The fashion world is a ruthless one: Every
year there are new trends and demands that can easily drive away any hopeful up-and-coming fashion
designer.
Toronto designer Rachel Sin, however, is unfazed as she seamlessly establishes herself in fashion circles.
With a bachelor’s and master’s degree in architecture, Sin incorporates her education into her designs,
drawing on architecture’s strict attention to detail.
“I don’t think I’d be as good of a fashion designer if I didn’t study architecture. You study balance,
proportion and symmetry in architecture — all of which can be applied to fashion,” she says.
Inspired by the modern working woman, Sin makes her designs very streamlined and never overdone, opting
instead to let the design speak for itself with exquisite detail. She believes understated style, day or
night, is looking polished in a form-fitting dress that combines precision in cut and demure sensuality.
At Toronto’s Alternative Fashion Week earlier this year, Sin featured feminine designs inspired by the
understated elegance of the 1950s for her fall/winter 2011 collection, but all with the trademark equipoise.
The collection was featured in such publications as Bohemia Magazine and Torontoist.
Though rising quickly into the spotlight, she is far too dedicated to her work to take much notice.
“I have been too busy to stop and take in what I have accomplished,” she says. “Mostly, I take it one day at
a time, but I am definitely enjoying the ride.”
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Photo Courtesy: Rachel
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