A designer wise to the streets of Pulau Tikus

By Emilia Ismail

September 2015 PENANG PROFILE
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Rivalee (seated) with his business partner, Sam Lim Yew Chuan.
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Winning the Moda Theater Clothes of High Fashion 97/98 brought opportunities for fashion designer Richard Rivalee. This included working with veteran Hong Kong artist Fung Bo Bo. How did this Thai-Chinese go from sleeping on the streets around Persiaran Gurney to establishing a couture house in Pulau Tikus? Penang Monthly finds out.Tell us a bit about your background. You dropped out of school at a young age; how has that experience shaped you?When I was growing up, education was a...

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Emilia Ismail

is a freelance writer who has a love-hate relationship with the weighing scale.

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