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Part 3 (Above: a rather grainy photo of a school article featuring alumni.) As I had come to enjoy dressmaking so much, I made the brave (foolhardy?) decision to do a career transition at the ripe old age of 30. In April 2005, I started a full time fashion design course at the then Raffles Design Institute. Looking back, I can’t believe I made that jump – you could call it a blind leap of faith. But, I guess that’s the beauty of being young & reckless..I do remember thinking that the opportunity cost would only get bigger if I...

A cheongsam for dinner with the girls? Absolutely. The Nancy in Red Floral is one of those dresses that does the work for you. The print is bold enough that you don't need to overthink accessories — keep them simple and let the dress lead. How I styled it - Here's how I put the look together. Nancy moves well and stays comfortable through a long dinner. The red floral print is bold but grounded by the black, without being occasion-specific. I'd wear this to a birthday dinner, a date night, or any evening where I want to feel put-together...

Styling a cheongsam for everyday wear doesn't have to feel like a big production.

Part 2 Check out some of our past (waaaay past) designs above! How did I get into the business of designing clothes, you ask? Not intentionally, for sure! I studied business in university, but harboured zero ambitions of becoming an entrepreneur, much less one in fashion. There was a module in Uni called “Entrepreneurship” which I did not take (no interest)! For as long as I could remember, I wanted a career in Finance. I chose to major in Finance, although I fared much better at marketing. Before graduation, I snagged a position at a US investment bank - thrilled...

Part 1 Can you believe we're in the second quarter of 2024?! I said I'd share more about the Dotted Line story, so here goes.Let’s start from the Dotted Line you see today - our line of cheongsams was launched 18 January 2018. The photo above is from an early popup we did at a Keepers event at the Singapore Design Centre.You might have noticed, our logo shows a dress, rather than a cheongsam. Well, Dotted Line launched way before cheongsams made an appearance. We first launched in 2006 at MAAD (Market of Artists & Designers), housed at the Red...