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Alan King
King in 2019
Born
Alan Cheung

(1997-02-17) February 17, 1997 (age 27)
New York, New York
NationalityChinese American
CitizenshipUSA
OccupationFashion Industry
Height5'9

Alan Cheung, also known as Alan King is an American businessman and fashion designer. Alan is known for being the founder of AKINGS.

Early life

Alan King was born in the New York, New York. In his early years his mother and father owned a restaurant in New Jersey. They sold the business and moved back to New York City when he was seven years old. In his early school years Alan excelled in academics and was awarded several honors in Math & English. Alan attended Millennium High School, founded after the 9/11 attacks by the Gates Foundation. During high school Alan worked part-time as a legal aid in medical malpractice law and with CAAAV. As a youth Alan was an avid tennis and table tennis player and enjoyed cross country.

While in high school Alan began to make clothing, created screen printed tees, embroidered hats and a few cut and sewn pieces, one of which included a J shape denim. Shorty after posting the sample online, a friend of a friend placed the image on Reddit. The orders allowed him to expand and also opened his first retail purchase order.

Career and entrepreneurship

Alan started AKINGS in January 2016 but the history goes back even further to during his time at Millennium High School (New York City). Alan started making print tees when he was 15, which developed into designing and producing his first pair of denim when he was 17. Upon posting the item on Facebook, a friend shared his post to Reddit on r/rawdenim, which quickly had thousands of people flooding to his site. Alan has been featured in a number of press including ABC News, BuzzFeed, Entrepreneur[1],Fashion Week Online[2], Fox News, HuffPost[3], Nylon, NBC, The Source[4], Toksick Magazine, Pause Magazine, University of Southern California Trojans[5], and number of other blogs.

Although Alan was considering applying for design school for college, he decided to leave this path as well as his job at a medical malpractice law firm to grow his brand full-time.

Ever since, AKINGSNY has grown extensively through networking on social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) along with creating content through collaborations with influencers on these platforms. The brand has held two successful runway shows, AKINGSNY X F.MERCY 2017 and A\W RUNWAY 2016 since its establishment.

In 2019 Alan was accepted into the Forbes Business Council[6] and also began to style artists such as Ted Park for projects such as his hit song UGLY which has amassed over half million streams on YouTube alone at the time of this writing. Alan's namesake label and designs could also be seen on superstars such as Steve Aoki in his hit song Are you Lonely which streamed over 29M views since the time of this writing. Other artists that have been seen sporting Alan's designs are Jhay Cortez for his hit song with J Balvin "Medusa" .

In 2020 Alan announced his latest partnership with Forbes to launch a mastermind[7] featured on Forbes new platform Forbes8[8], Esquire[9], HighSnobiety[10] and Yahoo Finance[11].

