Layla Ditu Abramowitz was born in New York, NY in 1982. The product of a Filipino Jewish family, she grew up in New Jersey. She currently resides and works in New York. Abramowitz received her BFA from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in 2004, specializing in fashion art and knitwear. During her training at FIT, she studied in Paris, France, at Esmod International; in Florence, Italy at Polimoda; and in England at the Nottingham Trent University to train in knitwear. At Polimoda, she was awarded ‘Most Creative and Artistic’ during the exhibit at the Limonaia Gallery in Florence. She was asked back to FIT be a critic for the fashion design program in 2009. She has designed for luxury companies Zac Posen, Mario Moya, and Ports1961. In 2005, she relocated to work and live in Xiamen, China to work for Ports 1961. Her tenure in China lasted three and a half years, where Abramowitz took on other projects, designing uniforms for a Chinese luxury hotel concept and lingerie for Italy. In 2008, she launched her own knitwear line, Ditu, which was an experiment in creating high-end apparel in China. Through her venture to China, she developed a sweater line that featured corsets designed from knitting machines. When she returned to New York, she worked as Collection Director to produce the Mario Moya Spring 09 and Fall10 fashion shows. Abramowitz’s work involves various parts of the fashion mechanism, from the high-end craft to the logic of production in Chinese factories.

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