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Fashion designer Han Hyun-min seeks sophisticated and unfamiliar designs

Korean fashion designer Han Hyun-min is a relatively young designer who launched his brand MUNN only four years ago. He just finished his second runway at Seoul Fashion Week last month and participated in four “Generation Next” trade shows before that. Han began his career as a fashion designer in 2010, when he worked as an assistant for veteran designers Woo Young-mi of WOOY...

Fashion | 2017-04-14 20:29

10 designers represent Korea in Hong Kong

Seoul Design Foundation (SDF) opened a pop-up exhibition at Hong Kong’s popular multi-brand fashion house I.T, Thursday, to promote the top 10 Korean designers, including Park Seung-un. Some 200 fashion insiders attended the event including buyers from Joyce, Lane Crawford, Harvey Nichols and Galleries Lafayette Beijing as well as fashion magazines such as Marie Claire, Cosmo...

Fashion | 2017-04-14 17:26

Fashion needs stories, cracking ideas to go global

Four foreign fashion experts met to discuss major current fashion industry issues at a seminar during Seoul Fashion Week at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Jongno, Seoul, Thursday. The event invited former dean of Parsons School of Fashion, Simon Collins, Italian Chamber of Buyers Mario Dell’Oglio, Vogue Italy Senior Editor Sara Maino and i-D Fashion feature director Anders Ma...

Fashion | 2017-04-02 18:38

Seoul Fashion Week becomes everyone's festival

The 2017 Fall Winter Hera Seoul Fashion Week, hosted by the Seoul Design Foundation, ended its six-day festival Saturday, attracting some 280,000 visitors to the Dongdaemon Design Plaza (DDP) in Jongno, Seoul. Executive director Jung Ku-ho began his fourth Seoul Fashion Week with a rock concert featuring Hyuk Oh on the eve of the event, in collaboration with 10 Corso Como Seo...

Fashion | 2017-04-02 18:31

Designers have to focus on quality, not quantity

Seoul Fashion Week executive director Jung Ku-ho has been emphasizing for the past two years that promoting Korean fashion designers and the country’s biggest fashion event abroad is his top priority. Now his tenure has come to an end and he has yet to decide whether he will renew for another term, but Jung continues to highlight that his successor has to also prioritize prom...

Fashion | 2017-03-23 19:04

Korea's fashion industry unlikely to be affected by THAAD retaliation

After the first launchers of the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile defense system arrived in Korea, Monday, tension between China and Korea is escalating rapidly. Seoul Fashion Week, Korea’s largest fashion festival and trade show, has been obtaining 60 percent of its orders from Chinese buyers so far. Jung Ku-ho, executive director of Hera Seoul F...

Fashion | 2017-03-08 17:33

American designer collaborates on hanbok

Korean traditional attire hanbok has not gained as much attention as China’s qipao or Japan’s kimono on the international stage. When Korean hanbok designer Lee Young-hee first showcased the country’s traditional wear at the Paris Fashion Week in 1994, the local press described her collection “clothes of the wind,” praising its elegant and fine lines. However, it was mistaken...

Fashion | 2017-02-26 19:08

Korean designer teams up with US hip-hop musicians

Popular Korean designer Ko Tae-yong of “Beyond Closet” unveiled its collaboration project with American hip-hop musician group “Odd Future” at his flagship store in Gangnam, Seoul, Wednesday. It is first time for the American crew to work with Korean designer, who matched Odd Future’s pastel-colored cartoonish donut graphic with his signature dog patch to express the trendy H...

Fashion | 2017-02-26 18:05

'Punk' is keyword for 2017 S/S fashion

Winter is ending and spring nearing. Many fashion brands are presenting their 2017 spring and summer collections ahead of the arriving season and the new key trends are the color orange and punk. Zara, the world’s largest apparel retailer and Inditex group’s main brand, introduced its new collection last Thursday at its showroom in Gangnam, Seoul.

Fashion | 2017-02-09 17:23

Rookie model Mio wants to appear in Chanel's beauty campaign

It has only been half a year since rookie model Mio of Garten Agency made headlines in the local fashion scene last year, appearing in many beauty advertisements and make-up shows. Although she is very new to the industry, she already plans in the long run to move forward in her career in Paris and shoot global beauty campaigns with French luxury brand Chanel.

Fashion | 2017-01-22 16:38

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