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Dato' Jimmy Choo
Dato' Jimmy Choo, OBE, born Choo Yeang Keat,
(Chinese: 周仰杰) is a Malaysian fashion designer based in London, United Kingdom.
He is best known for founding Jimmy Choo Ltd that became known for its handmade women's shoes.
Choo was born in Penang, Malaysia, into a family of shoemakers, who are of Chinese Hakka descent.
His family name is Chow but was misspelled on his birth certificate as Choo. He made his first shoe when he was 11 years old. He is perhaps the most notable of students of Cordwainers Technical College in Hackney, U.K., from which he graduated in 1983. (The college is now part of the London College of Fashion.)
Choo has divulged that he worked part time at restaurants and as a cleaner at a shoe factory to help fund his college education.
Jimmy Choo's beginnings can be traced back to his workshop in Hackney, North London, which he opened in 1986 by renting an old hospital building. His craftsmanship and designs were soon noticed and he came to the verge of international notability when his creations were featured in a record eight pages in a 1988 issue of Vogue magazine. Patronage from Diana, Princess of Wales, from 1990 further boosted his image.
In 1996, he co-founded Jimmy Choo Ltd with British Vogue magazine accessories editor Tamara Mellon.
In April 2001, Choo sold his 50% stake in the company for £10 million. He has since concentrated his work on the exclusive Jimmy Choo Couture line produced under license from Jimmy Choo Ltd. The Jimmy Choo London line, also known as Jimmy Choo Ready-To-Wear or, simply, Jimmy Choo, is under the purview of Mellon. The ready-to-wear line has expanded to include accessories such as handbags.
Choo lives in London and is currently involved in a project to set up a shoemaking institute in Malaysia, where his iconic status is often evoked to inspire budding shoemakers and fashion designers. Jimmy Choo Ltd. produces some of the most expensive high-end shoes.
~ Wikipedia
Monday, May 23, 2011
Dato' Andre Goh
Goh Eng Boon atau lebih dikenali sebagai Andre Goh merupakan salah seorang penyanyi lagu irama tradisional dan joget bukan Melayu yang cukup terkenal dan popular di Malaysia.
Andre Goh merupakan dari keturunan Baba Melaka dan keluarganya mengamalkan adat dan budaya orang Melayu. Ini turut menjadikan Andre begitu fasih berbahasa Melayu. Andre Goh dilahirkan di Kampung Sialang, Tangkak, Johor.
Bapanya, Goh Tiam Leong juga mahir mendendangkan lagu dondang sayang. Malah, ibunya, Wee Teck Neo pula mahir berpantun. Rumah mereka sering menjadi tempat perhimpunan orang kampung untuk belajar menyanyi lagu langgam, dondang sayang atau asli.
Andre Goh merupakan anak keenam daripada 15 beradik. Beliau mula berjinak dalam lapangan seni sejak sekolah rendah lag dengan lagu dendangan Cliff Richard, Elvis Presley dan The Shadows.
Dia mula menyertai bidang seni secara lebih serius ketika berkhidmat dengan Jabatan Telekom Malaysia di Brickfields, di atas dorongan rakan sebiliknya Michael Leong yang bekerja di Jabatan Penerangan. Andre menyertai Bakat TV pada 1972, dan mendapat perhatian ramai, sungguhpun gagal muncul sebagai juara. Selepas pertandingan, dia ditawarkan bagi mengendali program TV berjudul Andre sebanyak 20 episod yang disiarkan setiap Ahad.
~ wikipedia
Sasterawan Negara
Abdul Samad bin Muhammad Said, pen name A. Samad Said (born 9 April 1935)
is a Malaysian poet and novelist who, in May 1976, was named by Malay literature
communities and many of the country's linguists as the Pejuang Sastera
[Literary Exponent] receiving, within the following decade, the 1979 Southeast Asia
Write Award and, in 1986, in appreciation of his continuous writings and contributions
to the nation's literary heritage, or Kesusasteraan Melayu, the title Sasterawan Negara.
~wikipedia
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