Lisa Ho

Lisa Ho was born in 1963 in Albury on the boarder of Victoria and New South Wales. From the young age of 4 she was already making patterns out of newspaper and sewing with the help of her grandmother who was a tailor. By the age of 10 she had her own sewing machine and was making things for herself and her four sisters nearly every day. She graduated from Sydney Technical College in 1981. After working for another company for a year she decided to start her own line. Along with many other fashion designers Lisa started her label at Paddington Markets and after receiving a lot of media and retail attention, decided to start her Lisa Ho label. The brand continued to expand and develop and is now one of Australia’s most well-known brands. One of Lisa Ho biggest inspiration came from her grandmother. She was a tailor and from a very young age she aspired to have a job to do with fashion, clothes and sewing.
Lisa ho’s design philosophy is influenced by the romanticism of vintage textiles. During her 23 years on the forefront of the Australian fashion industry she has designed swimwear, jackets, pants, dresses, skirts and even wedding dresses. Lisa ho takes a simple design and adds an extra touch to make it a piece of high fashion and individuality. Her collections usually consist of some plainer designs and some very extravagant pieces. I think this balances out nicely and makes the collection wearable for more customers.
Her designs have been described as feminine with a strong modern edge. Lisa Ho’s brand has exclusive fabrics and prints that are created by Lisa. Her interests in vintage styled clothing and design ideas have been similar over her career. Since the age of 15 she has been collecting European-Vintage style clothing and because of this fascination incorporates this into her collections. She now has a whole room filled with Vintage clothing that inspires her and included amongst these are even some Lisa Ho designs from former collections. When