Claudia Chan Shaw is an Australian-born

fashion designer Fashion design is the Art (skill), art of applied arts, applying design, aesthetics, clothing construction, and natural beauty to clothing and its Fashion accessory, accessories. It is influenced by diverse cultures and different trends and has va ...

and

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ancestry. She was born in Annandale in the inner western suburbs of Sydney, studied at Fort Street High School, and visual communications design at

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and export marketing at

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.Cockington, James
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''The Age'', 10 February 2010. Her mother, Vivian Chan Shaw, designed and produced knitwear, and Claudia used her training to establish an export market for her mother's eponymous clothing label. They currently work as design and retail partners operating a knitwear boutique in Sydney's

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. Chan Shaw had appeared on the

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's (ABC) series ''

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'' as a guest in 2008, showcasing her collection of tin space toys and toy robots. When panellist Nicolle Warren left the show, Chan Shaw was asked to replace her and appeared in her first episode as a panellist on 14 February 2010. Chan Shaw has been the subject of a number of portraits that have been painted as entries in the

Archibald Prize The Archibald Prize is an Australian portraiture art prize for painting, generally seen as the most prestigious portrait prize in Australia. It was first awarded in 1921 after the receipt of a bequest from J. F. Archibald, J. F. Archib ...

. In 2023 she was painted by two artists, Sally Ryan and John Klein, with Ryan's portrait being selected for the Archibald Prize and Klein's portrait being selected for the Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian fashion designers Australian women fashion designers Australian television presenters Australian women television presenters Australian people of Chinese descent People from the Inner West (Sydney) Australian collectors Toy collectors {{fashion-designer-stub