about

Born in 1980, Dublin, Ireland.  Lan of Vietnamese origin began an artistic career at a young age in music and art.   After moving to London in 1992 she successfully completed her studies in GCSE, A Level and BTEC foundation course in art and design at Middlesex University. She followed her love of art to Central Saint Martins and did her BA Diploma in fashion design and marketing.

With no previous training she built up her skills extensive experience, slowly climbing up the fashion industry ladder. She developed a rapport with array of talented photographers which lead to assisting a top news and fashion photographer Steve Wood for 5yrs at London, NY, Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks. Here was her true inspiration for make up.

Over this time she has become well known in the industry, especially as a result of her extremely creative and avant-garde use of colour and texture and has gained big-named clients in fashion. As a team player, she has been head make up artist for a number of fashion shows and high profile events. She has also contributed to various ad campaigns and editorials and is developing her art and book collection.

Lan Nguyen currently resides in London.