Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Ryan Thomas grew up living a loud, bright, bold, and colorful life. Art has been one of his main passions he has also been involved in acting and music. At age 16 he began working backstage in the costume department for his high school and eventually would go on to attend The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. At FIDM he would receive his associates degree in Merchandising Product Development and would then go on to be one of the first Product Developers and last to be accepted into the final FIDM DEBUT Program. Better known as the Advanced Associated Program in Fashion design.