Fashion career profile
Sandy Liang
Sandy Liang is a New York designer whose namesake label turns personal memories of Chinatown, family and everyday city life into playful, technically minded clothing. A Parsons School of Design graduate, she launched her label in 2014 with a focus on outerwear; the Council of Fashion Designers of America described her early signatures through candy-colored fur and reworked fleece, with silhouettes balancing utility and whimsy. Liang was a finalist in the 2017 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, a mentorship and support program for emerging American designers. The label’s vocabulary has expanded from coats into dresses, knitwear, bags, jewelry and footwear while retaining its downtown New York perspective. In 2022 she introduced Mary Jane Pointe, her first footwear design, developed from the visual language of ballet shoes and Mary Janes. Later profiles describe the label as a broader personal project shaped by life as well as fashion, but this page keeps career milestones tied to verifiable releases, education and industry recognition rather than transient trend labels.
- Role
- Founder & Designer, Sandy Liang
- Nationality
- American
- Age
- 35
- Inside Hypebeast Afterhours: A Sandy Liang NYFW AfterpartyHypebeast Fashion · 2026-09-15
- Sandy Liang SS27 Sends Ruffled Track Pants and Trompe l'Oeil Skirts to VersaillesHypebeast Fashion · 2026-09-14
- Sandy Liang Does Precious Practicality for Spring 2027Fashionista · 2026-09-14
- Education: Parsons School of DesignCFDA describes her as a Parsons graduate; her own label followed in 2014. · CFDA
- Label launch: Sandy Liang, 2014Liang began her New York label with an outerwear focus. · CFDA
- Recognition: CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalist, 2017The finalist program provided mentoring and industry support. · CFDA
- Product expansion: Mary Jane Pointe, first footwear design, 2022The ballet-inspired shoe marked her first footwear launch. · Highsnobiety
- Publication: Dressing Up: Sandy Liang, 2026A Rizzoli monograph documented the label’s personal archive and design practice. · SSENSE
- 2014 — Launches her New York labelBegins with outerwear shaped by her downtown point of view.
- 2017 — Named a CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalistThe program brings mentorship and industry visibility to her growing label.
- 2022 — Introduces Mary Jane PointeHer first footwear design blends ballet slipper references with a Mary Jane form.
- 2026 — Publishes Dressing Up: Sandy LiangA Rizzoli book brings together personal images and the label’s archive.