Traffic-Stopping Fashion

We talk to Moiselle’s CEO Harris Chan about taking over the family business and his remarkable runway shows

By Tara Sobti

To say an outfit is able to halt traffic is an idiom often thrown around in the fashion world—but Moiselle took the phrase literally and ran with it to create its Stop the Traffic series. It’s one of several ways the Hong Kong women’s clothing brand has sought to be unconventional over its 23-year history, which has included runway shows inspired by avant-garde painters, takeovers of iconic Hong Kong landmarks like the Space Museum, and a show staged atop an airport. “I feel fortunate that I’ve been able to turn my imagination into reality,” says Harris Chan, Moiselle’s creative director-turned-CEO and son of Shirley and Boby Chan, who founded the brand in 1997. Harris Chan didn’t walk into his role leading the brand: he first gained fashion degrees from the…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2020

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