ABOUT THE DESIGNER
AsTech offers step-by-step classes from basic knowledge of sewing, pattern making to advanced couture level, named Professional Diploma in Couture Sewing Technology and certified from local University and waiting for approval from the World Professional Body: Textile Institute- UK. All the training classes that she offers for garment-making skills at levels 1- 4 are recognized and certified by the governing body of The Malaysian fashion industry. Around 2000 students have come out of the doors to become fashionpreneurs themselves.
Asfarena always strives harder in her life and never sits still. She believes in lifelong learning and keeps on adding knowledge and skills along the way. She obtained a diploma in Fashion in Bangkok, Thailand; Advanced Tailoring and Draping, Couture in Indonesia. She is also a holder of an Advanced Skill diploma in garment making from the Department of Skills Malaysia and now pursuing a skilled professional degree in Apparel Product Development from Telestia Malaysia. This is the only skilled-based degree that is accredited by the Professional Body: Textile Institute -UK. Her aim is to help her students find themselves in the market and take the field seriously. She wants her students to graduate with the heart and skills of a fashion designer and the mind of an entrepreneur.
Not only is she an instructor, but she also inspires and empowers women to be independent and successful, holding on to their hands and leading the way, stitch by stitch. With this growth mindset, Asfarena wants to nurture the future of tomorrow towards becoming professional skilled fashion entrepreneurs who can innovate and penetrate a global market. Her ultimate aim is to make Malaysia proud as the, ”Fashion Modest Couture Heritage Hub”