ABOUT US

Since 2011, our mission is to provide an exclusive, multi-faceted, creative services with elevated vision for our clients in the business of fashion. Whether you are launching a fashion line seeking brand strategy and style development, or simply updating a design portfolio, we customize our service to meet your own needs with privacy in mind.   Our suggestions may not always be comfortable, but you can trust us to give you best quality with absolute honesty, and offer a comprehensive methodology for your success. It's your vision, and it is our passion to highlight, elevate and bring it to life.

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SUK CHAI

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Highly knowledgeable, trustworthy, efficient, no-nonsense creative leader. These are just a few of the ways to describe this creative visionary. With 25+ years in the fashion industry from the Forbe's top-ranked corporations, to mid-size design houses in New York City, to fashion entrepreneurship of her own brand, to coaching and education, Suk Chai has incomparable depth and breadth of knowledge and global experience -- fashion forecasting, creative direction, visual production, design, product development, sourcing & production, marketing, public relations, sales, coaching and mentorship -- in the business of fashion.  As an award-winning designer and industry leader, she is THE person to help you achieve the optimum results in implementing your idea and achieving your brand goals. Let's face it -- "fashion" seems glamorous, but we all know that it takes a lot of blood, sweat, tears, endless passion and extremely hard work.  But it does becomes easier when you have a passionate and experienced industry veteran by your side.

 

BIO

2013 ~ Present   SCHAI  /  Designer & Founder  /   Untailored-Tailored Alternative Luxury Collection 

2011 ~ Present    Mode Legion Creative Studio  /  Chief Creative Officer

1997~2011   Nordstrom Product Group   /  Sr. Design Director  /  Women's Bridge Apparel Division

1995~1997   Dana Buchman, Div. of Liz Claiborne  /   Associate Designer 

1995   Adrienne Vittadini  /  Design Associate

1995   Tracy Reese  /  Design Intern

1995   Fashion Institute of Technology  /  Fashion Illustration Tutor

1995   Fashion Institute of Technology  /  Critic's Award  /  Summa Cum Laude  /  Fashion Design, Applied Arts & Sciences

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INDUSTRY RECOGNITION

Editorials & Press Mentions include  [and not limited to] :

  • Elle Magazine

  • InStyle Magazine

  • Living Sense Magazine

  • L'Officiel Italia

  • Marie Claire Magazine

  • O Magazine

  • Schon!! Magazine

  • T: New York Times Style Magazine

  • Vogue UK

  • W Magazine, Korea

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Designs Featured in Film / TV include  [and not limited to] :

  • I Don't Know How She Does It (2012)

  • One for the Money (2012)

  • Bridesmaids (2011)

  • The Good Wife (CBS)

  • The Oprah Winfrey Show 

  • The View (ABC)

  • The Talk (CBS)

  • The Inside Edition (CBS)

  • The Insider (CBS)

  • The Entertainment Tonight (CBS)

  • The E! (NBC)

  • The Office (NBC)

  • Ugly Betty (ABC)

  • Hawaii Five-O (CBS)

  • The Person of Interest  (CBS)

  • Two And A Half Men (CBS)

  • CSI (CBS)

  • NCIS (CBS)

  • Law and Order (NBC)

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Awards & Honors:

  • GRAY Design Award, 2017

  • Inverted Pyramid Award, Nordstrom, 2006

  • Certificate of Honor, City of San Francisco, CA, 2006

  • Service Trendsetter Award, Nordstrom, 2002

  • Critics Award, Fashion Institute of Technology, 1995

  • Finalist,  Lord & Taylor Dress Design Competition, 1995 

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