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Irene Lim Seow Goh (born 1944) was the first chairman of the Fashion Arts Trade Advisory Committee of the Industrial Training Board and a prominent fashion designer in Singapore.
Lim's father was prominent restaurateur Charlie Lim.[1] She initially studied interior design at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.[2] However, two years after she had begun attending the university, she switched to a course in fashion as she was afraid that she would not be able to find many opportunities as an interior designer in Singapore.[3] In 1966, she won the university's Most Promising Student Award.[4][5]
After graduating from the institute, Lim returned to Singapore in January 1967 and began working for a dress house.[6][7] Her dresses were first showcased at a fashion show held at the Raffles Hotel on 25 March.[8] By June 1971, she had established the mini-boutique "Irene-n-Me" at the Bata Premier Store and the boutique "Irene" at the Singapore Hilton.[9] She became a fashion coordinator at Isetan in 1973.[10] A collection of 80 of her dresses were showcased at a fashion show in the Philippines in April 1974.[11] In June, she closed down her boutique and began working as a marketing manager for an Australian men's wear chain.[10] By November 1975, her clothes had been showcased in Manila multiple times and once in Hong Kong.[3]
In 1978, Lim was appointed the chairman of the newly established Fashion Arts Trade Advisory Committee of the Industrial Training Board.[4] This made her the only female head of an Industrial Training Board trade advisory committee.[12]
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