New York-based fashion designer Angel Chang explores bleeding edge trends in fashion. Inspired by smart fabrics and designing for the future, she collaborates with engineers and interaction designers to develop new ways of dressing for the cosmopolitan woman. The Spring 2007 launch collection was immediately covered by The New York Times, Newsweek, Style.com, and ELLE. Just after one season, she was chosen as the recipient of the Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation award. Recently, she received the Cartier Women’s Initiative Award as the North American Laureate.

Prior to starting her own company, Angel Chang served as Design Assistant at Donna Karan Collection and worked in the design studios of Viktor & Rolf and Marc Jacobs. As an active participant in the downtown New York creative scene, she was also Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the art and culture quarterly Me Magazine.

She received an MA in Modern Art from Columbia University and a BA cum laude in Art History & Visual Arts from Barnard College.

Awards:
Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation Award
Cartier Women’s Initiative Award

Speaking engagements:
IntertechPira Smart & Intelligent Textiles Conference (Download Brochure)
Avantex Symposium for Innovative Apparel Textiles (Download Brochure)
Wearable Futures Conference: Hybrid Culture in the Design and Development of Soft Technology

Manifestos:
Spring 2007 launch collection
Engineers Are From Mars, Fashion Designers Are From Venus: Bridging the Gap Between Two Opposing Industries (Download PDF)