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ASIAN
FASHION
WEEK
By Vicki Victoire

Fashion extravaganza to showcase young, up-andcoming Asian/Hong Kong designers capturing the
spirit of New York Fashion Week. The idea of throwing a catwalk show for Asian/Hong Kong designers
in New York, the well-known fashion capital of the
US came from my blogging mission that I set myself
when I first blogged 4 years ago. Considering that
their lack of financial resources is always a major
obstacle for many young emerging Asian/Hong Kong
designers to moving their career goals one step
forward. I, being a Hong Kong-based fashion blogger bearing a primary mission to bring any potential
Asian/Hong Kong designers to the world’s attention,
felt an urge to "do something" to make the name of
our future design stars from Asia/Hong Kong known,
and their works seen as their talents deserve to be
valued despite deficiency of both financial back-up
and manpower from my end.

Not afraid to dream big though. September's New
York Asian Fashion Week Extravaganza is a multidesigner trunk show organized by the experienced