New Straits Times

The company that FV built

The founders of FashionVal­et talk to

- Syida Lizta Amirul Ihsan

THE first time I met Fadzarudin Shah Anuar, 31, and Vivy Sofinas Yusof, 31, was in 2012, when they were engaged to be married and their then-small company, FashionVal­et, was still operating from an office lot in Plaza Damansara.

Vivy hadn’t donned the tudung and Fadzarudin was a shy geek who was always behind his computer (“I still am”).

They were not yet accustomed to the social media attention they are now, but their determinat­ion to succeed and eagerness to thrive was unmistakab­le from day

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I see the numbers of foreign companies and tell myself that if they can do it, why not us? Vivy Sofinas Yusof

to 150. We have stopped experiment­ing and we aim to serve customers better by making sure these brands give value,” he says.

“Things have changed since our inception. Back then, there was no competitio­n

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The company has come a long way since its inception.
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