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Viv Cheng

Viv is for Vintage

About Me

The Official MySpace Site of Vivien Cheng Designs


Welcome to the Official Myspace page of Vivien Cheng, handbag designer.REVIVE + RESURRECTStemming from a passion for all things vintage, Vivien Cheng specialises in reviving and resurrecting reclaimed and vintage handbags with her hand-painted motifs.DESIGN PROCESSTaking in first the shape and form of the original handbag, Vivien sketches up motifs in colour before applying multiple layers of paint to each piece. This design process and the resulting work of art is a true labour of love.STOCKISTSSomething, 58 Lamb’s Conduit St., Bloomsbury, UK, WC1N 3LW
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7430 1516Covet, 21 Arlington Way, London, UK, EC1R 1UY
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7713 8453Sophie Roan, 117 East 7th Street, New York, NY 10009
Tel: +1 212 529 0085Fashion Conscience, online shopFor more information, visit the official Vivien Cheng website at www.viviencheng.com
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My Interests

Travel, travel, and travel. Foreign languages. Salsa dancing. Buenos Aires. Bocas del Toro, Panama. Rio de Janeiro. New York. Istanbul. Paris. Richard Neutra, Aalvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Case Study Houses and Frank Lloyd Wright. Eley Kishimoto, Isabel Marant, Matthew Williamson, Tsumori Chisato, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, John Galliano, Philip Lim. Crafts, painting, sewing, drawing, plasticine, lego, origami, vintage clothing, vintage bags and accessories, revamping secondhand clothing, flea markets, garage sales. 60's textiles prints, tacky wallpaper, shabby French chic, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, William Morris, ancient Japanese paintings and kimonos, Alfonse Mucha, ancient Greek vase etchings, old fifties magazines, Escher, Frida Kahlo, Erte.

I'd like to meet:

Everyone!

Music:

LCD Soundsystem, The Beach House, The Postal Service, David Bowie, Mr. Furious and his Robodance compiliations, The Organ, Fiest, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol, Sebastien Tellier, Jose Gonzales, Bob Marley, The Supremes, Brazilian bossa nova and samba, Buena Vista Social Club, Mew, Hot Chip, The Flaming Lips, Pink Floyd, Goldfrapp, Teenage Fanclub, Dimitri from Paris, Chambao, Miles Davis, Massive Attack, Portishead, The Smiths, The Strokes, Air, My Bloody Valentine.

Movies:

Volver, C.R.A.Z.Y., Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Delicatessen, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Chungking Express, The Science of Dreams, Brazil

Books:

Moon Palace, Mr. Vertigo, Yocandra in the Paradise of Nada, The Edible Woman, The Great Gatsby, Ghostwritten

Heroes:



About me:

My Blog

NYC stockist!

Very happy to announce that we have a new stockist in New York, Sophie Roan!Sophie Roan117 East 7th StreetNYC, NY 10009Tel: +1 212 529 0085...
Posted by Viv Cheng on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:46:00 PST

We have a Fashion Conscience...

Our first online stockist is also an eco-friendly one! That's two great things at once...Fashion Conscience...
Posted by Viv Cheng on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:18:00 PST

Prada vs. Viv!

Here is some press from Fashion Tribes. I feel honoured to be compared to Prada :)...
Posted by Viv Cheng on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:53:00 PST

New stockists in London!

I am happy to announce that the Spring/Summer 2008 collection is now available at our two new stockists in London! Something, 58 Lamb's Conduit St., Bloomsbury, WC1N 3LW Tel: +44 (0) 20 7430 151...
Posted by Viv Cheng on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:47:00 PST

My new best friend is Your New Best Friend

ooh yeah.....Your New Best Friendor otherwise known as THE place for the hot/not barometer. Thankfully I somehow made it to the hot side.Missy and Em, love you guys!Viv:)...
Posted by Viv Cheng on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:18:00 PST

Some news...

Some coverage we've had:Vogue.comCouture in the CityDotspotter...
Posted by Viv Cheng on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:36:00 PST

London Fashion Week

Hello! My first post on this blog commemorates some very exciting news! A couple of months ago, I sent an accessories design cv to the founder of the luxury bag company Belen Echandia. Although she wa...
Posted by Viv Cheng on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 01:12:00 PST