Yoon Ahn

Yoon Ahn is an American businesswoman and fashion designer. She studied graphic design at Boston University and graduated in 2000. She is known as the creative director of her brand Ambush and as Dior Men's jewelry design director. Ahn is currently based in Tokyo, Japan. In 2003, Ahn moved to Tokyo. In 2006, Ahn co-founded jewelry brand Antonio Murphy & Astro. She designed couture jewelry and accessory pieces for hip-hop contemporaries under the Antonio Murphy & Astro line. In 2012, Ahn and Verbal officially launched their joint high fashion jewelry label Ambush. In 2018, Ahn was appointed as the new Dior Men jewelry line director by then Dior creative director Kim Jones. She made her official debut at the Spring/Summer Paris men's fashion week.

Ahn has stated that she does not have a unique fashion genre that she adheres to. Her fascination with pop art references can be seen throughout her designs for both Ambush and Dior Men. Bold, gold, and/or metal jewelry mixed with themes referencing American and Tokyo hip-hop fashion styles remain consistent within her avant-garde designs. Despite having no traditional training in fashion design, Ahn rose in the ranks of the fashion world through her design background and the experiences garnered through high-profile connections and friendships. While working on Ambush with her co-founder, Verbal, in Japan, Ahn handled the PR side of the business for the label Billionaire Boys Club, a streetwear brand founded by Pharrell Williams and Nigo. During that time (2008–2011), she worked with Williams and Kim Jones while executing her Ambush collaboration with Louis Vuitton in the making of Playbutton, Ahn designed a wearable music player. In addition to acting as creative director of Ambush, Ahn continues to operate as a member of her creative consultancy alongside her co-founder, having partnered up and collaborated in the past with brands and e-commence businesses like Beats by Dre. A year after its initial launch, Ahn's Ambush began partnering with brands such as A Bathing Ape and later with Reebok. After launching in 2008, Ambush collaborated with A Bathing Ape in creating the Kaiju "Strange Beast" Collection. The collection featured a line of clothing, accessories, and footwear that featured Japanese-inspired designs of the classic A Bathing Ape half-shark, half-alligator prints along with Ahn and Verbal's experimental fashion influences. As creative director, Ahn often designs new pieces to fit within Ambush seasonal themes, as seen in their "Nomad" collection. While the brand initially started as a couture jewelry line, Ambush expanded its couture offerings to encompass unisex high-fashion streetwear that complemented the line's jewelry in 2015. In that same year, the brand premiered its autumn/winter 2015 collection internationally for the first time in Hong Kong and Paris.

Ambush holds a history of collaborations with major brands such as Louis Vuitton, Off-White, Gentle Monster, Bulgari, Sacai, and Converse. and Ambush x Converse Chuck 70.

Dior Men (2018-2022) Ahn was appointed as the Dior Men jewelry director in 2018 by previous Dior creative director Kim Jones. Her initial jewelry design showcases for Dior were at the pre-Fall show in 2018 and the Spring/Summer 2019 show. When speaking about the themes of the pre-Fall show premiering in Tokyo, Ahn stated "It will be very Japanese, but very Dior and very futuristic." At the SS19 Dior Men show in Paris, Ahn walked the Dior x Kaws-inspired runway with Jones where they both made their Dior debuts.

Collaborations Yoon Ahn, under her brand Ambush, has collaborated with multiple brands, including A Bathing Ape, Nike, Off-White, Louis Vuitton, Dr. Martens, Sacai, and Colette.

Following a number of Ambush x Nike Dunk High colorways, the partnership continued with an iterations of the Air Adjust Force "White/Black."

Awards and honors Ambush's Verbal & Yoon on the Hypebeast 100 — 2014–2017 Ambush's Verbal & Yoon Ahn on Business of Fashion 500 — October 2016 -2023 Yoon and Verbal listed on Vogue Forces of Fashion