Company Profile /
Designer Biography
Pia Gladys Perey, the designer behind the label was born and raised in the country town of Tagaytay in the Philippines. As a child Pia was exposed to fashion, sewing and pattern making through her grandmother. Pia would spend her school breaks not playing with her friends but watching her grandmother make clothing patterns. Pia has worked for various fashion companies – both retail and made to order before launching her own label white kitten. 2007 was a major milestone for Pia when her label was featured at ‘The Source’ of the Rosemount Australian Fashion Week in Sydney, Australia. Since the launch, White Kitten has gone on to be featured in Rosemount Australian Fashion Week at the New Generation fashion show during 2008, and the Ready To Wear show during 2009.
To name a few, Pia’s work has been featured and reviewed in Fashion TV and by top fashion magazines and newspapers in Australia and South East Asia such as Who Australia (Aug 09), Stella Magazine Philippines (Jun 09), Mx (Jul 09), Sense and Style Phils Cover (Sept 09), Passions Malaysia /Singapore May 09), The Sunday Telegraph (April 27, ‘08 issue), Fashion Journal (June and July ’08 issue), Cleo (July ’08 issue), international forecasting magazine Fashion Trend (second quarter ’08 and 09 issue, Australia and Milan), and Elle Hong Kong (July ’08 issue), Harper’s Bazaar Indonesia (Dec 08). Pia was also cited by local publications in the Philippines as one of the top 10 designers in the 2007, 2008 and 2009 at the Philippine Fashion Week. Since 2007, White Kitten has exploded onto the international fashion scene with sales made in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore with further interest in the label showed in New Zealand, Europe, USA, and other parts of South East Asia.
October 2009 marks the partnership of Pia to Susan Youngblood, an entrepreneur who is based in Texas. Now trading as an American company under XUXA LLC, together, Susan and Pia are launching a new and more sophisticated and versatile label under the designer name – Pia Gladys Perey. The new label, Pia Gladys Perey, will be launching its premiere collection at the Moda Manhattan in New York in January 2010 followed by a resort wear collection launch at the Miami Fashion Week in March of the same year.
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