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Offi cially reaching its paper anniversary celebrating 1 year, Monika Chiang helmed by its namesake Monika Chiang is the rebel child that everyone wants. Launching fall of 2011, Chiang with the help of the billionaire businessman behind Tory Burch, C Wonder and many more Christopher J. Burch. The brand, a refl ection of Mon- ika’s own personal style echoing a wanderlust and appreciation for exotic cultures is making major leeway in a seemingly crowed industry. Shortly after launching Chiang’s full debut collection back in 2011 the brand rolled out two beautifully crafted and designed stand- alone location both located in central shopping destinations for eachs respected locals and the worldwide traveler. The fi rst locat- ed on the famed Robertson Boulevard in Los Angeles, California alongside the likes of Alice Olivia, Kitson, Chanel and Ted Baker, with the other nestled in New York City within the ever so chic SoHo. Both consisting of the labels entire product assortment from shoes, ready to wear, accessories, handbags, and lingerie season after season. All this being no small feat for a brand barely blowing out it’s one year candle, a feat in which many new and up and com- ing designers long for.
Offi cially reaching its paper anniversary celebrating 1 year, Monika
Chiang helmed by its namesake Monika Chiang is the rebel child
that everyone wants. Launching fall of 2011, Chiang with the help
of the billionaire businessman behind Tory Burch, C Wonder and
many more Christopher J. Burch. The brand, a refl ection of Mon-
ika’s own personal style echoing a wanderlust and appreciation
for exotic cultures is making major leeway in a seemingly crowed
industry.
Shortly after launching Chiang’s full debut collection back in 2011
the brand rolled out two beautifully crafted and designed stand-
alone location both located in central shopping destinations for
eachs respected locals and the worldwide traveler. The fi rst locat-
ed on the famed Robertson Boulevard in Los Angeles, California
alongside the likes of Alice Olivia, Kitson, Chanel and Ted Baker,
with the other nestled in New York City within the ever so chic SoHo.
Both consisting of the labels entire product assortment from shoes,
ready to wear, accessories, handbags, and lingerie season after
season. All this being no small feat for a brand barely blowing out
it’s one year candle, a feat in which many new and up and com-
ing designers long for.
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design<br />
nicolas felizola<br />
q&a:<br />
After emerging yourself in the fashion world<br />
through a camera lens what was the push<br />
that made you turn to designing?<br />
After working with the master designers of<br />
the world and numerous high fashion magazines<br />
I decided to take my vision of fashion<br />
and what fashion means/ represents to and<br />
embrace it with my individuality and my<br />
sense of uniqueness through the art of<br />
designing.<br />
Maria Felix inspired your “Enamorada” collections<br />
have you had any other muses?<br />
I have admired many of the classic fashion<br />
icons through the different decades such<br />
as Grace Kelly, Jackie O., and Audrey Hepern<br />
among others. What I admire most is the<br />
sense of elegance in a woman who expresses<br />
her personality with her individual timeless<br />
style.<br />
You’ve been honored with numerous prestigious<br />
awards and accomplished in a short<br />
time what other designers could only hope<br />
to accomplish in a life time yet you say you<br />
have not created your best piece yet, when<br />
can we expect your “best” piece?<br />
I am a creator that is in constant search in<br />
achieving excellency and continue to surpass<br />
my own limits. I cannot say “when” that<br />
“best” piece will be created because where<br />
would I go from there?<br />
What’s more exciting seeing your design<br />
on a high-profile client or seeing it out on a<br />
complete stranger?<br />
It doesn’t matter if my piece is on the most<br />
famous of celebrities or a stranger on the<br />
street. What is most exciting to me is who<br />
wears it with as much passion as I felt when I<br />
created it for them.<br />
In between law, photography, and now<br />
designing do you think you’ll wake up one<br />
day and decide you want to do something<br />
totally different?<br />
The path I took to get here is what helped<br />
me get to my calling. I cannot imagine<br />
doing anything else with my life because<br />
through designing I have fulfi lled my love of<br />
artistic expression.<br />
What insider advice can you give to aspiring<br />
designers?<br />
Uniqueness is the key and be loyal to your<br />
desire of expression. Never copy anyone<br />
else!<br />
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