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Tue, July 14, 2020 | 23:16

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

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...

Kim Jae-heun | 2017-12-05 21:41

Think hanbok isn't sexy? Think again

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 ...

Jung Min-ho | 2017-11-13 10:50

Roman Yang builds stepping stones for Asian models in US

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...

Kim Jae-heun | 2017-11-06 10:16

'Genderless is not fashion trend, but social phenomenon'

'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...

Kim Jae-heun | 2017-10-31 20:50

Miss Vietnam wins Global Beauty Contest in Seoul:

Miss Vietnam wins Global Beauty Contest in Seoul:

You Soo-sun | 2017-10-20 17:01

Colorful runways decorate Seoul Fashion Week

Colorful runways decorate Seoul Fashion Week

Ever since Jung Ku-ho became executive director of Seoul Fashion Week, he has been designating one veteran dressmaker as honorary designer each year to host the archive exhibition as part of the opening event for the fashion event. For the 2018 Spring Summer Hera Seoul Fashion Week, Jung picked veteran designer Rubina, who opened the show under the theme “Endless Journey” at ...

Kim Jae-heun | 2017-10-19 22:32

Seoul Fashion Week settles as a cultural festival

Seoul Fashion Week settles as a cultural festival

The world’s top fashion weeks often serve as trade markets bridging individual designers and retailers to boost the local fashion industry. Seoul Fashion Week also began with the same goal, but it has settled as a cultural festival first, attracting some 280,000 visitors to the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) last season. “There is no fashion festival like Seoul Fashion Week in...

Kim Jae-heun | 2017-10-11 02:26

Songzio Homme pursues unique male identity

Songzio Homme pursues unique male identity

Launching a secondary label to support its main line has been a trend in recent years among Korean fashion designers. To offer experimental haute couture every season, designers need lucrative ready-made sub-labels to maintain their main brands. Another reason to launch a secondary line is to commercialize the designer’s brand that can appeal to anybody with simple and comfor...

Kim Jae-heun | 2017-09-26 09:23

Young designers honor independence fighters

Young designers honor independence fighters

Five students at Konkuk University’s Department of Apparel Design have begun selling special hooded T-shirts decorated with the Taegeukgi, the Korean national flag, in order to support marginalized descendants of independence activists during Japanese colonial rule (1910-45). Starting from last week, the students, who launched the street fashion brand ZAMU two years ago, have...

Park Jae-hyuk | 2017-09-25 17:08

[INTERVIEW] Miss Korea to walk New York's runway

[INTERVIEW] Miss Korea to walk New York's runway

Korea may be too small a place for Miss Korea winner Hong Na-sil to fully spread her wings. Last year’s winner of the nation’s annual beauty pageant wants to let the whole world know the beauty of Korea. As a part of her attempts, the 26-year-old will appear on the catwalk for New York Fashion Week next month. “Given that modernized hanbok will hit the runway this year, my de...

Park Jae-hyuk | 2017-08-28 10:20

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