Inside Retail

JANUARY 21, 2024

Dion Lee is a luxury brand established back in 2009 by its namesake designer in Sydney, Australia. The founder and creative director hit the runway straight out of fashion school showcasing his first collection in a Kings Cross car park at Australian Fashion Week in 2009.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Bale in 2009, some of the challenges you faced from the outset, and how you got the business off the ground during those early stages? Matt Jensen: It was a difficult market environment when we launched back in September 2009, given it was the back end of the GFC. What are the brand’s plans in this space moving forward?

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Design Wanted

APRIL 1, 2021

Let’s take the example of Seoul-based SWNA, established as a design office by Sukwoo Lee in 2009. Due to this influence, Korean universities deal more with technology-based industrial design, and due to this influence, my first job was as a designer designing cell phones and mobile accessories at Samsung Electronics.

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Inside Retail

MAY 18, 2023

We caught up with her to get her thoughts on her career so far, leadership perspectives and find out what makes her tick. Upon graduating, I returned back to Kuala Lumpur in 2009 and found that e-commerce was still fairly new. VY: That you need to have a very clear vision and strategy plan, and communicate this to your leaders.

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