Ep. 193: Play, perception and the intersection of fashion and technology with Chinese-American fashion creator Karina Chan

This week’s guest is Karina Chan, a Chinese American Project Manager who grew up in the Silicon Valley, in the San Francisco Bay Area.

In this episode we discuss how perception and presentation shows up differently for people of colour and Karina shares some beautiful insights from former US Vogue editor-at-large Andre Leon Talley’s book The Chiffon Trenches. Karina also shares early memories of watching her mum, a real estate agent, getting ready to go to work and her hopes for the future of fashion as technology becomes more sophisticated.

If you love fashion you’re going to love this episode. And if you don’t know fashion, it’s still worth a listen and visiting Google when you get curious!

I really hope you enjoy this one as much as we did. Feel free to get in touch with feedback over in the DMs on Twitter or Instagram @beautymepodcast or email me [email protected]. Don’t forget, you’ll also find some video clips of our chat on Instagram or you can see it on TikTok @charissekenion.

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Links/Content mentioned

Karina on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@karinajchan

My video on Jenny Shimizu: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJm3mWSo/

Andre Leon Talley’s The Chiffon Trenches: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chiffon-Trenches-Andre-Leon-Talley/dp/0008342342

Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink; The Power of Thinking without Thinking: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blink-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0316057908

Karina’s video on Dior: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJm3buw5/

Karina’s video on Emanuel Ungaro: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJm39Y8r/

Asim Abdullah buying fashion house Emanuel Ungaro: https://www.sfgate.com/magazine/article/The-Fixer-Can-Silicon-Valley-venture-capitalist-2573018.php

Chani episode on BeautyMe: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3PfViYwjaonfjryZmE8Ybc?si=71fcb1bdb31245d8

Liah Yoo on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LiahYoo

The Cutting Room Floor on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thecuttingroomfloor/posts

The Cutting Room Floor on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tcrfff

Law Roach on High Low with EmRata: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ZrwYv6j0T7uqMVYMcifHC?si=0a5b38487f754f79

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