Overview
Patricia Matcin, professionally known as Patricia Manfield, is a Moldovan singer-songwriter based in London. As of 2018, she releases music under her pseudonym, Hēir.
Manfield became very popular in 2015, under the pseudonym of Patricia Manfield in the field of fashion, becoming one of the most influential Italy-based street fashion bloggers. Manfield has worked as a brand ambassador to many high-end fashion houses, such as Versace, Dior, and Fendi. In 2018, she decided to devote her time to pursuing a music career, changing her professional pseudonym to Hēir. Manfield has since signed a distribution deal with Sony Music Entertainment, and in March 2020, released her debut extended-play titled Daddy Issues, which has achieved over one million streams on Spotify.
Early life
Patricia Matcin, better known as Patricia "Heir" Manfield was born in Chișinău, Moldova to parents who were both classical musicians of Russian origin. She spent the first years of her life near Moscow, Russia. After that, she started to travel all around the world following her parents in their tournèe. Due to the nomadic nature of her parents career, Matcin was forced to enroll in several international institutions throughout her academic career, which she has cited as a challenge, although it allowed her to visit the most important European theaters. Thus, her first and main language is English.
At the age of eight, encouraged by her parents, Matcin began to approach music starting to take the first lessons of piano and violin. When she was only ten years old, her parents divorced, and she moved to Naples, Italy with mother, Svetlana Matcin. Here, she finally found stability. In Naples, she obtained the diploma in liceo classico . She moved to Milan for university studies, earning the degree in management and fashion business at the Istituto Marangoni. During her time in Milan, she was noticed by a casting director of the fashion industry who introduced her to various stylists and fashion brands. Since 2018, she has been living in London, where she works as a musician, as well as her previous career in the fashion field.
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