BORN IN BROOKLYN, ROOTED IN FUJIAN, AND GROWN ON LONG ISLAND

I HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED BETWEEN WORLDS. AS A FIRST-GENERATION CHILD OF IMMIGRANTS, I LEARNED EARLY THAT IDENTITY IS NEVER JUST ONE THING. IT IS LAYERED, MOVING, AND CONSTANTLY BEING REBUILT.

BY TEN, I STARTED HELPING OUT MY PARENTS, I WAS ALREADY INSIDE THE RHYTHM OF A RESTAURANT KITCHEN, READING ROOMS, READING PEOPLE, LEARNING HOW MUCH STORY LIVES IN THE SMALLEST DETAILS — A GESTURE, A MEAL, A SPACE. THOSE YEARS SHAPED THE WAY I SEE EVERYTHING. NOTHING IS JUST SURFACE. EVERYTHING MEANS SOMETHING.

WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, PEOPLE ALWAYS ASKED WHO I WANTED TO BE WHEN I GREW UP, MY ANSWER WAS ALWAYS: MANY THINGS. NOT OUT OF INDECISION, BUT OUT OF DESIRE ; MY DESIRE IS TO CREATE WORLDS. WORLDS WHERE FASHION AND SPACE AND IDENTITY AND NARRATIVE ARE NOT SEPARATE DISCIPLINES, BUT ONE LIVING, BREATHING THING. WHERE EVERY ELEMENT BELONGS, AND NOTHING IS AN ACCIDENT.

THAT IS WHAT DRIVES MY PRACTICE. ACROSS FASHION, PRODUCT, BRAND IDENTITY, AND DESIGN; I BUILD FROM CONCEPT TO SOUL. SHAPED BY CULTURAL MEMORY, IMMIGRANT RESILIENCE, AND A LIFELONG INSTINCT FOR STORYTELLING, I CREATE WORK THAT FEELS LIVED IN, INTENTIONAL, AND WHOLE.