All posts tagged "fashion"

  • Siki Im, second from left, and Tanya Taylor, second from right, won the U.S. regionals of the International Woolmark Prize. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
    Fashion prize awarded to rising designer Siki Im

    Siki Im, 37, was chosen as the Woolmark Prize menswear winner of the year for U.S. regionals alongside womenswear winner Tanya Taylor. A former architect, Im, whose Korean name is Im Sang-Kyun, made his New York Fashion...

    • Posted July 24, 2015
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  • Concept Korea designers Kang Dong-jun, Lee Seok-tae, Lee Ji-yeon, Jang Hyung-chul (Photo courtesy of Concept Korea)
    NYFW Concept Korea designers chosen

    Designers for New York Fashion Week’s annual Concept Korea have been chosen. The project, sponsored by the South Korean government, is an effort to showcase home-grown designers to the American market. Two menswear designers, Kang Dong-jun of...

    • Posted July 1, 2015
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    Chanel blends ‘hanbok’ with modernism at Seoul fashion show

    By Kim Jae-heun Celebrities from around the world were in attendance as fashion mogul Karl Lagerfeld presented his first Chanel Cruise collection at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP), Monday. Lagerfeld, head designer of Chanel, said that he...

    • Posted May 5, 2015
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    Korean designer inspired by folklore finds success in Paris

    By Christine Ha A Korean fashion designer turned heads in Paris’s Première Vision earlier this year with a traditional hanbok-inspired collection. Joo Young Yoon, 26, is a design assistant for Tory Burch. “I was inspired by the...

    • Posted April 8, 2015
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    Soo Joo Park chosen as first Asian American model for L’Oréal Paris

    By Christine Ha L’Oréal Paris has found its first-ever Asian American model in Soo Joo Park. As the first Asian American chosen in 106 years, 29-year-old Park will grace the makeup giant’s campaign. Seoul-born and Anaheim-raised, Park...

    • Posted March 31, 2015
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    Korean model shares keys to success in fashion capitals

    By Kim Jae-heun Park Sung-jin is one of Korea’s hottest models. The fashion model website “Models.com” ranked him the 27th in the world last year and he was nominated as one of the 11 candidates for ‘Model...

    • Posted March 5, 2015
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  • Designers Ko Tae-yong, Lee Ju-young and Lee Seung-hee at Concept Korea 2015.
    NY Fashion Week gets annual taste of Concept Korea

    New York Fashion Week got its annual taste of Korean fashion with Concept Korea F/W 2015, now in its 11th year, last Friday at the Pavilion at Lincoln Center. The annual event brings Korean designers to the...

    • Posted February 20, 2015
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