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Full Member
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陳嘉賢
Karen Chan
Karen Chan, JP is the Founder, Creative Director & Chief Fashion Designer of modern Chinese chic designer brands SPARKLE COLLECTION and SPARKLE BY KAREN CHAN. Born and raised in Hong Kong, and having studied and lived in US and Canada for 15 years, Karen has a deep appreciation for both Chinese and Western art and culture, with a special passion for HK culture and the iconic cheongsam.
Karen apprenticed under the legendary Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritor Master Fung Yau Choi in the art of traditional cheongsam-making, and with an innate sense of style, Karen designs funky modern east-meets-west cheongsams and Tang jackets which retain the intricate Chinese traditional craftsmanship but infused with Western design concepts with regards to patterns, fabrics and wearability, injecting new life and unorthodox game-changing ideas into this priceless national heritage.
Karen’s contribution to society is well recognized. Besides being appointed as Justice of the Peace (JP) by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Karen received an Honorary Fellowship from the Vocational Training Council, is an appointed Council Member of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Adjunct Professor of Hong Kong Baptist University and School Advisor of the Hong Kong Metropolitan University.
Karen takes up various public service roles in the manufacturing as well as the Arts & Cultural sector. She is Deputy Chairman of Federation of Hong Kong Industries, Vice Chairman of Q Mark Council Committee, Chairman of Hong Kong Furniture Industry Council, Member of the Board of Directors of Hong Kong Cyberport Management Co. Ltd., and on the Board of Governors of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the council member of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
Karen also received numerous accolades over the years, including but not limited to:
Hong Kong Top Brand Award (2022)
Golden Bauhinia Women Entrepreneur Award – Art & Culture (2022)
Guangdong-HK- Macao Greater Bay Area Outstanding Young Entrepreneur Award (2022)
Hong Kong Cultural & Creative Industries Award (2021)
<<JESSICA>> Fashion Magazine Most Successful Women Award (2020)
JCI Tsuen Wan’s Outstanding Family Business Award (2020)
GBA Outstanding Women Entrepreneur Award in Family Business (2018)
Outstanding Women Professionals and Entrepreneurs Award (2017)
Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Hong Kong Award (2014)
APEC Young Women Innovator Award (2013)
FHKI’s Young Industrialist Award (2009)
Karen Chan, JP 是現代中國時尚設計師品牌 SPARKLE COLLECTION 和 SPARKLE BY KAREN CHAN 的創始人、創意總監兼首席時裝設計師。 Karen在香港出生長大，在美國和加拿大學習和生活了15年，對中西方藝術和文化有著深刻的欣賞，對香港文化和標誌性的旗袍情有獨鍾。
Karen師從傳奇的香港非物質文化遺產傳承人封有才大師學習傳統旗袍製作工藝，憑著與生俱來的時尚感，Karen設計出時尚、現代、匯聚東西文化的旗袍和唐裝，保留了繁複的中國傳統工藝，但在圖案、面料和可穿度方面融入了西方設計概念，為這無價的國民遺產，注入新的生命，及非正統而改變遊戲規則的意念。
Karen對社會的貢獻廣受認同。除了獲香港特別行政區政府委任為太平紳士(JP)外，Karen還獲得職業訓練局的榮譽院士，獲委任為香港理工大學校董會成員，也是香港浸會大學的特邀教授及香港都會大學的學院顧問。
Karen在製造業以及藝術與文化界擔任各種公職。她是香港工業總會副主席、香港Q嘜優質標誌局委員會副主席、香港家具協會主席、香港數碼港管理有限公司董事局成員、香港管弦樂團董事局成員及香港藝術發展局成員。
多年來，Karen還獲得了無數奬項，包括但不限於：
香港名牌大獎 (2022)
金紫荊女企業家獎 – 藝術與文化 (2022)
粵港澳大灣區傑出青年企業家獎（2022）
香港文化創意產業大獎 (2021)
<<JESSICA>>時尚雜誌最成功女性獎(2020)
JCI荃灣傑出家族企業獎(2020)
大灣區家族企業傑出女企業家獎（2018）
傑出女性專業人士及企業家獎 (2017)
香港十大傑出青年獎 (2014)
APEC青年女性創新獎（2013）
香港工業總會香港青年工業家獎(2009)