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About Me

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Marcus Kuo

A passionate and dedicated fashion design graduate with a strong academic background and hands-on experience in various roles within the fashion industry, I have developed a well-rounded skill set that includes design, customer service, and project management.

Born in Hong Kong 

Graduate of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, School of Fashion and Textiles

  • BA (Hons) Scheme in Fashion & Textiles

  • Major in Fashion design

Personal Enrichment

  • HKICPA/HKABE Joint Scholarships for BAFS (2018-2019)

  • Participated in Cheongsam inheritance program co-organized by the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong & Institute of textiles and clothing (2021)

  • Participated in Next in Elderly Fashion Competition co-organized by the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong & Institute of textiles and clothing (2021)

  • Participated in From Inheritance to Innovation: Chinese Cultural Costume Virtual Exhibition (2022)

  • Participated in From Inheritance to Innovation: Exhibition of Chinese Cultural Costume Design Collaboration, held in Level 5F K11 MUSEA (2023)

  • Finalists of Fashion the Future Design Competition co-organised by the School of Fashion and Textiles, AiDLab, Redress and the Miramar Group (2023)

  • Finalists and open group champion of 「衣衣不捨」環保時裝設計比賽, co-organised by HK electric, Happy Green Campaign, Redress, The Clothing Industry Training Authority, HKRITA, and the Salvation Army Hong Kong (2024), hosted by Thei

  • Finalist of Thread of Creativity 2024 (別出「深」裁2024 - 時裝設計比賽), organised by Asian New Generation Creativity Design Association (2024)

Work experience

  • Pedder Group Limited (Lane Crawford) (31 May 2021- 21 July 2021)

 Part-time sales assistant

-Assist the sales team to fulfill their sales figure

-Provide consistent and high-quality service to our clients

-Handle daily shop operation

 

  • Gucci Group (Hong Kong) Limited (30 December 2021- 30 April 2022)

Part-time sales assistant

-Assist in maintaining daily operations

-Display goods and ensure merchandise on display is in order

-Provide courteous service to customers and handle inquiries

 

  • PolyU Technology and Consultancy Company (September 2020)

Part-time Student helper/ Project team member

-Assisting with the Provision of design and production of samples for Junior Call Uniform

 

  • Prosperity Textile (HK) LTD (17 May 2022- 07 July 2022)

Part-time summer internship

-Helping the sewing master to iron the panels & fusing

-Helping the sewing technician to sew some parts of the panels

-Make the buttonholes & bartacks

-Trim up all the thread ends and make the overall appearance tidy

-Attached the buttons by hand stitching or by machine

 

  • Institute of Textiles and Clothing (31 July 2022-31 March 2023) 

Student Internship for PolyU Fashion Show and Community Service

-Fashion show Promotion&  Production

-Community Service

  • Cobalt Fashion  (01 November 2022- 28 April 2023)

Part-time Design internship

-Support the HK Designer in preparing the presentation material for customers

-Maintain and organize design research/ yarn/ trim library in share drive.

-Assist designer in creating specification sheet of all samples & knit down development.

-Presentation deck: Find appropriate & brand-right plus and maternity 2D base model images for digital request / Find appropriate plus and maternity validation images / Cut-out images.

-Update Yarn book/Trend: Cut swatches/ Scan swatches and plug into deck/ Type up yarn information/ Print hard copies and stick swatches on.

  • Redress Limited (02 September 2024- 30 September 2025)

Full-time CIrcular Fashion Programme Assistant

Assist with data entry on in/out stock of clothings and materials and reporting
● Keep an updated inventory record of the warehouses
● Maintain tidiness of the warehouses, order and preparation of warehouse materials and supplies
● Coordinate the logistics of in/out stock, to and from different external parties
● Build strong relationships with our charity partners and arrange monthly deliveries of clothing according to their needs.
● Curate clothing selection for resale in our secondhand shop and consignment partners
● Support monthly sorting sessions on-site (may require some physical work, e.g.using trolley, taping cartons) by weighing the sorted cartons and recording data, with the help of a warehouse helper.
● Inform partners and volunteers for upcoming monthly clothing sorting sessions
● Support the smooth execution of the semi-annual secondhand clothes pop-up shop by preparing materials, liaising with transportation vendors, ordering of materials and on-site support of the event.
● Ad-hoc event support

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