Finding herself with a new graphic design degree and a “dot com” job in Silicon Valley, Jade Chiu soon understood that ignoring her fashion design instincts wouldn’t do. So she bought a one-way ticket to NYC and immersed herself into studying fashion and accessories at FIT and Parson’s School of Design.

Since then, New york based Taiwan-native, Chiu, has contributed to the studios of Anna Sui, L.A.M.B., DVF, and BabyPhat. She is self taught and combine all of her art/ graphic / accessory and fashion background, to creating her new jewelry line.Succumbing to her long-held dream of creating accessories around Eastern zodiac animals,

Jade launched the “Fusion Lovers” line in 2010. Skin, chain, and crystal combine in mini-sets of accessories that revolve around Jade’s playful imaginings of the styles, muses, networks, status, and styles of her 12 zodiac dolls.

In 2011, Jade delved deeper into zodiac identities with “Fused Babies.” A pop surrealism jewelry line of stunningly imaginative fashion-art pieces, the jewelry personifies and animalizes expressions and features of the face.With opened a show in Paris, the eyes of world-renowned stylists, editors, and photographers are on Jade Chiu in 2012.

Her pieces have been picked by Italian Vogue, i-D UK, and Shinsegae campaign for 2013 inspiration and the world leading trend. Jade gathers and unleashes the powers of the eastern zodiac. These are designs that accentuate our deepest instincts – for the true expression of our personalities and dreams.