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Tue, May 23, 2017 | 12:18

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Sohn dreams of mom and pop chicken store

Sohn Min-ho, 29, has been modeling for 10 years and he has no doubt that modeling is God’s calling for him. Lately he came to hear his inner voice about a humble profession that he’d like to pursue during the rest of his life _ that of being an owner of a small chicken restaurant. His dream has since gone specific. Sohn wants a mom-and-pop chicken store, rather than a franchi...

Fashion | 2017-05-07 19:43

Noma Han wants to be called tattooist

Kim Ki-bum searching for happiness in DJing

Model Kim Ki-bum is one of the hottest disk jockeys on the Korean fashion scene who is in his fourth year of turning music at almost all the luxury brands’ pop-up store opening events here. Kim has played tunes at presentations of new collections for Chanel, Dior, Ralph Lauren and Michael Kors. Italian luxury brand Gucci contacted him privately to play at their party after wa...

Fashion | 2017-05-07 19:36

Noma Han wants to be called tattooist

Being a fashion model is not as fancy as spectators of runway shows imagine. The vast majority of models are fighting for their living. This is the case for model Noma Han who has explored modeling for eight years now. “I was a freelancer model eight years ago and the fashion industry at that time preferred pretty- looking boys or big guys,” said Han during an interview with ...

Fashion | 2017-05-07 19:31

Models shine through volunteer activities

Models are usually associated with glitz and glamor, but many also have big hearts. Shin Eun-jeong, 54, a former model and now a model agency director, began doing volunteer work with other models a few years ago. Initially, it was a social gathering in which members met for food and drinks.

Fashion | 2017-05-05 15:59

Fashion designer shows British pop influence

Young fashion designer Park Hwan-sung hosted his first main show at Seoul Fashion Week this season, but he is already receiving much attention as one of the top 10 Koreans in the industry. Park flew to Hong Kong last Thursday to display his seasonal collection at popular fashion brand house I.T. in Hysan One as part of Seoul Design Foundation’s project “Seoul’s 10Soul” to pro...

Fashion | 2017-04-17 20:05

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

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