Dan Liu

Dan Liu
Born (1972-04-26) April 26, 1972
Hong Kong Hong Kong
Nationality Canada Canada, Hong Kong Hong Kong (dual citizenship)
Education Aoyama Fashion College
Occupation fashion designer, television producer
Website www.danliudesign.com
Labels TATSUAKI, AKI, DAN, DAN LIU

Dan Liu (Dan Liu Tatsuaki Chinese: 廖建明| Japanese: たつあき, Liu Tatsuaki; born April 26, 1972) is a Chinese-Japanese Canadian fashion designer and producing apparel, accessories and fashions for women and men. He is also the founder and the creative director of TATSUAKI fashion label. He was born in Hong Kong and is currently based in Toronto, Canada and Tokyo, Japan.

Early life

Dan Liu was born in Hong Kong and because of his complex family background, he moved to Canada by himself when he was 16. Liu attended high school at Resurrection Catholic Secondary School in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada and studied at the University of Waterloo for Psychology and Computer Science. At his early age, Liu worked as a janitor, as a delivery guy, as a tutor and as a choreographer/dancer that performed live shows until producing various fashion shows for a major fashion group in Canada in 1995; this triggered his passion in fashion. In 1997, he decided to discontinue everything and went back to Tokyo, Japan to study fashion design and marketing at Aoyama Fashion College.[1]

Fashion career

Liu worked for a fashion house TSUKI Fashion as a designer in the beginning.[2] In 2002, he began working with Holt Renfrew Canada [3] to promote his own label TATSUAKI by starting in 4 major Canadian cities; Montreal, Quebec; Toronto, Ontario; Calgary, Alberta and Vancouver, British Columbia until 2005 it was available across Canada. Liu went back to Tokyo, Japan in 2004 to launch his ready-to-wear collection and in 2006, he expanded his line by creating a lower price range label, AKI in Japan. In 2012, he started contracting with Hudson's Bay and became the first Asian Canadian fashion designer to launch his own label at the Bay in the 21st century.[4] In November 2010, Liu was fashion design/consulting to clients as a stylist/designer at Hugo Boss Canada[1] and he collaborated with Haight & Ashbury in Toronto, Canada for men's clothing in March 2013.

In February 2016, Liu was accepted by WME/IMG (Known as NYFW The Shows) to showcasing his DAN LIU line at New York Fashion Week at the Skylight Clarkson Sq in New York City, United States.[5][6][7]

TATSUAKI label and DAN LIU label

Dan Liu, as creative director of TATSUAKI fashion house, walked out at World MasterCard Fashion Week in Canada for 2015 Fall/Winter fashion show

TATSUAKI Inc. was founded by Liu in 2002 and it's named after his Japanese name. The label emphasis on beauty and practicality and caters for women as ‟Funky Couture”. The DAN LIU label was first noticed in February 2016 at New York Fashion Week by Liu as his high-end line and the collection appears to be more mature.[6][7] Both collections often appears with knit, crochet, lace and embroidery details.

TATSUAKI garments have graced the racks at Holt Renfrew Canada and other notable boutiques in both Tokyo, Japan and Toronto, Canada. Dan Liu opened the flagship store of TATSUAKI in the heart of Yorkville, Ontario, Canada in 2002 and was frequented by stars such as Jennifer Love Hewitt, Renee Zellweger and Robin Williams.

Fashion Girls by Dan - Fashion Makeover Reality Television Show

Dan Liu interviewed by Rogers Television, OMNI Channel, for the reality television show, Fashion Girls by Dan.

Fashion Girls by Dan is a spin-off of TLC’s What Not To Wear and Look-A-Like reality TV show with an Asian inspiration from Fashion TV's Tokyo Girls in Japan. The reality show premise is the walk through transformation of an ordinary person and the discussion of real life issues. Dan will give the participants a head to toe transformation to help them look and feel better about themselves and to gain the confidence that they need to achieve their goal.[8] The reality show began in the Fall of 2014, contracted for 2 series by OMNI TV from Rogers Media Group, with 13 episodes for each series. It was aired on OMNI TV channel 2 nationwide in Canada.[9][10] The show was also be on aired in China starting 2016.

Personal life

Liu has extensive training in martial arts. He started training in Muay Thai since he was 15. Starting 1997, he learned and studied iaido and bushido (The way of Samurai).[11] According to him, practicing martial arts is not just a physical exercise, it's also mental. It is a life philosophy.

References

  1. 1 2 “Another level for Dan Liu”. Today Commercial News.com, Commercial Newspaper, Sunday, February 6, 2011 p. 32,33.
  2. ↑ "fashionWATCH - Dan Liu (TSUKI)". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  3. ↑ http://www.ccue.com/ccp_east/2011-01-27/1296188725d2978858.html
  4. ↑ "Tatsuaki Spring 2012 at The Bay Fashion. Beauty. Trends. | Frontrowmag.com". frontrowmag.com. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  5. ↑ "DAN LIU FW16; nyfw.com". nyfw.com. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  6. 1 2 “NYFW: 2016's latest trends”. usatoday.com, Friday, February 19, 2016 LIFE.
  7. 1 2 “NYFW: 20 looks we'd rock this fall”. torontosun.com, Toronto Sun Newspaper, Thursday, February 18, 2016 Life Fashion.
  8. ↑ http://www.omnitv.ca/on/yue-can/shows/fashion-girls-by-dan/
  9. ↑ "OMNI TV - OMNI 2 - Cantonese News Segment". omnitv.ca. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  10. ↑ “Fashion Girls by Dan - fashion makeover reality TV show by Dan Liu”. Today Commercial News.com, 701 magazine, Saturday, September 27, 2014 p. 39.
  11. ↑ "Dan Liu Tatsuaki - Iaido examination: 9th move SOETE TSUKI 九本目 添え手突き - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 2014-08-24.

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