, or even respond to their environment.
Before fame
She was raised in Switzerland and spent part of her childhood in China before going on to study fashion design at Geneva's Haute École d'Art et de Design (HEAD). She went on to relocate to Montreal in 1993, where she further studied media and interactive multimedia while developing her signature experimental approach to fashion design.
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Her work has been featured in over one hundred exhibitions around the globe and covered by major media outlets such as Vogue, The New York Times, and Time. Her creations are also held in the permanent collections of major institutions like the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and M+ Hong Kong. She has been named on Wallpaper magazine's "Fab 40: Canada" list.
Family life
She was born in Beijing, China. She spent her childhood moving between Switzerland and China due to her parent's diplomatic career.
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She was first inspired to study and pursue a career in fashion after seeing an Yves Saint Laurent exhibit at the Peking Fine Arts Gallery in Beijing, China when she was just eight years old.
