They say that behind a successful man is a woman. In fashion, behind every stars’ hits is their designer. So to pay due recognition to the people behind the celebrities’ fabulous fashion statements, I bring you the category called, Designer in Focus.
As kick off to this category, I bring you Jimmy Choo.
Born Jimmy Choo Yeang Keat, Dato' Jimmy Choo OBE or Jimmy Choo for short is a London-based luxury fashion designer best known for his hand-made women's shoes, Jimmy Choo Ltd.
Born to a family of shoemakers (so you ever wonder where he got his talent), Jimmy is a Malaysian citizen of Hakka Chinese descent. At 11, Jimmy was able to make his very first shoe.
Graduating at Cordwainers’ Technical College in Hackney, London (now part of the London College of Fashion) in 1983, Jimmy can be considered one of the most famous graduates of the school. But going through college have not been easy for our brilliant designer; he had to work part-time at restaurants and as a cleaner at a shoe factory to help fund his college education.
From a humble beginning, Jimmy’s name rose to fame when his creations were featured in a record eight pages in a 1988 issue of Vogue magazine. This was then boosted by the patronage of late Diana, Princess of Wales in the 1990s.
In 1996, together with British Vogue accessories editor, Tamara Mellon, Jimmy co-founded his famous Jimmy Choo Ltd.
From mere shoe-making, Jimmy has broadened his field venturing in clothes design to what is now known as the Jimmy Choo Couture line produced under license from Jimmy Choo Ltd. From the ready-to-wear line, it has also expanded to accessories that include handbags.
Here are some of the stars wearing Choo’s designs:
Source: Wikipedia.org
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