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Episode 007: "Child of the Tropics" - A Journey in Fashion Design (Guest: Noelle Kan, Fashion Designer and Founder of KANOE)


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This is Episode 7.

My guest is Noelle Kan, who is a fashion designer and the founder of local homegrown tropical wear brand KANOE.

Noelle studied fashion design at Sydney, Australia, before obtaining a scholarship to do a Masters in Fashion as Art in Florence, Italy.

After teaching art for two years at a high school, followed by a stint doing social work at Boracay, the Philippines, she returned to Malaysia to start her fashion label, KANOE.

Noelle shares her story with our host Winston on how she went from a young girl who had fought her way to gain her parents' approval to do fashion design, but took a detour for self-development before realising her calling back into fashion.

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