Angela Chan

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Angela Chan
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Born (1967-01-21) January 21, 1967 (age 57)
United States
OccupationFashion designer

Angela Chan (born January 21, 1967; also known as Angela Chew) is an American fashion designer [1] who is currently the President of Chargeurs' PCC Technologies. [2] [3] Chan is known for founding Mommy Chic Maternity [3] and the International Design & Trade company. [4] [5] As an advocate of sustainability, she has also founded the Sustainable 50 Initiative.

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In addition, she is a Forbes contributor [6] and is also a featured columnist for the Sourcing Journal. [7]

Early life and education

Chan graduated from Pratt Institute with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. [1]

Career

In 1998, Chan founded Mommy Chic Maternity, the maternity and children's [SY1] brand that was utilized by celebrities such as Uma Thurman and Catherine Zeta-Jones. [8] Mommy Chic Maternity was mentioned in the book Invisible Eden: A Story of Love and Murder on Cape Cod by Maria Flook. [9] [10]

Chan worked as a manager at Macy's from 1989-1994. From 1995-2007, she worked in womenswear, menswear, and childrenswear for Calvin Klein, The Limited, Elie Tahari and Victoria's Secret, Rocawear, Gerson Lehrman Group, and many other companies. [1] [2] She worked at Destination XL Group from 2009-2018. [1] [11] [12]

In 2018, Chan became the Global President of Chargeurs. [2] At Chargeurs, she has initiated fashion school partnerships with FIT [13] and Parsons School of Design, [14] [15] founded Chargeurs Foundation in 2018, [16] and founded the Sustainable 50 initiative. [17] She founded Lainiere Health & Wellness, USA in 2020. [18]

Awards and recognition

She was the winner of the Fresh Face Designer award from Women’s Wear Daily in 2002. [19]

In January 2017, she was recognized as a Top Women in Retail Tech. [20]

In 2020, she was named one of the Most Influential DealMakeHers [21] and awarded The Women of Inspiration Award by Delivering Good. [22] [23] [24]

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  5. ↑ "Most Powerful Female Dealmakers in Consumer Space Selected as Inaugural "DealmakeHers"". The Deal Make Hers. January 6, 2020.
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