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Dato’ Seri (Dr.) Farah Khan, founder of Melium Group, which introduced international fashion brands to Malaysia, including Aigner, Emilio Pucci, Hackett London, Max Mara, Givenchy, Roger Vivier, MCM and many more.
• Dato’ Zang Toi, whose fan list includes Ivana Trump, Sharon Stone, Kirstie Alley and Meg Ryan.
• Dato’ Bernard Chandran,
hailed as
• Dato’ Tom Abang Saufi, a prominent fashion designer who is also the Chairman of the National Art Gallery. Renowned for her colourful usage
of motifs and prints from her native Sarawak, she is based in Kuala Lumpur.
• Datuk Lewre Lew, an international high-end bespoke shoemaker with his eponymous brand, ‘Lewre Bespoke’.
• Datuk Jovian Mandagie the sophisticated couturier
New York and Paris by storm, and designed the world’s most expensive dress. Not a bad record for an emerging fashion nation. Notable designers who have achieved international success
and acclaim include:
• Dato’ Seri Farah
Khan, who founded the Melium Group in 1989 and now has over 50 upscale brands.
• Dato’ Professor Jimmy Choo OBE, who made his first pair of shoes at 11, shod half the world fashion icons and was conferred the Order of British Empire in 2002 for his contributions to the British shoe industry.
Malaysia’s “King of Fashion” and a
television personality having been a chief designer on Project Runway Malaysia.
Dato’ Sri Bernard Chandran exploded onto the scene in 1991, as the first non-European to win the coveted Silk Cut Young Designers Contest. Here he is seen with his wife Datin Sri Mary Lourdes, receiving the KL Fashion Week 2021 Outstanding Achievement Award from Andrew Tan.
Couture designer Datuk Jovian Mandagie’s Jovian brand offers high-quality ready-to-wear clothing at affordable prices, with inspirations ranging from Malaysian village life to the Imperial Russian Court.