Seoul Fashion Week is back! (1)

Take a look what's new in Seoul Fashion Week this year. The event is held first times in 4 years after the physical shows were cancelled.

BIG PARK

BIG PARK Spring/Summer 2023 by designer Park Youn-So, released its latest items with a theme "KANDINSKY'S CITY"

DOUCAN

Seoul-based DOUCAN S/S2023 collection by designer Choi Chung Hoon is presented under a theme “Underwater Garden”.

Reinterpreted from the Spring flowers in the calm garden and the sea, various kinds of floral patterns were presented on the dresses and accessories, simply yet elegant, added a touch of femininity through its pleated details and modern silhouette.

KIMZISU 

KIMZISU S/S2023 collection by designer Jisoo Kim came with a theme "A Love Letter From One Rebel to Another", highlighting by its light materials, asymmetric shapes mainly in white colour like the wedding dresses.

IRYUK

Established in 2018 by a Korean designer Woo-jun Lim, inspired by number 26 and the word "taking off", Seoul-based IRYUK presented the lightweight items as one of its highlights for this seasons.

MMAM

By the passion of modern classic, genderless and minimal design, the new Spring and Summer 2023 collection from Seoul based MMAM (Maison Modern Art Museum) by a Korean designer Hyun Park.

 

Stars in UL:KIN

Before the new season come, KINO, member of PENTAGON wears a shining black leather jacket and dazzling silver necklace at night after the UL:KIN S/S2023 collection show by designer Lee Seongdong in Seoul Fashion Week.

ULKIN's designer Lee Seongdong and Kim Woo-jin or "Woo-Jin", a K-POP heartthrob singer who just finished his Europe world tour, also attends ULKIN S/S2023-24 LSD collection show.

GREEDILOUS

Seoul-based GREEDILOUS by designer Park Yoon-hee released S/S23 collection on the runway first times in 3 years at Seoul Fashion Week on 11th October 2022.

This latest collection is inspired by an American movie "Back to the Future" and "Mad Max". It's designer's childhood imagination. Designer Park brings us back to 1980s, an era she defined as "the retro digital". 

By reinterpreting various fashion icons and the culture of that era, the metaverse sci-fi and cartoon from fantasy novels have been transformed into iconic characters with GREEDILOUS' unique design. 

GREEDILOUS expresses a dramatic collection like sci-fi novel in collaboration with Kakao Webtoon, a 2D fashion model that embodies a silhouette unique to the 80s. 

Through the theme “Go back to GREEDILOUS!”, a genderless collection that combines casual sensibility and recycled materials with a luxurious and vivid colour palette and gradation dying technique.

DEMOO PARKCHOONMOO

DEMOO PARKCHOONMOO by designer 

Park Choon-moo focusing on the monotones black and white, added beige colour for avant-garde looks. The light fabrics were layering strikingly to create new combinations for upcoming Spring and Summer. 

After DEMOO PARKCHOONMOO debuted its first flagship store at Apgujeong-dong, Seoul in 1988, the brand became one of the fashion trendsetters in South Korea until today.

Kwak Hyun Joo

Designer Kwak Hyun-joo is known as a costume designer for many Korean artists such as K-POP idols and actors. With the concept to create a space where you can share and express your own individuality and enjoy Mix & Match, through its unique details, luxurious materials, high sensitivity.

NOT ENOF WORDS

There is the fashion and inspirations behind the screens in the movies and superstars, Seoul-based menswear brand NOT ENOF WORDS released new S/S 2023 collection on 14th October 2022. This is one of the many stylish looks from the runway.

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