Fashion career profile
Angel Chen
Angel Chen is a Chinese fashion designer born in Shenzhen and educated in London. She moved to study fashion at Central Saint Martins at 17, graduated in 2014, and interned with Vera Wang and Marchesa before starting her own label. Chen launched her eponymous line in 2014 at Shanghai Fashion Week; in an interview she described the creative work as based in London at the time and production in China. Her collections gained international visibility quickly: by 2016, the label had shown in New York, Paris and London and was stocked by Opening Ceremony and Lane Crawford. The British Fashion Council’s 2017 International Designer Exchange materials record that Chen received the Mercedes-Benz China Design Award for Spring/Summer 2017 and presented at Milan Fashion Week for Autumn/Winter 2017 through the programme. These records provide concrete career and distribution context without assuming that every later brand collaboration or role remains current. The profile treats Chen’s own label as her central professional body of work and avoids inventing links to other directory entities.
- Role
- Founder & Creative Director, Angel Chen
- Nationality
- Chinese
- Age
- 35
- Education: Central Saint Martins, graduated 2014i-D reports that Chen moved to London at 17 to study at Central Saint Martins and graduated in 2014. · i-D
- Early experience: Vera Wang and MarchesaBefore founding her own line, Chen interned with Vera Wang and Marchesa. · i-D
- Label launched: Shanghai Fashion Week, 2014Chen launched her eponymous line in 2014; she described the design work as based in London and production in China. · i-D
- International distribution: Opening Ceremony and Lane Crawford, 2016i-D reported the label on the racks of both retailers two years after its launch. · i-D
- Mercedes-Benz China Design Award: Spring/Summer 2017British Fashion Council exchange materials record Chen's award and her Milan Fashion Week presentation for Autumn/Winter 2017. · British Fashion Council
- 2014 — Graduates from Central Saint Martins and launches own lineChen returns to China and begins the label after completing her London fashion studies.
- 2016 — Label reaches New York, Paris and London runwaysThe designer describes showing across three fashion capitals within two years of launch.
- 2017 — Wins Mercedes-Benz China Design AwardThe British Fashion Council records the Spring/Summer 2017 award.
- 2017 — Presents at Milan Fashion Week through designer exchangeChen shows the Autumn/Winter 2017 collection through the Mercedes-Benz International Designer Exchange Programme.