Much like the Grecian sculptor who brings his ivory creations to life, the fashion designer and doll maker is the modern Pygmalion
Nigel Chia’s introduction to fashion was a little more abrupt than one would expect. While playing with his mother’s vintage sewing machine out of curiosity (when his parents weren’t looking, of course), he’d gotten his right index finger thoroughly punctured. And while it was no doubt a painful experience for his precocious five-year-old self, it hadn’t deterred him in the slightest. Son to a home seamstress, Chia described it to be the defining precursor to creating his eponymous label, Nigel Chia Atelier, as well as his line of high-fashion ball-jointed dolls, the DeMuse Doll.
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The DeMuse Doll
Fashion goes beyond the surface, you see. It’s all about that subtext. And a doll isn’t just a collectable or a toy; it’s an art form.