Elain Lim graduated from the Fashion Design Department of the Nanyang Academy of the Arts (NAFA). Her creative inspiration comes from her career as a makeup artist. In order to protect the earth and reduce waste, she added expired cosmetics to her works.
In 2017, she held her first exhibition entitled "Selves", which was also featured in a group exhibition at the Busan Art Fair in South Korea. In 2021, she held the solo exhibition "BringYourOwnJoy" again, and also participated in a series of live fashion illustration events by Dior, Roger Vivier and Manolo Blahnik in 2021.