Dereklam, A Chinese Designer, Has Been Looking For A New Investment Window.

After a period of "empty window", the famous American Chinese Designer DerekLam (Lin Jiancheng) has also found a new investor.

SandbridgeCapital acquired a minority stake in DerekLamInternationalLLC, and the financial terms were not disclosed, but it is said that the proportion of shares is not small.

Bally, Belstaff and JimmyChoo, a Swiss luxury group Labelux, was once a major shareholder of the New York based designer brand. It withdrew in November 2012 and was repurchased by DerekLam and its partner Jan-HendrikSchlottmann.

Sandbridge's headquarters is also in New York, focusing on investment in consumer and retail sectors. Its backers are a group. fashion The industry's heavyweight top advisors include the famous American designer TommyHilfiger, Gucci former CEO, TomFord brand partner DomenicoDeSole and so on.

DavidFife, managing partner of Sandbridge, said: DerekLam has the potential to become the next major American luxury lifestyle brand, and new funds will be used to expand retail, wholesale and e-commerce channels.

DerekLam was born in a Chinese American family in San Francisco, California. Her parents are in the clothing import business, and grandparents run a successful wedding dress factory in San Francisco. He graduated from the famous Parsons School of design in New York in 1990. In 2004, he won the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Award, and DeSole provided guidance for him. In 2005, he won the CFDAPerryEllis Swarovski New Fashion Designer Award, and won the best accessory Designer Award in 2007.

　　 DerekLam In the early years, he worked for the famous designer brand MichaelKors of the United States, and also served as the creative director of Italy luxury brand Tod 's.

The DerekLam brand was founded in 2003 and is located in fashion casual wear. At present, it has a mainline DerekLamCollection and a sub line 10CrosbyDerekLam.

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