Meet the SACHIKA TWINS...Who are they? =)

To-Tam & To-Nya Sachika
Photo by David Allen

To-Tam & To-Nya Sachika
Photo by David Allen

SACHIKA TWINS: TO-TAM & TO-NYA

To-Tam & To-Nya Sachika, Identical twin sisters, are Fashion Designers, Entrepreneurs & CEOs of SACHIKA. Born in Paris, from Vietnamese parents, To-Tam & To-Nya grew up in Montreal, Canada, from a large family of 6 children where they both individually excelled in Arts. From a young age, the duo tandem knew they would be building, crafting and creating Art. To-Nya, the lefty and the Designer, graduated from the International Academy of Design at the top of her school with an associate degree in Fashion Design. Furthermore, To-Nya successfully completed an international business certification at Concordia University. To-Tam, the righty, also the business woman, graduated with top honors from University of Montreal with a degree in Communications & Journalism with a specification in Television and Entertainment. To-Tam & To-Nya also each have a degree in Creative Arts from Dawson College. Among other credits, both sisters attended Jam Vocal School & Ecole de musique Vincent D’Indy to study voice & music. Upon graduation, the twins embarked upon a career in fashion design, sales and marketing. Their designs were found in large department stores such as Femme De Carriere, Holt Rentfrew, The Bay, Sears, Reitsmans, Eaton’s, Zellers and Winners. In the U.S., the Sachika twin’s designs were bought by GUESS, MARCIANO, TARGET, ARDEN B, CHARLOTTE RUSSE, STRAWBERRIES and sold at MACY’S, NORDSTROM and LORD & TAYLOR. Remarkably, the SACHIKA Twins were responsible for over $30 million in revenues per year. Eventually, the sisters decided to pack their bags and move to New York city to pursue their dreams of working for themselves and living off their passions because ” If you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere.”

Photo by Jonavennci

In 2009, because two head are better than one, To-Tam & To-Nya, Fashion’s Yin & Yang, joined forces to create their fashion business: SACHIKA. With no funding, investment or loans, the twins moved to New York to open their own company. After only one year, SACHIKA exploded into the Fashion & Entertainment scene dressing prominent stars and public figures. Their unique approach to design, marketing, sense of style and bubbly personalities have helped them set apart as business women and designers. Today, SACHIKA has earned a secure place amongst the stars as it proudly celebrates and embraces all body types. The brand is known to fabricate beautiful dresses that complement the female body. SACHIKA’ s feminine, flirty fashion has been featured included but not limited in publications such as Italian VOGUE, Forbes, ELLE Magazine, The Fader, Arise Magazine, Teen Vogue, Daily News, NY Times, Businessweek, Fashion Week Daily, Style.com, Elle.com, Reuters, The LA Fashion Magazine, Regard Magazine, etc. SACHIKA was also featured on E! Entertainement, Fox News, Oxygen, BRAVO, Channel 11, TVOne, BET, Vh1.

The Bee Dress: Spring 2011 Collection

Coco- Model/Business Woman/TV Personality
Coco Dress Custom dress to embrace her curves

Nicki Minaj: Recording Artist
Moon Dress

Patti Stanger: Milionnaire Matchmaker
Custom Dress

Angela Simmons: Entrepreneur/Model
Noemi Dress

Adrienne Bailon: Recording Artist/Model
Ria Dress

Dawn Richard: Diddy Dirty Money
Sissy Dress

From being the dress specialist, SACHIKA has ventured into making outerwear and separates such as skirts, pants, tops, jackets as well as apparel for men: TUXX by SACHIKA. TUXX by SACHIKA is a division under SACHIKA catered to the modern active man who wants to look sharp yet feel comfortable and masculine. 

Actor Robert Richard in Tuxx by Sachika

Actor Greg Finley in Tuxx by Sachika

Devin Thomas- NY GIANTS -
TUXX by SACHIKA Tee-shirt

Actress LisaRaye McCoy
Venetta Dress

Kat DeLuna: International Recording Artist
Bijou Dress

 

Recording Artist Karina Pasian

Rayna Dress

 

Caroline Manzo: TV Personality, Business Woman

Yanci Dress

 

Teresa Giudice: TV Personality, Business Woman

Yanci Dress

 

Danielle Staub: TV Personality, Business Woman

Ria Dress

Vanessa Simmons: Model, Singer, Entrepreneur
Amelia Dress

SACHIKA FALL 2011-NYFW
The Swan Dress

Jennifer Williams: TV Personality/Business Woman
Salsa Dress

Fall 2011 Collection
The Eden Jacket

SACHIKA encourages women to be independent, strong, and ambitious. “The Modern Woman is fierce, she’s independent and she knows what she wants.” says To-Tam. “Designing is like creating the perfect balance between the imaginary mind and the reality of life” says To-Nya. To-Tam & To-Nya are the embodiment of the Modern Women: between the two of them; all angles are covered: from sketching, creating, pattern making, grading, draping, cutting, sewing, fitting, selling, branding, marketing, pr & business. Nothing is overlooked and there is nothing that these two cannot do.” say the SACHIKA TWINS. To-Tam & To-Nya are currently working on an Accessories Line in collaboration with THE STOCKROOM set to be launched in June 2014. The Twins also teach a monthly 4-hour seminar called “HOW TO START YOUR OWN FASHION LINE” in the Fashion District of Los Angeles. 

