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Lau Pui Kei, Eddie (born February 24, 1951 - )is an iconic image & fashion designer in Hong Kong.[1] Lau has worked in the fashion industry since 1962 until his retirement in 1999, but he has never left his profession up to now.[2] He was at the peak of his career in the 1980s, when he designed haute couture and stage costumes for the celebrities, such as Eunice Lam(林燕妮), Bak Sheut-sin(白雪仙), Liza Wang(汪明荃), Michelle Yeoh(楊紫瓊), Anita Mui(梅艷芳).[3] Lau was also employed to design uniforms for international brands - Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (1999, 2011),[4] Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited (2013)[5] and gained much recognition. He is the first fashion designer whose works have become a focus of the Hong Kong Heritage Museum's collection[6] In 2013, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum held an exhibition of Lau, named ‘他Fashion傳奇Eddie Lau‧她Image百變‧劉培基’[7] and his autobiography Clair de Lune (《舉頭望明月.劉培基自傳》) was released in the same year.[8]
Lau Pui Kei, Eddie (劉培基) | |
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Born | (1951-02-24) February 24, 1951 (age 73) |
Nationality | Chinese |
Education | Advanced clothing and material design in Saint Martins School of Art in London |
Occupation | Fashion Designer & Image Designer (Retired) |
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