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Xander Zhou
How did you get started?
At first I studied industrial design in Beijing but my heart wasn’t in it.
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I later had the chance to go to the Netherlands and decided to study what I had always wanted to do: fashion design. I did this in The Hague. After my graduation, I worked for [Dutch designer] Jeroen van Tuyl in preparation for his spring 07 collection.
After that, I was eager to get something going myself.
Why did you choose to return to China?
In Europe it is very hard for young, upcoming designers to make a name for themselves, especially if they’ve not graduated from the top few fashion schools.
Surprisingly, fashion media are mainly interested in ‘established’ designers. In China, it is not necessarily much easier for an upcoming designer, but things work differently. Before I came back, I had hooked up with other young, creative people (photographers, stylists, fashion editors and so on), most of whom had also spent time abroad and were ready to storm the