Designers

A Macao native, Kris Chan graduated from the Department of Fashion Design at College of Design under the Shih Chien University in Taiwan, and has had ten years of work experience in the clothing industry. He has been an artist stylist, designer of women’s and men’s clothing respectively for Taiwan fashion brand Mademoiselle SiSi and GOZO. He also worked as a fashion and product designer for Macau Creations, brand designer for Soda Panda and fashion designer for Gino & Dino of Venetian Macao. Chan first launched “Twinkle, Twinkle”, a junior wear fashion show at the Macao Fashion Festival during the Macao International Trade & Investment Fair in 2011 and establishedNEVERKNOWStudio as his personal design workspace in 2015. He has held 11 illustration activities in Hong Kong and Macao upon the invitation from fashion brand Burberry, and organized joint events in collaboration with a number of brands, including Taiwan’s Wind Salon, FFLives, 25:01, Bangkok’s Thorny Mouse as well as Macao’s E-Spark and Inky Store.   Brand：I.N.K I.N.K was co-founded in 2016 by fashionista Inky Leong and designer Kris Chan from Macao. The brand name created with their initials denotes “ink” and connotes “idea overflow in ink”, that is, translation of inspirations into memorable ink creations. With an emphasis on innovation and cultural diversity, I.N.K develops original, market-oriented series using local cultural elements, including those of art and music to spread the spirit of Macao’s fashion brands. Click for more brand information

Inky Leong, was born in Macao and is now a fashion stylist, lecturer and fashion columnist for local culture publication SD Magazine. He founded fashion boutique Inky Store in 2014 in Macao to promote fashion cultures. He has worked in branding, management and retail for some international fashion brands, such as Vivienne Westwood, Burberry and Hermès, and as a host and guest speaker in various activities of Burberry, Dior and local fashion brands. Moreover, he has been an image consultant for artists, TV programs and award ceremonies of Macao and Mainland China; invited to the Fashion Week in London, Paris and Seoul. Leong is also a model in Macao, who engages in local multi-media productions.   Brand：I.N.K I.N.K was co-founded in 2016 by fashionista Inky Leong and designer Kris Chan from Macao. The brand name created with their initials denotes “ink” and connotes “idea overflow in ink”, that is, translation of inspirations into memorable ink creations. With an emphasis on innovation and cultural diversity, I.N.K develops original, market-oriented series using local cultural elements, including those of art and music to spread the spirit of Macao’s fashion brands. Click for more brand information

Vincent Cheang, Cheang Chi Tat is a designer, media producer and musician. He joined Radio Macau in 1989, founded the EPH–Eureka Production House Design Company in 1995. After quitting Radio Macau in 1999, he went on to participate in the establishment of Green Village 738 Radio Station, for which he served as Program Director. In the same year, he graduated from the Graphic Design Program at the Macao Polytechnic Institute. In 2005, Vincent founded the XL CREATION Entertainment Production Company while serving as a tutor in design and illustration for the Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Centre (CPTTM). In 2007, he established the Band L.A.V.Y., and in 2008 he founded the Live Music Association (LMA), which is dedicated to promoting music and musical exchanges. In 2010, he created his own clothing brand, “Worker Playground”. In 2012, he established the Union Design & Planning Co. Ltd. Currently he is a guest lecturer at the Macao Polytechnic Institute and a tutor for design courses at CPTTM. His brand became the official apparel design and manufacturing partner of the Macao Grand Prix in 2016, and the official apparel partner of the “HUSH!” Full Music in Macao in 2017. Brand：Worker Playground, created in 2012, was named after Macao’s long-gone Workers’ Stadium. Worker Playground specializes in manufacturing jackets with design elements featuring Macao historical themes, such as local aviation history, Macao’s scenery in the old days, the once-popular sports jai alai and hockey, as well as the varying lifestyles and cultures of different districts in Macao. “For Boys Want to Be Men, For Men Want to Be Boys” is the latest slogan of Worker Playground. It demonstrates that the brand targets both younger and mature men, well manifesting its “ageless” spirit.   Click for more brand information

Leo Wong，graduated with a Bachelor of Electronic Engineering from The University of Hong Kong and a Master of Science Diploma in Engineering Business Management from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Leo participated in the Pure London Fashion Show and the Hong Kong Fashion Week in 2013. He then went on to participate in the Paris Fashion Week in 2014. In 2015, Leo received a Marketing Planning Award from the Hong Kong Apparel Society and in 2016, received an Award for the Best Small and Medium-Sized Business in Hong Kong from the Hong Kong General Chamber of Small and Medium Business. Leo is currently the Chief Designer of the iGift Uniform Limited.   Brand：SOUL, created in 2016, features black and white as its main colour scheme. With asymmetrical designs as its highlight, it combines 3D cutting, high quality fabric and professional tailoring to offer both quality and comfort. The brand exemplifies modern women’s unique character and style, accentuating women’s creativity, wisdom and charm. In addition to being the eligible brand of the “2016 Subsidy Programme for Fashion Design on Sample Making” launched by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government, SOUL was also a selected project of the Cultural Industries Fund of Macao. Click for more brand information

Esther Leong, specializing in fashion design and art creation, Leong Man Teng got both her bachelor degree in fine arts and her master degree in western painting from the National Taiwan Normal University. From 2009 to 2014, Leong Man Teng taught visual art at Kwong Tai Middle School, Macao. In 2012, she completed the “CPTTM Diploma Program for Fashion Design and Manufacture”, after which she was invited to join the “CPTTM Fashion Incubator Programme” as a designer for the brand “MaConsef.” In 2014, Leong Man Teng created her own fashion brand, “GELÉE”.   Brand: In French, “GELÉE” means “Jelly”. Roughly speaking, it is a dessert that is made by mixing water, sugar, fruit juice and edible gelatin to form an elastic substance. The shape-shifting feature and the sweetness of jelly are a metaphor for the spirit of the brand “GELÉE”. We hope our brand is tailored to every customer’s needs, and we endeavor to create avant-garde and aesthetic clothing by transforming the materials used and with creativity. Therefore, the customer will be able to explore an infinite number of possibilities and fascinating aspects of wearing.   Click for more brand information

A multi-media artist, designer. Bachelor in Oil painting, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Master of New Media, China Academy of Art. Works of art have been displayed at multiple Art Museum and galleries in China, Italy, The United States, England, Portugal, Holland, Belgium and Japan. She seeks for beautiful and free ways of exploration and tries to show her unique aesthetic attitude and values through different art forms and materials.