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Jun Min Lai

Jun Min Lai

Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia
UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE University for the Creative Arts Epsom
Course 26 ASHBORNE WOMENS
SPECIALISMS Menswear,Womenswear,Non-gendered,Garment Technology,Pattern Cutting,Tailoring

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I AM JM, A MALAYSIAN-BORN CHINESE, WHO GRADUATED FROM UNIVERSITY FOR THE CREATIVE ART (EPSOM) IN 2025 AND RAFFLES COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION KUALA LUMPUR IN 2023. IN BETWEEN, I HAD WORKED IN FASHION INDUSTRY FOR 1 YEAR INCLUDING DESIGNS, PRODUCTIONS, BACKSTAGE, RETAILS AND SO ON. I STARTED MY FASHION DESIGN JOURNEY IN 2020 IN RAFFLES. IN THESE 5 YEARS TIME, A LOT OF TRIALS AND ERRORS, PROJECTS AND EXPERIMENTS HAD BEEN DONE BY ME TO EXPLORE WHO AM I AND WHAT AM I CAPABLE OF. THROUGHOUT THESE YEARS, MY AESTHETIC IN MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SILHOUETTES ARE REDEFINED IN DARK, AVANT-GARDE, FUTURISTIC, AND POST-APOCALYPTIC WAYS. BEFORE ENTERING IN FASHION DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE WAS THE THING I WAS INTO IT, ESPECIALLY BRUTALIST ARCHITECTURE IS ALWAYS MY AESTHETIC AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE A BIG INFLUENCE ON ME IN MY FASHION DESIGN PATHWAYS. TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS ARE NECESSARY FOR ME TO COMPLETE A TASK SMOOTHLY. FASHION IS AN HIGH-INTENSITY JOB WHICH REQUIRES DESIGN, RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION; THEREFORE, THE DISTRIBUTION OF TASKS IS THE VERY FIRST THING THAT I ALWAYS DO AT THE BEGINNING OF PROJECTS.

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