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Steffi Chan is a fashion entrepreneur, founded her own fashion label, DARE TO DREAM, in 2011.  She was born to a third-generation family of textiles manufacturer.  She has always been fascinated with fashion.  As a child, her parents’ 50sq.ft. wardrobe filled with impeccably tailored Cheong Sam, suits, colorful fluttery dresses, detailed leather jackets, and heavily embellished denim pants was her favorite place in the house. This range of stunning visual attributes had made a profound impact on her, laying an early foundation of the mix-match, care-free, dreamy, yet sophisticated style of her smart casual clothing label- DARE TO DREAM.

At the age of 16, Steffi embarked on her fashion journey.  She interned at the product development and merchandising departments of manufacturing companies and design houses during almost every summer vacation, producing and designing for internationally-known labels such as J.Crew, Ralph Lauren, Ermenegildo Zegna, and John Varvatos. However, when she had the opportunity to work with experts in the sourcing department and the designers at Urban Outfitters Inc. in Philadelphia, it really started to intrigue her and lured her back into fashion.

Finally, after spending 9 years in the U.K. and graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2011, Steffi fully immersed herself in the world of fashion by founding her own fashion label – DARE TO DREAM.   Her debut collection was selected by D-Mop, a Hong Kong multi-brand select store, and Anthropology, a U.S. multi-brand and lifestyle retailer.  Her design features simple charisma coupled with the free spirit and functionality of modern fashion.

Brand：

“DARE TO DREAM”, is renowned for its creative and unique casual wear. The women’s lines under this brand are characterized with romantic, cute, trendy, cool and adventurous. The brand is using handpicked fabrics and stitches as well as practicing unique dyeing and enzyme wash techniques in garment manufacturing.

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Clara Brito, was born in Lisbon, Portugal. She holds a Graduate Degree in Equipment Design by the Lisbon School of Fine Arts (2003)

She furthered her studies of Fashion and Design at the Milan Polytechnic Institute/School of Architecture and Design(under the Erasmus Program). Clara Brito developed individual projects that deserved the highest distinctions, and was subsequently invited by Prof. and Designer Rafaella Mangiarotti to show her work at the Deep Design studio.

In Lisbon she has developed projects in interior, equipment and fashion design, awarded by Prof. and Designer Ron Arad, which won her a place at the Salone of the Milan Design Biennale.Clara Brito has shown her pieces at several venues in Portugal, among which the piece“Enrola”at Lidija Kolovrat’s‘Pedro e O Lobo ‘Gallery.She participated in the 5th Fashion “Humen Cup “International Youth Design Contest (Women’s Wear) and received the honorable mention awarded by Li Dong Qi, the vice-president of the Association of Chinese Fashion Designers.

The designer created and coordinated the workshop‘ Mira Ó Vestido ’included in the exhibition ‘Blue Fascination ’at the Macau Art Museum. In 2006, Clara Brito established the brand/laboratory Lines Lab together with designer Manuel CS. Lines Lab is a creative agency on the global Lusophone Top 20 ranking by Monocle Magazine & A Must See according to the new York Times. Based in Macau | China and Lisbon | Portugal, Lines Lab is committed in full to the equation of objects, people and events.

Brand：“LINES LAB”, a creative agency on the global Lusophone Top 20 ranking by Monocle Magazine & A Must See according to the New York Times. Based in Macau, China and Lisbon, Portugal, LINES LAB is committed in full to the equation of objects, people and events. Headed by two Portuguese designers, the designs of LINES LAB are the unique synthesis of creation and risk.