(Textile Catalyst, Hong Kong)
Edith Cheung juggles her time between commercial and self-initiated projects as a textile catalyst. She takes interest in all textile-related matters, ancient and modern, East and West. After returning to Hong Kong from New York and Europe in the late 1980s, she started working as a costume designer in the film industry. At the 27th Golden Horse Award, Cheung was awarded the Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction for her work in Director Yim Ho’s “Red Dust”.
She worked with private collections, museums and academics on the study of Chinese textiles, with the items ultimately being used as a study archive for the public. From 2010-2015, she also wrote a bi-weekly column for Mingpao Weekly Magazine on textile-related matters. Currently, her services include consultation work for the Fashion Archive at Hong Kong Design Institute, China National Silk Museum in Hangzhou, Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile in Hong Kong and St. James Settlement Rehabilitation Services.