Meet TikTok-famous fashion designer Joe Ando-Hirsh: his clients include Dakota Johnson and Millie Bobby Brown, and he’s also an actor who starred alongside The Office’s Rainn Wilson in Empire Waist
After an internship with Marc Jacobs fell through during the Covid-19 pandemic, Ando-Hirsh turned to social media to grow his business – but once upon a time, he wanted a stable career in finance
The Ando-Hirsh custom dress that Emhoff wore to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August last year made waves in the media, with several outlets awarding Emhoff the title of “best dressed at the DNC”.
This year, Ando-Hirsh was listed as one of Forbes 30 Under 30 creators for social media. Here’s everything you need to know about the designer.
He initially wanted to work in finance
Joe Ando-Hirsh was born in India to a French father and a Japanese mother. The 29-year-old told Glamour in a 2024 interview that watching his parents struggle in their own creative fields while growing up in Long Island, New York, made him crave stability.
Ando-Hirsh was intent on pursuing a safe and stable career in finance, but after failing a statistics class, he made a drastic change and enrolled himself in fashion school.