Raphael Young is a footwear designer was born in Seoul, South Korea and grew up in his French adoptive family's home town of Romans, the birthplace of French luxury shoe making. Following in the footsteps of his uncle, the renowned Alexandre Narcy (a legendary bottier who created the Yves Saint Laurent Shoe Studio in the 60’s) Young created his very first pair of shoes at age 14. He founded her own label in 2008. In 2011 Raphael made a move to NYC to head the shoe design team at Calvin Klein Collection.