Alexa Chia Wan Yu

ALEXA CHIA WAN YU WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SINGAPORE AND MOVED TO NEW YORK IN 2012 TO PURSUE A CAREER IN THE ARTS. SHE STUDIED FASHION DESIGN WITH A FOCUS ON MENSWEAR AT PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL OF DESIGN, AND GRADUATED WITH THE BACHELORS OF FINE ARTS WITH HONORS DEGREE. CHIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN INSPIRED BY THE WORLD AROUND HER AND PROMOTES NOT SEEING FASHION AS A SINGULAR ENTITY BUT IN FACT TO BLUR THE LINES BETWEEN SUCH DISTINCTIONS. HER MENSWEAR COLLECTION STRIVES TO BREAK THE CONSERVATIVE STEREOTYPE OF THE INDUSTRY, THIS BEING DONE THROUGH PUSHING ATYPICAL SILHOUETTES AND UNCONVENTIONAL SELF-DEVELOPED TEXTILES. HER INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE INCLUDES WORKING FOR BRANDS SUCH AS PROENZA SCHOULER, ALEXANDER WANG, NICHOLAS K AND COACH. SHE HAS RECENTLY BEEN AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS TIER ONE EXCEPTIONAL TALENT VISA AND IS CURRENTLY BASED IN LONDON.