Every season an industry influencers including Carol Song of Opening Ceremony, Taryn Laeban, VP at Lanvin, Fern Mallis and others handpick five Korean designers to showcase in the bi-annual show, Concept Korea. The designers chosen were KYE by Kathleen Hanhee Kye, Choiboko by Choi Bo Ko, CRES. E DIM. by Hongbum Kim, LIE SANG BONG Read more →
The Clothes: As it does every season, Concept Korea features five of the most promising Korean designers to showcase their work at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. This year the theme was “Five Korean Traditional Colors” representing the five natural elements including iron, tree, water, fire and earth. Designers Choi Bo Ko, Hongbum Kim or Cres. Read more →
SEOUL–Seoul is a powerful and wealthy mega-city with a large consumer base–that means there’s a huge appetite for branded luxury goods. The city’s Cheongdam-dong, a 12-lane wide boulevard, is lined with so many luxury shops that it’s earned nickname ‘Street of Luxury Goods.’
The 10 Corso Como on Cheongdam-dong, which opened in 2008 in partnership with Samsung Cheil (the Samsung Fashion Group), is even larger than the Milan flagship. Due to high demand for avant-garde fashion, a second 10 Corso Como opened just last month at the high-end mall Lotte Avenuel, joining Prada, Givenchy, Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Lanvin and more.
Despite the obvious appetite for luxury designs, there seems to be an absence of good risk-taking design in Seoul.
