May Myat Waso
May Myat Waso | |
|---|---|
မေမြတ်ဝါဆို | |
 May Myat Waso received the award at the 2019 Myanmar's Pride Awards | |
| Born | 12 July 1984 Yangon, Myanmar |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Alma mater | Dagon University |
| Occupation | Fashion designer |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Spouse | Min Min Bo |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent | Nwam Jar Thaing (father) |
| Awards | Myanmar's Pride Awards 2019 (Best in Vogue) |
May Myat Waso (Burmese: မေမြတ်ဝါဆို) is a Burmese fashion designer.[1][2][3] Her designs are based on Myanmar rincau (the wavy leaf pattern and motifs found on pagodas and temples), and include influences from other fashion traditions around the world. May Myat Waso won the Best in Vogue at the 2019 Myanmar's Pride Awards.[4]
Early life and education
[edit]May Myat Waso was born on 12 July 1984 in Yangon, Myanmar. She is the youngest daughter of Nwam Jar Thaing, a prominent Burmese writer. Her elder sisters Nay Chi Win Lae Yi, an art designer and Aung Se Sar, an architect. She attended high school at Practising School Yangon Institute of Education. She graduated from the Dagon University.[5]
Career
[edit]After her graduating, she founded Dressmaking & Fashion Design Training Center, Happy Heart, in 2007. She then opened another Brand & Design school with the same name.[6][7][8] She also founded the Fashion Designers Entrepreneur Association in 2010 with eight other members, now nearly 100 members.[9][10][3]
She showcased gold embroidery Myanmar traditional dresses in the BIFF & BIL International Fashion Fair, Bangkok in 2011 and at the Hong Kong Fashion Week 2016.[9] She was selected to represent Myanmar at Indonesia Fashion Week 2017, 2018 and 2019. She displayed dresses made in the traditional Shwe Chi Hto-style, presented 12 of her Shwe Chi Hto outfits. She made headlines in Jakarta after exhibiting her masterpiece collection of Myanmar designs in 2017, showing off her designs of long flowing dresses and the characteristic Myanmar umbrella, winning her the adoration of the judges and the press. Her work was featured on the front page of the Jakarta Post for two days.[11]
She also participated in the Women Costume and Dress Exhibition to honor Myanmar Women's Day for six times. A prolific creator, she was showcased in over 50 fashion shows both locally and internationally.[12][13] She won the prestigious Designer Award organized by Shwe FM in 2018.[14]
At the Indonesia Fashion Week 2018, she exhibited her collection alongside pictures of people from Myanmar. She has been nominated Fashion Award at the 2018 Myanmar's Pride Awards[15] and won for first time in 2019.[4]
Personal life
[edit]On 14 February 2010, she married Min Min Bo. They have one daughter.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Indonesia Fashion Week 2017 opens in Jakarta". Xinhua News Agency. 1 February 2017.
- ^ "Myanmar Fashion's New Wave". www.myanmore.com. 6 December 2017.
- ^ a b "ဒီဇိုင်းနာ မေမြတ်ဝါဆို (Happy Heart) နှင့် အင်တာဗျူးး". Mizzima. 26 February 2017.
- ^ a b "'Best in Vogue' at the Pride Fashion Awards". The Myanmar Times. 18 March 2020.
- ^ a b "စက်ချုပ်ဆရာမှ ဒီဇိုင်နာဖြစ်လာသူ မေမြတ်ဝါဆို (Happy Heart)". Mizzima. 25 February 2017.
- ^ "စာပေပါရမီ မပါသော်ငြား ဒီဇိုင်နာပါရမီ ပါခဲ့သူ ဒီဇိုင်နာ မေမြတ်ဝါဆို". Echoing Voice News. 24 October 2014.
- ^ Nandar Aung (12 April 2018). "A Burmese designer makes her mark in Jakarta". The Myanmar Times.
- ^ "မြန်မာမှုဒီဇိုင်းဆန်းများနဲ့ မေမြတ်ဝါဆို(Happy Heart)". Yangon Life. 24 January 2017.
- ^ a b Myo Satt (5 February 2016). "Local designer turns heads at Hong Kong Fashion Week". The Myanmar Times.
- ^ "ဒီဇိုင်နာများပြောပြတဲ့ ၂၀၁၇မှာခေတ်စားလာမယ့် ဖတ်ရှင်း". Popular News Journal.
- ^ Myo Satt (23 November 2017). "International fashion week to return in December". The Myanmar Times.
- ^ "ဖန်တီးသူတို့ရဲ့ အကယ်ဒမီဖက်ရှင် ဒီဇိုင်နာ မေမြတ်ဝါဆို". Myanmar Textile & Garment Directory.
- ^ Thal Thal (29 January 2016). "ဖေ့ဘုတ်မှာ ခေတ်စားနေတဲ့ မေမြတ်ဝါဆိုရဲ့ မြန်မာ့ရိုးရာဆန်းသစ်ဖက်ရှင်များ". The Irrawaddy.
- ^ Lin Lin Khine (18 January 2017). "Designer May Myat Waso to be featured at Indonesia Fashion week". Weekly Eleven.
- ^ "Pride of Myanmar Awards 2018". The Myanmar Times. 10 January 2019.