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NOTE: Kim's Fashion Design is not located at Copley…read morePlace, 100 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02116 (617-267-9299). This review is for both her former Chinatown store and her continued operations at Copley Place.
To Whom It May Concern:
I have had the great pleasure of knowing Kim Pham, being her customer, and collaborating with her on fashion projects and business development since 1998. She is the most talented and brilliant fashion designer I have had met to date, from my experience a both an entertainer, producer, and educator in the entertainment industry, and from my lineage that includes my grandfather, who served as a chief tailor and upholsterer for the King of Morocco and worked as a tailor till well into his 70s.
In 1998 after stopping by her former Chinatown store, seeing her high level of craftsmanship and style, and meeting Kim and liking her as a person too, I immediately decided to commission Kim to create a special double-sided Kung Fu / Wushu silk suite for me to use for National & International competitions and for daily practice. This decision proved to be an excellent one - The suite I had designed was made so well that it has lasted me to date, turned many heads in competitions all over the country, and received many compliments for it's blend of traditional and modern Kung Fu styles. This resulted in several martial arts schools ordering suites from Kim, and I personally purchase two more Kung Fu outfits from her, that receives accolades in competitions and demonstrations alike.
In the summer of 2000, I established a large Latin, Jazz, and Folkloric dance company in Boston, and Kim created the lovely wardrobe for our Latin dance pieces, based on my designs and those of the co-director of our company. The quality, durability, and beauty of her work is a lasting tribute through videos of our performances and the memories of the audience members who saw them. Kim's ability to design and make cloths in both the full array of Asian styles and in Western, European, African, and South American styles, both traditional and modern, is clear and pronounced!
In April 2001 I was fortunate to again collaborate with Kim, this time as the producer and artistic director a her 10 Year Anniversary Fashion Gala & Banquet at Empire Garden Restaurant in Chinatown. The show, viewed by a distinguished and international audience of 500, including the Mayor of Boston, was a resounding success, setting the bar very high for multi-facetted fashion gala, and featuring close to 80 models and performers, dance & martial arts demonstrations, and lavish collections of designer cloths from traditional to modern, casual to formal, petit to large, and young to old, over the course of our ~3 hour program! This collaboration further introduced me to Kim's wonderful network of clients and supporters (who continue to make a difference in my life), and the gala was a fitting tribute the Kim, a one-of-a-kind talented, hardworking, and generous designer, who built her way up from modest roots in Vietnam.
I have since continued to collaborate with Kim Pham and her staff at Kim's Fashion Design and help her vision grow, and her designs blossom. She is my go-to designer for most of my needs, and her and her family and colleagues have become close friends of my family and I.
I whole-heartedly endorse Kim Pham and Kim's Fashion Design for their highly affordable first-rate designer clothing, and encourage all to explore her Copley Place store, your imagination, and hers, to create the cloths you dream of!
Best Wishes,
Dan Yonah Marshall
President & Executive Artistic Director
FreEMotion/LibrEMoción Repertory Company, Inc.
Brookline/Greater Boston Community Center for the Arts, Inc.