A graduate in Fashion design at the Royal Academy of the Arts in Utrecht, the Netherlands, Yvonne obtained an Executive MBA in Global Fashion Management at IFM-Paris, to widen her business and merchandising skills.Yvonne has empowered multi-segment premium brands as Kenzo, BCBG, Max Mara, GaleriesLafayette, IKKS and Elegant Prosper with aesthetic forecasts, style positioning, design direction and retail merchandising. Since joining Peclers Paris in 2016, Yvonne has offered guidance to clients around the globe connecting trends to their brand identity with a cross disciplinary approach. A communicative speaker, she has offered seasonal trend insights at Première Vision, and developed deeper fashion and lifestyle topics such as Archestyles, Color Psychology, the Future of Fashion and Fashion Merchandising to professional audiences in Europe, the US and Asia. Passionate about sustainable fashion, she participated as Peclers' ambassador to the launch of UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion in Nairobi in 2019.