THET SU WADDY of ELXiE Atelier, Myanmar
as part of #IDFW22 #AIDFW season 2022 (6th JAN 2022) https://aseanfashiondesignersshowcase.wordpress.com/asea.../ and https://thehomeground.asia/.../asean-international.../
DESIGNER PROFILE: THET SU WADDY
• Thet Su Waddy is a Myanmar designer born in Yangon on November 20th, 1998. She is affectionately known to all by her nickname – Elxie.
• Her mother’s clothing atelier had a great influence on Elxe’s life and that is what made her pursue a career in fashion design. After completing her studies in high school, Elxie studied in YUFL for one semester while she prepared to attend fashion university.
• In 2016, the 17-year-old Elxie started her formal education in fashion design at Raffles International College. She pursued a Diploma of Fashion Design and Bachelor of Fashion Design (Hons) from Northumbria University that is linked with Raffles Bangkok.
• Part of the internship experience during the school years, she worked as backstage managing assistant for Chanel Cruise Show in Bangkok 2018 and assisted Kunming Folk Fashion Week 2019.
• Elxie completed her graduation in June 2020 with a Bachelor of Arts with Second Honours Class (Lower Division) from Northumbria University.
• The year 2021 witnessed Elxie establishing her own brand, Elxie Atelier that defines her fashion aesthetics and caters to Myanmar’s fashionistas in 20s.
• Elxie keen interest in artworks, architecture, and people inspires her to create eye-catching details to infuse into her designs and to create contemporary fashion with a ready-to-wear line for Myanmar’s fast growing fashion market.
• Elxie is inspired to keep on working by seeing people in her creations and when she meets a very chic woman who happens to like her designs. This is what motivates her to keep on going.
• Elxie is an esteem member and fashion ambassador of the ASEAN Fashion Designer Showcase representing Myanmar.
special thanks: Neva Weber of Dressed AU and Hayden NG of ASEAN Fashion Designers Showcase