Carlie Wong
Status: Eliminated
Age: 23
Hometown: Vancouver, BC
“I am the youngest designer here. I can compete with people that are older than me, even if they’re more experienced.”
Born in Hong Kong, Carlie Wong and her family moved to Canada when she was young. Always dressed to impress, Carlie does not own a pair of jeans.
Carlie graduated at the top of her class in 2006 in the Fashion Design program at Kwantlen University College in Vancouver. Upon graduation, Carlie was hired as a dress maker for Vancouver designer Manuel Mendoza. She now works at mac&jac/Kensie as an assistant designer.
Carlie says her experience in the industry has given her strong couturier skills, not unlike the delicate handiwork of centuries past. The goal of her design aesthetic is to bring back a sense of luxury to our everyday dress. Carlie has been featured in Style Magazine, The Georgia Straight newspaper and the Vancouver Sun.
Vices: Good food, good company and Shirley Temples.
Pet Peeves: Fake people, people who inject themselves into other people's conversations.
Best outfit: What I'm wearing.
Worst outfit: My lime green psychedelic atrocity of 1996.
Most embarrassing moment: Crying on national TV.
First celebrity crush: Jackie Jackson from The Jackson 5, or James "J.T." Taylor from Kool & The Gang.
Current celebrity crushes: Johnny Depp and Chris Cornell.
If you could be anyone for a day, it would be: Oprah Winfrey.
Dream job: Fashion designer.
Worst nightmare: Living a life where I'm unhappy and not satisfied with what I'm doing.
Favourite guilty pleasure movie: The Notebook, Die Hard: With a Vengeance.
What's in your purse/manbag? Makeup, keys, sketchbook, wallet and Ricola.
Last movie that made you cry: Many make me cry, I don't remember.
I can't leave the house without: Doing my hair.
Most annoying traits: I'm not annoying.
Your inspiration: Passionate people.
Favourite food: Indian curry.
Favourite piece of clothing: My Calvin Klein LBD (little black dress).
Favourite designer: Paul Poiret and Coco Chanel.
Best song for sketching: Whatever's in my head.
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