# Yu Mei

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Immigration life in UK: what to expect

In this episode we discuss different aspects of UK lifestyle in relation to immigrants. 

2.07: The Other 48 Days — The LOST Boys

Jack & Jacob relive the events of LOST from the other side of the island as they tackle 'The Other 48 Days'

Jessie Wong: Founder of luxury leather goods brand Yu Mei

“Nobody knows what they’re doing until they’re doing it, so just get started.” Jessie Wong is a Wellington entrepreneur and founder of luxury leather goods brand Yu Mei. She set up Yu Mei after winning an AMP scholarship while completing a Bachelor of Fashion Design at Otago, allowing her to invest…

Yu Mei is a luxury brand where everyone is welcome

While many high end brands pride themselves on sole exclusivity, luxury leather goods company Yu Mei is more interested in establishing a welcoming community. Yu Mei founder, Jessie Wong, joins Simon Pound to talk about building a premium brand that values function equally with form to ensure its p…

Wellington’s creative comeback — with Yu Mei

In this special episode, Brooke Roberts sits down with Yu Mei founder Jessie Wong to hear what it takes to build a creative business in Aotearoa, and to introduce Common Material, a pilot event celebrating Wellington's creative industries. Taking place 5–7 June, during a special limited opening of…

Wellington’s creative comeback — with Yu Mei

In this special episode, Brooke Roberts sits down with Yu Mei founder Jessie Wong to hear what it takes to build a creative business in Aotearoa, and to introduce Common Material, a pilot event celebrating Wellington's creative industries. Taking place 5–7 June, during a special limited opening of…

Bite: Wellington's future depends on its creatives

Wellington has been through a tough few years. In this quick bite, Yu Mei founder Jessie Wong reflects on Wellington's unique creative identity, the world-class talent emerging from the capital, and why creativity is a cultural and economic asset.  This clip is from our previous episode 'Yu Mei fo…

Fashion girl bible

Girlies this is a very special episode where we discuss the launch of PERSONA but also in which we speak to fashion guru Kristen Naiman of The Real Real (AKA our mecca). We mined Kristen for all of her personal style/shopping hack questions, including talking about her time working with Isaac Mizra…