Tina Ma is a Singaporean designer. Though young, she has enlisted in various prestigious awards, of which notable achievements include CFDA Design Scholar Award Finalist 2020 and Harper’s Bazaar New Gen Award Semi-Finalist 2021. A recent graduate of Parsons School of Design, she is pursuing her dreams of fashion in New York, where she is now based full time.
Founded on experimental apparel and accessory design, Tina Ma reimagines the methodologies of tailoring and craftsmanship in the context of modern technology. Tina Ma blurs the line between streetwear and eveningwear by evoking provocative and rebellious statement silhouettes, all the while preserving the refined and delicate.
For her latest collection, the young designer look to her Asian roots for inspiration. Tina Ma’s Phenotypic Plasticity collection draws ideas from the traditional Chinese paper craft, specifically her great-great grandmother’s paper cuttings. The young designer combined the symbol of her cultural inheritance with modern technology, such as 3D virtual design, digital printing, and laser cutting, to reflect the relationship between nature and nurture.
**Credits**
Models
Julia Mandirola @julesmandirola
Tiarra Pearson @tiarrapearson
Euro May @euro.may
Alexandre Bagot @alexandre.bagot
Fashion: Tina Ma @tinamastudio
Photography: Todd Shaffer @toddwshaffer
Makeup: Emma Ando @emmakeup1102
Harper’s Bazaar Vietnam
