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From a profile of fashion designer Yeohlee Teng:
Teng describes her ideal customer as an “urban nomad” — a woman who is in constant motion and for whom clothes function as portable shelter. Teng is a problem-solver, always searching for an answer to life’s inconveniences, an intellectual conundrum or an aesthetic challenge. She experiments with fabric technology, making waterproof blazers, wrinkle-free shirts and stain-resistant dresses coated in Teflon. Although her designs are quite attractive, she doesn’t make traditionally sexy or pretty clothes — with ruffles, lace, exuberant beadwork. She makes thoughtful attire, putting an enormous amount of brainpower into something as simple as a seam on a skirt.