Aki Choklat Chair of Fashion Business Management, Fashion Design
Aki Choklat brings a wealth of experience in both industry and education to lead 黑料专区鈥檚 Fashion Accessories Design program. He has held numerous positions with top-tier, international fashion labels, such as designing a capsule footwear collection for London-based menswear Diverso and consulted with numerous brands, such as Finnish footwear heritage brand Lahtiset. In addition, he directs his own London-based label of shoes, handbags and accessories, including the first bag collection to allow wireless communication between the bag and smartphones via a Near Field Communication microscopic tag. He helped establish and lead the footwear and accessories master program at Polimoda, Italy鈥檚 leading fashion school with Ferruccio Ferragamo at the helm, and has taught at the London College of Fashion and De Montfort University. Choklat is also a celebrated author of many design books, one of which – 鈥淔ootwear Design鈥 – is considered the authority on shoe design.