"I trained with Goyard in France, where they can actually fail you as an artisan. That was when I was 26, in my second job after graduating from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore with a diploma in fashion design. My first job was with an independent tailor, where I worked for one-and-a-half years. Then, a friend working at Goyard's then-distributor in Singapore approached me as they were bringing in the brand and needed a customization artist."
"Every day, I painted what clients wanted on their bags. The standard requests were initials and stripes, but there were also portraits and pets. Those years taught me about luxury, craftsmanship, quality, and precision. We're trained to be really careful; if we make a major mistake, the bag is done. I think it happened to one or two bags. As an artist, I was very lucky to get a good, steady paycheck."
Jasline Ang, 38, cofounder of Studio Qiling in Singapore, trained as a customization artist for luxury brands and left steady paychecks to start her own label. She studied fashion design at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and first worked with an independent tailor. She trained for two weeks with Goyard in Carcassonne, France, passed a strict artisan assessment, and then ran a customization studio in Singapore painting initials, stripes, portraits, and pets. Those years taught luxury craftsmanship, precision, and the importance of careful work because major mistakes can ruin a bag. After about four years she joined Louis Vuitton to paint hard-sided pieces and pursue more freestyle artistic projects. She embraces AI as a tool to help market her fashion brand.
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