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Seoul Fashion Week is a biannual fashion event that takes place in Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the most important fashion events in Asia and features a wide range of designers and brands from Korea and other countries.
Seoul Fashion Week showcases the latest trends and styles in fashion, including clothing, accessories, and beauty. The event is attended by fashion industry professionals, including buyers, journalists, celebrities, and fashion enthusiasts from all over the world.
The event is organized by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, and it usually takes place in March and October each year. It includes a series of fashion shows, exhibitions, presentations, and other events that showcase the latest collections from both established and up-and-coming designers. The event also serves as a platform for emerging designers to showcase their work and gain exposure in the fashion industry.
Do you have a philosophy or story behind your brand name, because it seems to evoke interest and possibly have a hidden story behind it, right ? There was a period of time when I used to be very edgy and “way too serious”. This was actually the time when I began learning fashion design at KASSA (한국패션봉제아카데미). The angry face logo depicts myself at that time. I mean, my self-esteem was very low that I couldn’t accept myself making any mistakes; hence I was extremely stressed all the time and probably had an angry face all the time. So I would comfort myself by saying to myself “hey, why so serious? it’s okay to laugh.. it’s okay to smile once in a while.. it’s okay to make mistakes for every mistake is an opportunity to mature ”. Why so serious, let’s be cerealz!
Korean designer Ko Tae Yong launched
Beyond Closet in Seoul in 2008 and has
since been active as the brand’s CEO,
continuing to be active in the domestic
and international fashion industry.
Holy Number 7 aims for hope and positivity rather than negativity. It focuses on delivering positive messages while also emphasizing that they can be hip and cool at the same time. The brand was launched in 2016 by couple designers Choi Kyung-ho and Song Hyun-hee.
Park Yoon-soo, a first-generation fashion designer in Korea, has been in the industry for the past 40 years and has created over 66 collections, setting a record. He is best known for his fashion brand, BIG PARK, which he launched in 2011 and has gained a reputation for his unique and innovative designs.
Lim Woo-jun is a Korean fashion designer who is the founder and creative director of the fashion brand Iryuk. He debuted his brand in 2018, and since then, Iryuk has gained recognition for its unique designs and has been featured in various fashion events and shows
Would you please briefly introduce yourself to our readers? am Lee Chung-chung, a fashion designer who I graduated from Central Saint Martin in the U.K. After majoring in menswear, I made my debut at London Fashion Week in 2010 and began my career in fashion. Since launching LIE in 2013, the brand has held fashion shows not only in Korea, but also in New York, Paris, London, and other major fashion cities in the world.
WSeoul Mode Fashion Institute (2012 – 2014) and Womenswear at London College of Fashion (2014-2018). He worked at two designer labels, ZeQuun in Seoul and Faustine Steinmetz in London before starting his own label PAINTERS.
We are curious about how you got into
the fashion business initially.
It felt inevitable. I got a lot of attention for being
unusually tall and thin since I was young, so
that might have been why I enjoyed dressing
up. But then I became more attracted by the
process of creating outfits rather than being
seen wearing them, so everything kind of
turned out to be inevitable from then onwards.
Please introduce yourself to our readers, please. Hello, I am a Korean designer Younghoo Kim, who is in charge of a brand named SAINT EGO.