Meet the Team
Who We Are
House of Alvin is a couture universe built on fantasy, precision, and impact. Founded by Alvin Ho — whose background spans Christian Dior Couture and Google — the house brings together artistry and structure to create ethereal pieces that feel cinematic rather than costume. Inspired by mythology, heroines, and fairytales, each design is meticulously engineered and flawlessly finished, dressing dreamers like they’ve lived a thousand lives.
Behind every look is a specialist team shaped by luxury and performance-led craft: client experience guided with discretion and polish, an atelier run with uncompromising standards of fit and refinement, pattern cutting that gives bold silhouettes clean architecture, and couture sewing that delivers immaculate detail under any spotlight. The result is statement couture that moves beautifully, photographs powerfully, and remains impossible to forget.
The Creators behind the House of Alvin Universe
Alvin Ho
Alvin leads House of Alvin’s creative universe — from couture concept to final image. With operational grounding at Christian Dior Couture and a marketing foundation shaped at Google, he brings both artistry and structure to every piece. Having grown up enamoured by princesses, heroines, mythology, and fairytales, Alvin designs with an ethereal elegance that feels cinematic rather than costume: pieces that dress dreamers like they’ve lived a thousand lives — meticulously built, flawlessly finished, and impossible to forget.
Founder & Creative Director
Ling Chen
Ling leads the House of Alvin client experience with the discretion and finesse of luxury retail, informed by roles at Christian Dior Couture (Sales Consultant; Sales Intern) and a strong grounding in stakeholder-facing work through Queen Mary University of London. Earlier experience supporting senior leadership at True Decadence adds a runway-grade calm under pressure when timelines tighten and expectations climb.
Client Relations & PR Director
Zarina runs the atelier with a designer’s sensibility and a technician’s discipline—guiding each look from toile to final finish with uncompromising attention to line, fit, and detail. Her eye for refinement is strengthened by time inside Chanel (London Office / New Bond Street ecosystem) and hands-on studio experience at Andy Hillman Studios, including work commissioned for Celine (Milan) and Comme des Garçons / Dover Street Market. She brings the same exacting standard to every fitting, ensuring each piece lands with the signature House of Alvin impact.
Head of AtelierZarina Delestre
Şevval Ak
Şevval is the architectural mind behind our silhouettes—specialising in precise flat pattern drafting, drape, and bespoke construction. Her approach is shaped by performance-led training at the London College of Fashion and costume work with the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, paired with ready-to-wear development experience as a design intern for GANT (via Eren Perakende). From first toile to final fit, she translates bold design into clean structure, ease of movement, and flawless balance.
Lead Patterncutter
Camilla Val Aagaard
Camilla is a tailor and couture seamstress with a rare blend of speed, precision, and finish—delivering garments that hold their shape, drape beautifully, and feel immaculate up close. Her craftsmanship is grounded in Søren Le Schmidt (Tailor & Designer) and production-side fashion experience with Opérasport, alongside backstage dressing work for Herskind and SKIMS—a mix that makes her as strong in the atelier as she is in show conditions. She is also set to join Chanel in 2026, reflecting the calibre and consistency she brings to House of Alvin today.
Lead Couture Seamstress
Samantha brings a materials-led sensibility to the atelier, with a womenswear practice rooted in leatherwork and experimental technique — from laser cutting and wet moulding to fabric manipulation and metalwork. She trained in Fashion Design at De Montfort University (specialising in Leather for Womenswear) and has been recognised through awards with the Worshipful Company of Leather Sellers and the Worshipful Company of Curriers, alongside industry-facing finalist placements including Fashion & ASBCI and Epson.
Couture Studio Assistant
