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Fri, April 27, 2018 | 17:37

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This is Seoul fashion

Seoul's biggest biannual fashion event ended Saturday with an accomplishment in promoting Korean beauty.The six-day HERA Seoul Fashion Week had 37 designer brands, two companies and 90 rising designers unveiling their 2018 fall and winter collections at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul. The trade show kicked off with “hanbok” (Korean traditional dress) designer Kim ...

Fashion | 2018-03-23 17:35

Investing 15 minutes every day makes skin more than just good

There is a popular saying that having flawless skin is purely a genetic game of chance.But such perfect skin, often meaning firm, glowing and blemish-free, might be impossible and even those lucky to be born with better skin than others need consistent effort to keep their skin healthy due to the changing environment and health conditions.I was one of the lucky ones to have f...

Fashion | 2018-03-16 14:53

Seoul fashion ready to turn buzz into business

Top Korean designers will be unveiling their 2018 fall and winter collections at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul from March 19-24, beginning with a hanbok show to herald the overall concept _ Korean beauty.

Fashion | 2018-03-08 16:53

Hunion challenges diversity in gender roles

More men are becoming courageous enough to change the country's strict conventions, especially in beauty and fashion, and Hunion is one of the brave ones.The YouTube beauty expert, whose Korean name is Park Sang-hoon, calls himself a beauty creator who specializes in cosmetics product reviews. He has over 54,000 followers.

Fashion | 2018-02-25 17:16

Plus-sized models open New Year with fashion show

The New Year’s weekend celebration is said to be a party felt around the world. For some, it is a time of reflection, celebration and champagne. For Ghanaian-Canadian teacher Rosemary Manso and her troupe of plus-sized models, the New Year kicked off with applause at Itaewon’s Crown Hotel -- and a plus-sized fashion statement.

Fashion | 2018-01-09 17:06

Girl life is a drag

Today, I’m going to lead you down The Rabbit Hole. Literally. And I’m going to do something unusual for me and cut right to the chase. I’m using my picture/social commentary/visual sociology column slot this week to talk about the “Korean Girl,” fashion and gender codes in Korea. And like all my columns so far, the picture is part illustration, but also the data in the argume...

Fashion | 2018-01-03 15:41

Model-turned-actor talks about his adventure to TV screen

With K-drama enjoying its biggest ever popularity abroad, many Korean students pick actor as their No.1 future job. The number of would-be actors has always outnumbered the limited dream spots available and it is almost like getting blood out of stone to become the “one percent.” Those that make it, though, make it look easy to achieve. Twenty-six-year-old actor Kanghui was o...

Fashion | 2017-12-05 21:41

Think hanbok isn't sexy? Think again

Sexiness is not a word many people would associate with hanbok, the traditional Korean garment. A 23-year-old fashion designer wants to challenge the stereotype. Choi CNe, CEO and designer of Siotproject, a two-year-old startup, said she wants to change the idea of hanbok so that more people would appreciate and enjoy its beauty. Injecting sex appeal into the dress is only a ...

Fashion | 2017-11-13 10:50

Roman Yang builds stepping stones for Asian models in US

For a long time, the fashion markets in America and Europe seemed impossible for Asian models to enter. Asian models hardly appeared in the TV commercials or campaign advertisements of big fashion labels of department stores until Korean model Park Sung-jin shot a global ad campaign for Italian luxury brand Bottega Venetta and Choi Sora appeared in the French fashion house Lo...

Fashion | 2017-11-06 10:16

'Genderless is not fashion trend, but social phenomenon'

Simon Collins, former Dean of Parsons School of Design and founder of fashion institute FCD (Fashion Culture Design) said genderless is not a fashion trend, but a social phenomenon. The fashion expert held a seminar during the 2017 Hera Seoul Fashion Week at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul last month to discuss the theme “Fashion in the Age of Genderless” with four oth...

Fashion | 2017-10-31 20:50

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