MUOY CHORM IS A SELF-TAUGHT CAMBODIAN FASHION DESIGNER. BORN IN THE FLOATING VILLAGE OF KAMPONG KHLEANG IN SIEM REAP PROVINCE (CAMBODIA), HE IS THE YOUNGEST OF SEVEN CHILDREN. MUOY BECAME A FISHERMAN AT THE AGE OF SIX, BUT IN HIS TEENAGE YEARS HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY IN SIEM REAP.

VERY QUICKLY, MUOY MISSED THE LAKE AND HIS FAMILY. HE STOPPED SCHOOL AND CAME BACK TO THE HIS HOMETOWN TO BECOME A FARMER DURING THE DRY SEASON AND A BOAT DRIVER DURING THE MONSOON. THROUGHOUT HIS TEENAGE YEARS, MUOY HAD BEEN DESIGNING HIS OWN CLOTHES WITH LOCAL TAILORS IN HIS VILLAGE.

IN HIS EARLY TWENTIES, HE ONCE AGAIN MOVED TO SIEM REAP TO STUDY ENGLISH AND WAS NOTICED BY A SIEM REAP BASED DESIGNER. FOR 3 YEARS MUOY WORKED WITH THE DESIGNER WHO EXPOSED HIM TO THE SECRETS OF TEXTURES AND INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCES.