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Calvin Tran launched his eponymous fashion line in 2000 with
the opening of his flagship boutique, Calvin Tran,
in the SOHO neighborhood of New York City, and the release
of his women's ready-wear collection. His nonconformist approach
to style, as well as his avant-garde vision, has made him
a trail blazer in the fashion landscape. Tran’s versatile
designs are seductive yet refined, audacious though still
feminine, and have redefined not only the way women wear clothes,
but also how they exemplify modern femininity. Celebrated
for his brilliant understanding of the female physique, his
body-skimming, shape-shifting designs are a favorite of Hollywood
starlets such as Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Brooke Shields,
Gina Gershon and Sandra Oh.
A native of Vietnam and educated in design at the School
of Art and Design in Champagne Urbana, Illinois, Tran credits
the evolution of his fashion consciousness to his time as
a young designer living in New York City. He spent those
early years absorbing the kaleidoscope of colors, textures
and cultures of the bustling city while apprenticing for
fashion luminary Carolina Herrera.
After his time at Carolina Herrera, Tran was the Creative
Director at Zabari, New York. At Zabari, he led a design
team to produce Zabari’s classic clean key wardrobe
pieces showcasing leather materials. Following Zabari, Tran
went on to design for the men's label, K-oss until he launched
his own line in 2001.
Tran's designs have been featured in publications such
as The New York Times, Women's Wear Daily, Lucky, Cosmopolitan,
Chicago Social, The Men's Book, The San Francisco Chronicle
and US Weekly. In addition to regional and national publications,
Tran has been featured on ABC’s Best of Chicago
and Asian Influence in Chicago. In 2004, Calvin
was awarded the Style Breaker award by the Fashion
International Group.
In November of 2010, Tran was featured as a contestant
in the second season of the hit BRAVO show The Fashion
Show hosted by Isaac Mizrahi and Iman.
Tran currently resides in New York City while operating
boutiques in New York City and Chicago. |
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