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Born | Alan Cheung February 17, 1997 |
Nationality | Chinese American |
Occupation | Fashion Industry |
Website |
akingsny |
Alan Cheung (born 17 February 1997), also known as Alan King, is a Chinese American entrepreneur and fashion designer. [1] King is the founder and CEO of AKINGS.
King is the founder of fashion clothing brand AKINGS. [2] He founded the brand in January 2016. In 2017, AKINGS showed their autumn winter collection Soho, new york which was featured by The Source magazine. [1] In 2019, King was accepted into the Forbes Business Council. [3] In 2020 King announced his latest partnership with Forbes to launch a mastermind [4] featured on Forbes new platform Forbes8. [4]
In 2021, King appeared on the HBO Max [5] series “THE HYPE [6]” as a competing designer alongside celebrity judges such as Offest [7] who were called “co-signers”. In 2022, King announced his NFT Genesis Collection with a NYFW popup in New York City. In June of the same year, AKINGS hosted a party celebrating their upcoming NFT "Wear to Earn" collection amidst NFT.NYC week. [8] The collection is not only an NFT digital wearable but also the brand's next-generation customer reward ecosystem. Each trading card [9] presents holders with "Reward Boxes" consisting of tokens, physically redeemable clothes, VIP event invites, partner NFTs, and more. In November 2022, Forbes named Alan and his company co-founder Bryan Leon among its 2023 30 Under 30: Art and Style [10] alongside Hailey Bieber, Wisdom Kaye, and Ji Won Choi.
Alan King | |
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Born | Alan Cheung February 17, 1997 |
Nationality | Chinese American |
Occupation | Fashion Industry |
Website |
akingsny |
Alan Cheung (born 17 February 1997), also known as Alan King, is a Chinese American entrepreneur and fashion designer. [1] King is the founder and CEO of AKINGS.
King is the founder of fashion clothing brand AKINGS. [2] He founded the brand in January 2016. In 2017, AKINGS showed their autumn winter collection Soho, new york which was featured by The Source magazine. [1] In 2019, King was accepted into the Forbes Business Council. [3] In 2020 King announced his latest partnership with Forbes to launch a mastermind [4] featured on Forbes new platform Forbes8. [4]
In 2021, King appeared on the HBO Max [5] series “THE HYPE [6]” as a competing designer alongside celebrity judges such as Offest [7] who were called “co-signers”. In 2022, King announced his NFT Genesis Collection with a NYFW popup in New York City. In June of the same year, AKINGS hosted a party celebrating their upcoming NFT "Wear to Earn" collection amidst NFT.NYC week. [8] The collection is not only an NFT digital wearable but also the brand's next-generation customer reward ecosystem. Each trading card [9] presents holders with "Reward Boxes" consisting of tokens, physically redeemable clothes, VIP event invites, partner NFTs, and more. In November 2022, Forbes named Alan and his company co-founder Bryan Leon among its 2023 30 Under 30: Art and Style [10] alongside Hailey Bieber, Wisdom Kaye, and Ji Won Choi.