References

  1. ^ "Top Entrepreneurs To Look For in 2018". Entrepreneur. 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  2. ^ FWO (2017-09-13). "Meet AKINGSNY: High End Streetwear for the Modern Ninja". Fashion Week Online®. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  3. ^ Nnamani, Francis-King J.; extraordinary, ContributorThe feeling of bringing ideas to reality is truly (2016-09-14). "AKINGSNY | Conversations Through Cloth". HuffPost. Retrieved 2020-03-23. {{cite web}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ Rose, Venus (2017-02-06). "The Source |Style Sector: AKINGS NY Autum/Winter 2017 Collection". The Source. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  5. ^ "News Mag: 5 Tips For Marketing By A Millennial Entrepreneur Alan King (Alan Cheung.)". News Mag. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  6. ^ "Alan Cheung, Official Member of Forbes Councils". Forbes Councils. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  7. ^ Davis, Toms (Mar 9, 2020). "Will Industry Crossovers & Collaborations Change The Future Of Entrepreneurship?". Forbes.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Davis, Tom. "Will Industry Crossovers & Collaborations Change The Future Of Entrepreneurship?". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  9. ^ Grossman, Avidan (2020-04-07). "Where to Buy a Face Mask Right Now". Esquire. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
  10. ^ "Survey Says, Quarantine Might Make Our Generation Immune to Hype". Highsnobiety. 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
  11. ^ "Where to Buy Hand Sanitizer Right Now (Updated)". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
  • Buzzfeed - Digital Age Millennial Entrepreneurs | Alan King (Alan Cheung)[1]
  • Scalar - 5 Tips For Marketing By A Millennial Entrepreneur Alan King (Alan Cheung.)[2]
  • Huffington Post - AKINGSNY | Conversations Through Cloth[3]
  • Pitchengine - Contemporary Fashion Of Alan King Alan Cheung Entrepreneur Denim[4]
  • NBC - AKINGSNY Holds Successful NYFW Popup Event.[5]
  • NYC Fashion Week - Meet AKINGSNY: High End Streetwear for the Modern Ninja[6]
  • Design Scene - #NYFW: AKINGSNY | F.MERCY Fall Winter 2017.18[7]
  • The Source - STYLE SECTOR: AKINGS NY AUTUM [sic]/WINTER 2017 COLLECTION[8]
  • Letage Magazine - The Denim Company Making Noise: ALAN KING Pop-Up Denim Show in NYC[9]
  • Fashion United - AkingsNY launches new denim styles[10]
  • Quebec News - Alan King, the 21 year old millennial crushing the niche raw denim game[11]
  • FRL Mag - AKINGSNY | THE COMPANY TAKING OVER NEW YORK[12]
  • 24 Perfect - AKINGSNY: A CONTEMPORARY LUXURY CLOTHING COMPANY[13]
  • Entrepreneur - Top Entrepreneurs To Look For in 2018[14]

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  1. ^ "Digital Age Millennial Entrepreneurs - Alan King (Alan Cheung)". buzzfeed.com.
  2. ^ "News Mag: 5 Tips For Marketing By A Millennial Entrepreneur Alan King (Alan Cheung.)". usc.edu.
  3. ^ Nnamani, Francis-King J. (14 September 2016). "AKINGSNY - Conversations Through Cloth". huffingtonpost.com.
  4. ^ "Contemporary Fashion Of Alan King Alan Cheung Entrepreneur Denim". pitchengine.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  5. ^ "AKINGSNY Holds Successful NYFW Popup Event". nbc-2.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  6. ^ FWO (13 September 2017). "Meet AKINGSNY: High End Streetwear for the Modern Ninja - Fashion Week Online®". fashionweekonline.com.
  7. ^ "#NYFW: AKINGSNY - F.MERCY Fall Winter 2017.18". designscene.net. 6 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Style Sector: AKINGS NY Autum [sic]/Winter 2017 Collection - The Source". thesource.com. 6 February 2017.
  9. ^ "The Denim Company Making Noise: ALAN KING Pop-Up Denim Show in NYC - L'Etage Magazine". letagemagazine.com. 9 January 2017.
  10. ^ Fraser, Kristopher. "AkingsNY launches new denim styles". fashionunited.com.
  11. ^ "Alan King, the 21 year old millennial crushing the niche raw denim game". quebecnewstribune.com. 21 February 2018.
  12. ^ http://frlmag.com/akingsny-the-company-taking-over-new-york/
  13. ^ "AKINGSNY: A Contemporary Luxury Clothing Company". 24perfect.com. 22 January 2018. Archived from the original on 27 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Top Entrepreneurs To Look For in 2018". entrepreneur.com. 18 April 2018.
  15. ^ https://www.forbes.com/sites/tdavis/2020/03/09/will-industry-crossovers--collaborations-change-the-future-of-entrepreneurship/#47b2bec71fb8
  16. ^ https://profiles.forbes.com/members/business/profile/Alan-Cheung-CEO-AKINGS/9da70b78-cd03-4b07-a11c-b0fffb49d05a
  17. ^ https://hiphopkr.com/news/music-release/ted-park-single-ugly/
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