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Yuna Yang is Manhattan-based designer, artist, author. She is born in Seoul, Korea and graduated Ehwa Woman's University majoring in Fine Art. Following her initial degree she moved to Milan Italy where she completed one year fashion design course. Her interview with WWD in April 2010, she mentioned that she caught the fashion bug from her mother early on. “She’s very into fashion and a very big fan of Chanel,” the designer says. “My grandmom, too. Korean women are like Italians. They never go out without makeup and [without] being fully dressed.”https://wwd.com/feature/yuna-yangs-world-3023542-1331842/

Shortly after her diploma course at Marangoni, she worked at Alviero Martini. Shortly after, she moved to London and completed 2nd degree as a fashion design women's wear BA at Central Saint Martins, London U.K.

After completing her 2nd degree at C.S.M, she moved to New York and launched her eponymous brand in 2010 in New York Fashion week, with her F/W 2010 debut, her debut collection look featured in the cover of Women’s Wear Daily proclaimed that she is “a sure winner just out of the gate with her charming Louise Brooks-inspired first collection.” https://wwd.com/runway/fall-ready-to-wear-2010/new-york/yuna-yang/review/Yuna Yang is recognized by fashion critics, New York Magazine (Nine Designers to Watch)https://www.thecut.com/2010/09/designers_to_watch_3.html, followed by a second cover story in WWD titled as 'New York's New Wave', Manhattan magazine (Top 5 Newcomer), Mojeh Dubai (5 International Asian Designers to Watch in 2012) and Harper's Bazaar Taiwan (4 internationally rising star designers).

In 2011, she collaborated with 20th Century Fox Studios to create a capsule collection for the world film premiere of “Water for Elephants.”

YUNA YANG has dressed many Hollywood stars, including a Grammy award winner Carrie Underwood ( See you again music video), Walking dead star Danai Gurira, a super model Kendall Jenner, Julianne Hough, Jessica Lowndes, Carol Alt,, Darby Stanchfield, Brittany Snow, Ann Curry, Whitney Port, Anna Gunn, Maye Musk and top celebrities in Asia including 'Crash landing on you' actress Son Ye-jin, Super Junior, Son Na-eun, Song Yoon-ah, Park Ju-mi, Han Chea-young, Cine Hwang, Su Ae etc.

Yuna Yang is active in voicing and leading various social issues. She opened and closed the New York Fashion Week shows with Black and Asian models and casted plus size models to question about the issue of diversity. She collaboration with Orange is New Black star, a actress/influencer Dascha Planco for MTV award,https://www.bustle.com/articles/182096-dascha-polanco-says-many-designers-just-dont-respond-when-asked-to-dress-her-for-awards-shows, after reading her Vogue article complaining 'high end designers do not want to dress me because I am not size 2'. In 2016, she dressed, a Senior model and mother of a Tesla founder Ilon Musk, Maye Musk for the Met gala. https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2016/04/29/fashion/01MAYE1-web.html

She raised a voice about the environmental issue, in 2018 her interview with NBC news, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/designer-yuna-yang-s-new-york-fashion-week-runway-platform-n800266, '“When [Trump] decided to exit out of the Paris Agreement, I was very confused,” Yang told NBC News. “Many people can argue about whether the President is good or bad, but climate change, that issue is a proven fact. ... For me, climate change is a fundamental issue, and it’s really scary that we aren’t prioritizing it.”