Eddie Lau
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| Native name | 劉培基 |
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February 24, 1951 Hong Kong, China |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Education | Advanced clothing and material design in Saint Martins School of Art in London |
| Occupation | Fashion Designer & Image Designer (Retired) |
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Eddie Lau Pui-Kei (born February 24, 1951) is a fashion designer in Hong Kong. Lau has worked in the fashion industry since 1962 until his retirement in 1999, but he has never left his profession up to now. He was at the peak of his career in the 1980s, when he designed haute couture and stage costumes for the celebrities, such as Eunice Lam(林燕妮), Bak Sheut-sin(), Liza Wang(), Michelle Yeoh(楊紫瓊), Anita Mui(梅艷芳). Lau was also employed to design uniforms for international brands – Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (1999, 2011),Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited (2013) and gained much recognition. He is the first fashion designer whose works have become a focus of the Hong Kong Heritage Museum's collection In 2013, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum held an exhibition of Lau, named '他Fashion傳奇Eddie Lau‧她Image百變‧劉培基' and his autobiography Clair de Lune (《舉頭望明月．劉培基自傳》) was released in the same year.
Lau was born in Hong Kong. He has never seen his father, while his mother was Pansy Cheung (), a reputable author. When he was eight years old, he was sent to a boarding school in Fanling. However, his mother did not pay any of his tuition fees. At the age of 11, Lau started out as an apprentice under a Shanghai tailor, Hai Hung-fat, in Tsim Sha Tsui. During this period, Lau learned the craftsmanship which became particularly useful throughout his career. Also, the experience gained from the apprenticeship inspired the three elements that were emphasized in his future designs – silhouette, simplicity and elegance.
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