NEW YORK - Ting Ting Lin, the New York Fashion Director of West/East Magazine, was born and raised in Taiwan. She began learning traditional Chinese dance and classical ballet at age five. Twirling around her mother’s dance studio, lost in the gigantic mirrors that surrounded her, she became certain she wished to become a dancer, and indeed spent many years doing just that. She vividly remembers nightly outings in the 80’s experimenting with full dance costumes, heavy make-up and big hair with a camera always ready to capture the moments. It was on these outings that people she met and their unique style began to inspire the stylist in her. In 1997 Ting Ting relocated to New York City where her transition from dancer to stylist gained momentum while her portfolio quickly expanded.

Since then she has worked with an impressive list of fashion photographers, among them, Kenneth Willardt, Matt Jones, Torkil Gudnason, Sante D'Orazio, Nicolas Moore, Diego Uchitel, Guy Aroch, David Ferrua, Ben Watts, Dennis Golonka, Gray Scott, Caroline Knopf, Fernando Milani, Arthur Belebeau, Tiziano Magni, Greg Delves and Robert Maxwell.

Ting Ting has styled advertising campaigns for Target, Oil of OLAY, L'Oreal Matrix, Gap.com, Sephora, Revlon, Motorola and Moga as well as TV commercials for Nike, Sony Cyber Shot and SK-II. In addition she has worked with cosmetic giant M.A.C. to style their look books, in-store videos and special global events.

Ting Ting Lin is currently based in New York.