13 February 2010
By Mark
In Exhibits, Fashion
Korea makes its official New York fashion debut Feb. 12 through 14, while the city hosts the New York Fashion Week. The festival will feature a showroom-style exhibition titled "CONCEPT KOREA, fashion collective 2010" at the New York Public Library.
The event is co-hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korea Creative [...]
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25 August 2009
By The Metropolitician
In Exhibits, Fashion, Shows/Performances, Trad Culture
For those of you interested in clothing and culture, this weekend there’s a “Museum Fashion Show” going on at the National Museum over in Yongsan. The idea is that “culture is worn on clothing” and will take a look at the past, present, and future of representative Korean designs for women. It’s going to be [...]
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19 May 2009
By The Metropolitician
In Exhibits, Fashion, Korea in Intl Media, Openings, Parties, Photography, Pop Culture
On this Friday, May 22nd at 7pm, watch me roll out our book to the Korean media — IN KOREAN! I’m planning to talk about not just the Korean fashion scene and photography, but also about Korea’s nation branding efforts from the point-of-view of a member sitting on President’s Council on Nation Branding. This book [...]
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29 January 2009
By The Metropolitician
In Exhibits, Fashion, Food, Openings, Parties, Photography
The Book:
Feetmanseoul.com, Korea’s first and only independent online fashion magazine, is producing a large photo/art book filled with gorgeous and provocative pictures, as well as original photo stories, interviews, and essays. Beyond the feel of a disposable fashion magazine, this coffee table book with have a real heft to it, with large, heavy pages that [...]
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