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Ms Bertilla Wong, co-founder of The Closet Lover homegrown fashion brand, with her husband Glen Yeo and their sons Caden, four, and 
Caleb, three. She was diagnosed with lupus, an autoimmune condition,  at age 15. Photo courtesy of Bertilla Wong

Ms Bertilla Wong, co-founder of home-grown fashion brand The Closet Lover, with her husband Glen Yeo and their sons Caden and Caleb.

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SINGAPORE – Ms Bertilla Wong was in Secondary 3 in 2005 when she suddenly developed rashes on her feet.

She would also get breathless after climbing two flights of stairs when she usually had no problems walking up four storeys to her classroom at Nanyang Girls’ High School.

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