Visual Arts | Contemporary Fashion Designer | Sang A Im-Propp
To this generation today, each different clothing lines are designed by different fashion designers.
Here is the last of 3 contemporary fashion designers that have huge clothing lines around the world.
Sang A Im-Propp.
Sang A Im-Propp has delivered “Independent, Rebellious-Luxury” since the successful debut of her eponymous accessories collection in 2006. A masterful use of exotic skins, fine leathers, and unconventional textiles has since established Sang A as one of the most innovative luxury accessories designers. Today, Sang A continues to radically explore textures and forms with the same Street-Ready approach that has become the hallmark of the SANG A Collection.
Im Sang Ah, born February 25, 1973, is a former Korean pop star turned designer of handbags, based in Soho in New York City. Sang Ah first launched her collection of skin and leather accessories in Spring 2006.
Prior to the launch of SANG A in Spring 2006, Sang Ah spent two years researching, sourcing, and designing her collection. Her use of exotic skins, such as antiqued-finish alligator, hand-waxed rustic python, and silky lizard, are handpicked from the European tanneries. Her bags are praised as timeless and edgy. Celebrities carrying her handbags include Mischa Barton, Freida Pinto, and Jessica Simpson. They have been used in the television shows Gossip Girl and Lipstick Jungle.
Here is one of the many collections from her line :
List of awards she have been rewarded in her career of Fashion Designer :
- Samsung Fashion Design Fund Award in Seoul, South Korea. (November, 2007)
- CFDA Fashion Awards (2011)