The collapse of multi-brand retailers such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus, and closer to home the uncertainty around the future of David Jones, does not faze designer Anna Hoang – despite her running a wholesale fashion business.
“The fact that retail is crumbling has been a good thing – I give less of a shit,” says Hoang, whose runs the Sydney-based brand Anna Quan. “I’ve been trained that I need to be in Net-A-Porter, Matches, every big retailer. Wholesale was so important, but those models are collapsing, and so I think this is a good time to start questioning who I am designing for.”
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