fashion designer, dailydozen creative
Hong Kong
- Current
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- design at Dailydozen Creative
- Past
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- creative director at Vintage China
- senior designer (contract-based) at Gap Inc.
- designer at Patrick Robinson
- associate designer at Emanuel Ungaro
- assistant designer at Jean Yu
- freelance designer at Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
- apprenticeship at Jill Stuart International
- apprenticeship at Geoffrey Beene
- Education
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- Parsons School of Design
- Salem State College
- Salem State College
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deacon yu’s Summary
in '92, deacon moved to boston where he earned his degrees in mathematics and in economics. in '95, he relocated to new york city and got his b.f.a. in fashion design from parsons school of design. during study, he was apprenticed to geoffrey beene, jean yu, and jill stuart. upon graduation and through cecilia dean of visionaire, he assisted alex white, the fashion director of w magazine. eager to design, he then worked at emanuel emanuel ungaro and patrick robinson.
balancing a daytime job, he co-founded an accessory label - nneuhs - in '00 in nyc believing in a vision, innovation and function. it is not about buying "retail samples" to "borrow" ideas, nor "looking back" for "inspiration", but looking forward. design-driven without compromising quality, each piece is crafted by hands. the design studio also counts nike, the gap, j. crew, playboy, brooks brothers, etc, as their design clients.
to bring products and process closer, in '05 deacon moved to asia and renamed the studio dailydozen creative. while nneuhs took a back seat, he part-owned a premium denim label - vintage china - and successfully fusing the chinese culture as design element and western lifestyles as inspiration for the american and european markets. the label was eventually purchased in the summer of 2008. currently, he is bringing back the spirit of nneuhs with a new commitment and a “new” name - Deacon.
in design we trust.
deacon yu’s Specialties:
hi-tech hi-fashion womenswear
leather accessories
deacon yu’s Experience
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design
Dailydozen Creative
(Apparel & Fashion industry)
January 2005 — Present (5 years )
we are a fashion design consultancy service for China focusing on structuring, branding, products, soft & hard marketing, and retailing.
past consulting clients: Vigoss China -
creative director
Vintage China
(Apparel & Fashion industry)
November 2006 — June 2008 (1 year 8 months)
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senior designer (contract-based)
Gap Inc.
(Public Company; GPS; Retail industry)
February 2002 — January 2005 (3 years )
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designer
Patrick Robinson
(Apparel & Fashion industry)
December 2000 — February 2002 (1 year 3 months)
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associate designer
Emanuel Ungaro
(Apparel & Fashion industry)
October 1999 — December 2000 (1 year 3 months)
worked in new york in the emanuel/emanuel ungaro division
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assistant designer
Jean Yu
(Apparel & Fashion industry)
September 1998 — October 1999 (1 year 2 months)
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freelance designer
Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
(Public Company; PLA; Entertainment industry)
June 1997 — September 1998 (1 year 4 months)
assisted Aaron Duncan, SVP, to relaunch the product department at the initial pharse
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apprenticeship
Jill Stuart International
(Privately Held; Apparel & Fashion industry)
March 1997 — June 1997 (4 months)
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apprenticeship
Geoffrey Beene
(Apparel & Fashion industry)
September 1996 — March 1997 (7 months)
trained under doo ri chung of doo.ri
deacon yu’s Education
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Parsons School of Design
B.F.A. , fashion design , 1995 — 1999
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Salem State College
B.A. , Mathematics , 1992 — 1995
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Salem State College
B.S. , economics , 1992 — 1995
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Parsons
deacon yu’s Honors:
Onward New Designer Fashion Grand Prix XVII, finalists (18th place, 18416 entries)
Modern Bride Magazine’s Millennium Wedding Dress Competition, 1st runner-up
Birkenstock Shoe Design Competition 2000, 2nd prize
Gold Thimble Award appointed by Veronique Nichanian, Hermes, Parsons, New York 1999
Silver Thimble Award appointed by Victoria Massi, Dana Buchman, Parsons, New York 1998
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