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Whatever the mind can conceive, it can achieve …! SACHIKA TWINS

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WHO'S YOUR DADDY!?! => SACHIKA TWINS' DADDY IS A "SMART A$$" ;)

Our dad: Mr. Ton-That Luong aka TOP CHEF TY

He has a golden heart, a devilish look in his eyes and principles of steal. Everything he touches turns into gold, he's an amazing artist, top chef, the best cook ever! He has talent, so much brain, amazing qualities and of course his own flaws.

But he's our DADDY!!! &.....We loooooove him to death!

Our father, of Vietnamese decent, carries the royal blood. His name is Ton-That Luong ( nickname is Mr. Ty). Notice, in Viet Nam, the last name goes in front of the first name. Daddy grew up in the center part of Vietnam called HUE. That region of the country is known to have the thickest accent, the most distinct food dishes and exquisite women. Talking about women, our father is a total WOMANIZER! He is a charmer, a ladies'man LOL (We really hope those days are gone! *ahem!!! He's still with our mom!!-). Being the WOMANIZER that he's always been, he swears to us that men only want one thing from women. Of course, having that mentality, leads him to think that all men are JERKS. Therefore, our father is VERY PROTECTIVE, OVER protective. Any man that wants to be with any of us must go through him. Oh well, no one has passed the test YET. He has never approved none of the boys & of course that was the source of lots of drama. Let's save this topic for another blog post.LOL

So yup, any guy who ever dared approaching us was sure to get his dose of #$#%#^%&^#$^#ass whoopping! ( We can still recall the time he caught us talking to this boy at 14 years old,...poor him, our father ran after him with a sushi knife and called the cops on him for sexual harassment! LOL). Everyone heard about it and we were labeled " the twins with the psycho DAD!" Thank God we now live in NY and that label has gone down the drain...!

He encountered many women in his life, broke many hearts and yes, only decided to settle down with...OUR MOTHER, 11 years younger, daughter of a wealthy/ renowned family in VietNam/owner of all the VAN HOA cinemas. My mother has only been with one man in her life - my father! WOW =P

Our Parents, happily married for over 25 years :)

To most people, it seems as if we grew up under the "kingdom of Hitler". Growing up, we had to go through very disciplined and harsh daily regimens. We attended private schools from age 6 up until 17 years old(catholic all girl schools). And every single day, he drove us to school and came to pick us up in his white BMW. (We hated that, couldn't we just take the subway like all the other kids? lol) After school, we had to go to our parents' restaurant and all the 6 kids would help out. It was a family affair, always been like that with us... Keep the $ in the family...lol. Needless to say we grew up cleaning, bussing tables, hostessing, cooking (and yes we're pretty damn good), waitressing, bartering, yes we did it all. "Money doesn't come easy" he always said. Every weekend, it was time for Classical Piano lessons ( I begged my teacher to trade for vocal lessons instead) swimming classese, tennis lessons, Tae kwon do & kung fu lessons, classic ballet training, chess club. We had to do it ALL and...well. The daughters of Mr. Ty had to be the number 1 in everything they do, Not number 2. Number 1.

Yes we went to Private School...=)
Lan-Vi, To-Tam, Tra-My, To-Nya

Boy....were we not petrified of my father growing up!!!!....A single stare from him - the stare of death as many would describe- and we were all mortified.

As afraid as we used to be of him, today we totally see him as a friend. My father- being a hot tempered person that he was, calmed down over the years and yes, he is not as dreadful as he used to be! lol (God bless..)

The 4 sisters 15 years later all grown up: Lan-Vi, To-Tam, Tra-My, To-Nya

Our Father has the best heart - a golden heart! He is an amazing father & would do anything for any of us. He's the BEST father ever and we thank him for being harsh on us growing up..because boy, it prepared us for the worst! And now, we're READY!

He has taught us to be strong, independent, hard worker & to always strive to be the very BEST in everything we do. And most importantly, he said: " You have to be your own BOSS"...and so...WE ARE...=)

Happy Father's Day!!!



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