Sun Sun 

I hold a UK-HK BNO passport and a Swiss Permit C. I was born in China and raised in Hong Kong. My Cantonese name is pronounced 新新 (Sun Sun), and my English name is Strelitzia, inspired by the bird of paradise flower, which is originally from South Africa. With this combination, the strelitziasunsun brand was established.

WORK EXPERIENCES 

HONG KONG 🇭🇰 

The pivotal moment in my life came in 1997 when I worked as an assistant for Dries van Noten, who came to Hong Kong to open his first boutique Joyce Dries van Noten in Central. I learned many skills and discovered what was needed to create beauty. Subsequently, I decided to move to Japan, where I learned an essential tool in the fashion industry: pattern-making.

JAPAN 🇯🇵 

During my intensive four-year fashion studies, I strategically balanced academics with hands-on experience, serving as an assistant to both fashion and costume designers  part-time. I also managed my own fashion order-to-made for private clients, further refining my skills as a professional designer.

One month Japanese Shibori textiles company Kuno - Learnt the techniques of shibori, pleat and dyeing used by Issey Miyake and Yoji Yamamoto.  

France 🇫🇷

Fashion designer and Pattern maker RTW & HC 

Maurizio Galante Maison Haute Couture ( Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode permanent Haute Couture member ) as the responsible to his Haute couture collection 2004 -2008 included: Design assistance and pattern making development. Managing Private HC clients order to made. Designing Ready-to-Wear ( RTW ) fashion collections for ITOCHU MC DAVID, FELISSIMO JAPAN . FR collection, etc… 

France 🇫🇷 - SWITZERLAND 🇨🇭 

Maurizio Galante Maison Haute Couture 

Freelance HC Fashion and Accessories Production 2007-2014 ( Remote work ) 

Produced fashion and accessories for haute couture fashion show. 

France 🇫🇷 - SWITZERLAND 🇨🇭 

2006 - 2012 strelitziasunsun Contemporary bead jewelry collection was sold internationally. Including anniversaire OMOTESANDO stores in Tokyo, design stores in Brew Japan group, Mudam Museum of Luxemburg, Hotels in Bora Bora, art galleries in Lithuania, Switzerland and Paris, etc.  

Since2008 🇨🇭