Mary Ping
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Mary Ping is an American fashion designer based in New York
.
She studied fine art at Vassar College
, graduating in 2000. The following year, aged 23, she launched her label. Apart from having attended design courses at the London College of Fashion
, and working as an intern with Robert Cary-Williams
, she had had little formal training.
In 2004, Mary Ping was one of five winners of the Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation Award. As of 2007 her designs are sold in New York, Los Angeles
, and Tokyo
. Her bi-annual collections focus upon sportswear
designs featuring simple, multi-functional shapes, mix-and-match separates for daywear, and deceptively simple evening wear.
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
.
She studied fine art at Vassar College
Vassar College
Vassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings, including four National Historic Landmarks, ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to International,...
, graduating in 2000. The following year, aged 23, she launched her label. Apart from having attended design courses at the London College of Fashion
London College of Fashion
London College of Fashion is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London, offering undergraduate, postgraduate, short courses and business-training in fashion, make-up, beauty-therapy and lifestyle industries...
, and working as an intern with Robert Cary-Williams
Robert Cary-Williams
Robert Cary-Williams is an avant-garde British fashion designer.Robert Cary-Williams studied fashion design at Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, and set up his own-name label in 1998...
, she had had little formal training.
In 2004, Mary Ping was one of five winners of the Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation Award. As of 2007 her designs are sold in New York, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, and Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
. Her bi-annual collections focus upon sportswear
Sportswear (fashion)
Sportswear has been called America's main contribution to the history of fashion design. The term became popular in the 1920s to describe relaxed, casual wear typically worn for spectator sports...
designs featuring simple, multi-functional shapes, mix-and-match separates for daywear, and deceptively simple evening wear.