Ada Hung, Designer and Founder of BaliniSports, was once an international buyer for chain stores, turned small-town coffee shop owner, turned real estate developer. While working as a corporate executive, Ada felt uninspired and too often found herself missing her husband, a globetrotting environmental engineer that shares her passion for work and travel.
In 2012, Ada decided to quit her job and pursue a longtime dream of creating premium yoga apparel for fashionistas. She took the business online because it would allow her to work while traveling alongside her hub.
Though she always kept the bigger picture in mind, Ada struggled before she finally got BaliniSports off the ground. She intensely researched and visited many factories, but had troubling finding the quality of work and product that she would want to represent BaliniSports.
In 2013, Ada was on her way to Bali for a mini vacation with her friends. The gentleman sitting next to her on the plane happened to be the Vice President of INVISTA, the world’s top high performance sports fiber manufacture. That flight shifted the fate for Ada and became the genesis for Balini Sports. All these connections lead to meetings with leaders of her current team of experts, and it was her passion and sincerity that finally convinced these teams to take her company on as a new brand.
These teams have been working with sportswear powerhouses like Athleta, Adidas and Lululemon for more than 15 years, and they never worked with a new brand, let alone a start up company like BaliniSports.
Wanting to get the most out of this new opportunity, Ada decided to go back to her roots to spend 9 months working side by side with her new production teams in Taiwan. She was trained in every aspect of the production process from fiber, fabric, pattern design, fitting, manufacturing and product testing.
Invista showed her the ins and outs of fabrics and fibers with a focus on their branded Supplex and Lycra. She studied the art of pattern design by a team of experts that educated her on all vital components of a properly fitting garment. Throughout, she worked closely with her manufacturing team to finally create the products she’s so proud to sell today.
After some risk taking and much discipline, determination and hard work, Ada is finally working on BaliniSports and traveling the globe with her husband. BaliniSports started because Ada is passionate about living a balanced yoga life style, and BaliniSports newsletter would invite all the health nuts and yoga lovers to share their stories and tips for the world. Stay informed on Ada’s adventures and updates BaliniSports by signing up for the newsletter!
Hello Ada!
WOW! I’m so impressed and inspired by your story, you must be very proud. I know you must be very busy but if you have the time, would you tell me more about why you chose Taiwan and how you made it happen in those nine months. It doesn’t have to be a detailed account. I’m just starting out, any advice would be of the most value to me.
I wish you all the best,
Kind Regards,
Jade Stubley
Hi Jade:
I chose Taiwan because Taiwan is the pioneer in Textile Industry. Most major brands include Nike, Adidas and Lululemon are all developed in Taiwan. Except they send the final samples to cheap labor countries for productions. We do everything in Taiwan simply because the quality would be more consistent. thank you, Ada