Tu M. Tran is the co-founder of MARKED PR/SHOWROOM, a fashion communications and sales showroom based in Los Angeles since 2006. After attending the University of Southern California, he started his career in film industry before moving to fashion PR. An early champion of the Los Angeles fashion community, he recognised a need for a platform where designers could reach their target consumers and created MARKED PR/SHOWROOM to shape and elevate the vision of these young designers. His client list includes brands such as 3.1 Phillip Lim and Self-Portrait.