Nicole Chang's family worked on behalf of top wedding dress brands such as Pronovias and Elie Saab for more than two decades. Growing up in such an environment, after graduating from the Department of Political Economy at the University of California, Berkeley, Nicole was prepared to devote herself to the family business alongside her sister, Felicia. The two sisters also went on to found their own brand Nicole + Felicia, so called after their respective English names. In 2016, Nicole launched her own wedding dress collection for Spring/Summer 2016, which demonstrated her audacious international fashion taste.