🤍About Brand:

Moon Chang IS THE SUSTAINABLE lifestyle brand, founded in the heart of New York City. The brand is born with the love of her dog, Venus IN BLACK. Venus is mostly received as the goddess of beauty, however, Venus is Moon Chang’s muse, black french bulldog. Moon reinterprets Venus as the symbol of dualism, which is also related to her design aesthetic and philosophy. IT is inspired by the dog and fashion culture in NYC, which is boundless and full of freedom. It is ready to wear and product based so that customers can wear it while walking with their dogs. It seeks a sustainable and ethical approach to the design and production process. The brand goal is to elevate the environmental human and animal friendly lifestyle, to work on enhancing animal rights, and to abandon toxic and non recycled materials, animal leather and furs. VENUS IN BLACK promises to be a sustainable and ethical brand which is born with the love for coexistence with human and animal, and with human and nature.🌎🌳💝

🤍About Designer:

Moon Chang is a fashion designer/Educator based in New York City. Her eponymous brand, Moon Chang NY, was born of her love for her black french bulldog, Venus.

With the dog as her muse, Chang finds further inspiration in the city’s boundless fashion culture. Her exquisitely crafted, otherworldly designs explore duality by combining couture with street fashion in unexpected ways. 

Moon Chang NY creates a seasonal ready-to-wear collection for people and pets, using couture sewing, tailoring techniques, and sustainable materials, so that customers can mix and match with their dogs. The brand strives to cut excessive waste and promotes sustainable, ethical business practices through circular design and production.

Moon Chang earned an MFA in Fashion Design from FIT in 2019 and upon graduation was awarded a SUNY medal. She debuted her line in New York Fashion Week 2020. Since then, her designs have racked up rave reviews in the press and numerous awards and honors, and are loved by many celebrities, Sadie Sink from Stranger Things, Netflix, Taylor Momsen from Gossip Girl, Jared Leto from Suicide Squad/Gucci, Lili Reinhart from Charlie’s Angel, Lady Gaga, Rita Ora, Salt Cathedral, and so on.

Moon Chang also has become a professor at fashion schools in NYC, and educates young creatives who pursue to become fashion professionals. 

🎓EDUcation:

-Fashion Institute of Technology(MFA), New York, 2019, the SUNY Medal winner from FIT, The State University of New York.

-Pratt Institute in New York(BFA), 2016. $100,000 scholarship RECIPIENT, graduated from Pratt with honors and Pratt Circle Award winner.

🏆Moon Chang’s Awards: SUNY Medal Awards at FIT, as the winner, CAAFD NYFW I’m Possible Challenge, H&M Design Awards Semi Finalist, Vfda/vogue fashion fund semi finalist, 1 of Top 10 Winners/honorable mention from Nike x lvmh Design Competition, Golden Winner of A Design Awards, Italy, Winner of Itsliquid Milan, Winner of Cotton Incorporated, Finalist of Amazon Fashion Studio Session, Shortlist for Gucci Fellowship Program, Finalist of CFDA, Finalist of Ralph Pucci Organic Matters, Selected as one of NY Designers to review Reebok Zig Kinetica Sneakers by CFDA, Selected works from Global Emerging Trends A/W 2021-2022 curated daily by WGSN,Selected as the most popular designer from VFiles, and so on.

🏬major department stores: Macy’s Herald Square, New York, Neiman Marcus, Texas, Saks 5th Avenue, LA, Delano, Las Vegas,showfields NY, zalando europe.

🎪Shows: Tranoi, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, Vogue Talents Show, DADA Show, Ontime Show, Labelhood, CAAFD, Street Fashion Week.

🔥major media: Schon!, Wonderland, netflix, Vogue Italia, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Metal, L’officiel, Bullett, Flawless, WGSN, WWD, Vulkan, Neu Neu Media, Solstice, Yahoo, Flannel, REVS, Hers, Untitled Magazine, Mob Journal, Pap Magazine, Voice Of America, MBN Documentary show and so on.