Back Office WHO’S HIDDING BEHIND SMALLABLE ? Hsiao-Anne Hsiao-Anne is multi-faceted. To begin with, our fashion buyer has roots in two very different places: Taiwan and south-central France. This collision of cultures has led her to love the great outdoors and to be fluent in Mandarin, which she learnt during her summers in Taipei. Then there’s her career. Hsiao-Anne studied at Sciences Po Rennes before taking on a first internship in the purchasing department of Printemps, which then became her first job. She explains, “I wanted to go to a more generalist university, like the Sciences Po, then do a more specific internship, not in public administration or an institution. Then I had this opportunity in the purchasing department of this huge store.” Through her tenacity and love for the world of children, she ended up at Smallable through a speculative application and sheer determination: “I sent a lot of emails and made plenty of telephone calls, almost to the point of harassment, but I achieved my goal: to work for Smallable.” Her passion and tenacity are two qualities we’ve seen again this summer, during the World Cup… Rest assured, Hsiao-Anne can also be a romantic, dreamer and minimalist (we said she was multi-faceted) when choosing her favourite brands for Smallable, which include Louis Louise, Rylee and Cru and Studio Bohème. 138