Kevin Poon

Poon was born in Hong Kong in 1981, and moved to Chicago in the United States when he was three years old.{{cite web| url=http://hk-magazine.com/events/article/kevin-poon| title=Kevin Poon| author=Andrea Lo| date=6 March 2014| publisher=HK Magazine| access-date=14 December 2014}} He returned to Hong Kong when he was five briefly before moving to Vancouver. Returning to Hong Kong again, Poon studied at the Hong Kong International School before moving to North America after graduating high school to attend Pepperdine University in California.{{cite web| url=http://hypebeast.com/2012/8/hypebeast-trade-kevin-poon-of-clot| title=HypeBeast Trade: Kevin Poon of CLOT and District| author=Jonathan Poh| date=30 August 2012| publisher=HypeBeast| access-date=14 December 2014}} While in Los Angeles, Poon worked as an intern for Interscope Records when he was 19 years old and later earned a degree in finance from Pepperdine.{{cite web| url=http://www.timeout.com.hk/shopping/features/59726/kevin-poon-co-founder-of-clot-and-juice-socialcapital-and-district-distribution.html| title=Kevin Poon, co-founder of Clot and Juice, Social/Capital and District Distribution| author=Anna Cummins| date=17 July 2013| publisher=Time Out Hong Kong| access-date=14 December 2014}} He returned to Hong Kong in 2003 to start his own business with Edison Chen, creating CLOT.

Poon and childhood friend Edison Chen founded fashion label CLOT in 2003 shortly after Poon graduated from Pepperdine University.{{Citation |last=S.S. YOGA |title=Hitting the streets |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2017/04/27/underage-sex-for-rm126-scandal-rocks-quiet-northern-town-in-thailand/ |work=The Star Online |access-date=June 25, 2009}}{{Citation | first = Jennifer| last = Chang | newspaper = Daily News Record | title = Made in Hong Kong: Edison Chen's Clot Streetwear Line Makes Its Western Debut | pages = 36(40), 8| date = Oct 12, 2006}} Aside from fashion, CLOT has tapped into various aspects of youth culture including music, art and design.{{Citation |title=About Clot |url=http://clotinc.com/about/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029150826/http://clotinc.com/about/ |url-status=dead |publisher=CLOT |archive-date=2012-10-29}}{{Citation | publisher = Beinghunted Online Magazine| title = Edison Chen Interview | url = http://www.beinghunted.com/v51/features/2006/12_edison_chen_clot/edison_chen_clot_08.html}} In 2004, Poon opened JUICE, a retail store specializing in designer streetwear and accessories.{{cite web| url=http://www.scionav.com/2013/10/10/edison-chen-kevin-poon-clot/| title=Edison Chen and Kevin Poon of CLOT| date=10 October 2013| publisher=Scion AV| access-date=14 December 2014}} By 2006, CLOT had entered the American marketplace.

CLOT has collaborated with brands such as Nike, VLONE, sacai, Fear of God, Adidas, Converse, Lacoste, Headporter, Pepsi, and with American hip-hop artist Kanye West.{{Citation | first = Andrew| last = Sun| newspaper = South China Morning Post| title = Kanye West Set to Come East for One Night in HK | pages = 2 | date = Oct 13, 2006}}{{Citation | first = Andrew| last = Sun| title = Clot's Main Man Puts Creative Foot Forward for Converse

| newspaper = South China Morning Post| pages = 2 | date = April 7, 2010}} The brand developed a shoe for Nike called the “Kiss of Death”, the first ever collaboration between Nike and a Hong Kong-based label.

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