Jimmy Choo Biography

  Dato' Jimmy Choo was born in 15 November 1948. A Malaysia designer based in the United Kingdom. He was best known of co-founding Jimmy Choo Ltd that became known for its handmade women's shoes.

  Choo was born in Penang, Malaysia, into a family of shoemakers. His family name was Chow but was misspelled on his birth certificates Choo. He studied at Shih Chung Primary School in Love Lane, Penang. His father taught him how to make shoes and he made his first shoe when he was 11 years old.

  Choo graduated from Cordwainers Technical College in Hackey (now part of the London College of Fashion) in 1983. Choo worked part-time at restaurants and as a cleaner at a shoe factory to help fund his college education. After graduation, Choo began work at a shop in Hackey which he opened in 1986 by renting an old hospital building. His craftsmanship and designs were soon noticed and his creations became featured in eight pages in a 1988 issue of Vogue. Patronage from Diana. Princess of Wales from 1990 further boosted his image.

  Today, Jimmy Choo was an OBE (Order of the British Empire), an honorary doctorate in art by De Montfort University, Leicester, UK, an Honarary Fellowship by University of the Arts Londo and the Winner of the "The World's Outstanding Malaysian Designer 2011". To be a Malaysian, we should be proud of his acievements.


Written by,
Leong Wan Yi

The proud of Malaysia, Jimmy Choo.