Annching Wang
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Annching Wang is a creative director and writer, and the voice behind THE DISTILLERIST, a blog that uncovers sartorial substance beyond the big box and fast lane.

Founder and director of PTL, a creative business development studio for fashion, beauty, and luxury brands, Annching believes in the potent blend of art and commerce, and writes to drive the seamless alchemy between the two. With a background in design, writing, and new media, Annching loves working on projects that combine intentional, impactful, and sustainable design with stories that need to be told. Her refreshing back to basics approach to life, style and business, brings forward a strength in distilling from a range of sources and inspirations to come up with meaningful, beautiful concepts that rise above the noise of trend.

She has been featured on Forbes.com and writes for Huffington Post. When not dreaming up new concepts for her clients or personal projects, she can be found buried in a book, laptop, or adventure searching for something to drive her next creative endeavour in bringing the world of refined, modern taste closer to all things good for the body and world.

Annching is based in Vancouver, BC.

Blog Entries by Annching Wang

My 12 Sustainable Fashion Commandments

(0) Comments | Posted November 6, 2012 | 5:02 PM

As a designer and entrepreneur, it is in my job description to make clothes that sell. I have a business that needs to make money to survive. But as a person, I think about things bigger than just making money.

I had inadvertently branded myself as an...

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Why You Need to Stop Bragging About How Cheap Your Clothes Are

(0) Comments | Posted September 12, 2012 | 1:20 PM

Fashion's Night Out, a now global event, was started in New York in 2009 to support the fashion industry through the promotion of full-priced merchandise. As the kick off to New York Fashion Week, the night of parties, shopping, celebrities, and events all had one caveat: retailers were...

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Eco Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2012: The Many Faces of Conscious Fashion

(0) Comments | Posted April 14, 2012 | 4:07 PM

Vancouver is not a city known for its sartorial sense, unless you're counting us taking the cake as the world's third worst dressed city (thank you, Ms. Song.) A look around and it seems that our big claim to fashion fame can be found in yoga wear, which...

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How Ethical Fashion Can Actually Be Good for You

(3) Comments | Posted January 30, 2012 | 11:43 AM

When I started working on my fashion line last fall, apart from designing "nice" clothes, I knew that I wanted to build a company that was involved in the bigger picture. So I asked myself: What is the world I want to live in? And how can I create something...

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How to Shop Consciously This Holiday Season

(5) Comments | Posted November 9, 2011 | 3:11 PM

I love a good piece of jewellery or a beautiful handbag as much as the next girl, but more and more, as it's becoming a lot easier to shop consciously, I've started to pay attention to ways that I can exercise my love of pretty things while staying true to...

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Is a 127-Year-Old Wedding Dress a Wearable Heirloom or a Disaster?

(6) Comments | Posted August 8, 2011 | 12:07 PM

Bride Allison Rinaldi, 23, recently took her trip down the aisle wearing her mother's wedding gown. Traditionalist? Yes. But wait till you hear the rest of it: That high-necked, long-sleeved, ecru-coloured, chrysanthemum-patterned wedding gown is 127 years old and was also worn by her aunt, grandmother, and great-great-grandmother.

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