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 [...]
PARIS — A 20-year-old top South Korean model who was a fashion week regular in New York, Milan and Paris has been found hanged in her Paris apartment, a police official said Friday.
Daul Kim was found dead Thursday by her boyfriend, who alerted French police, the official said. He declined to be named in [...]
Yes, sometimes hard work does pay off. Google led CNNGo’s editor to Feetmanseoul.com, which led them to employ us as stringers covering Seoul Fashion Week. And all the video editing, runway shooting, and making connections in the industry paid off in our coverage — we got text, photos, and edited videos into our first story.
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Unless by “International” you mean “taking money from tourists without ceasing to be 100% by Koreans and for Koreans”.
Seriously? “Ask a Korean friend or colleague” for help if you want to order tickets over the phone? Seriously?
More at FeetmanSeoul, who reported last year as well that Seoul Fashion Week is making a weak effort at [...]
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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Boy, we can pick ‘em, huh? Lee Seul-gi, the cover model we picked from Seoul Fashion Week, has become Miss Korea, after having already qualified by picking up the prize as Miss Kangwon Province!
[Source: Good Day Sports]
I still remember seeing her in Yang Hee Deuk’s show two seasons ago, when I [...]
EDITED 6/11 6:44PM: Correction to Korean term.
They’re called ‘herbivore men’ in Japan; another breed of them are called ‘flower boys’ (꽂미남 – HT to Gomushin Girl – that’s what I get for writing when I’m tired ) in Korea; no idea if China has their own version or not, but it’s a story that’s partially [...]
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 [...]
…Uniqlo has changed their spring fashions, so download the screensaver or just stare mesmerized at the screen clock. They do an extended dance routine at the top of the hour.
You can now wear it on your feet.
I don’t know about you, but my day just got better.
It’s been a long time coming since I was supposed to publish my first photo book –now, it’s gonna happen. To all of you who waited so long to see it, here it is, although it’s been a long and winding road to get here.
So, we’re accepting pre-orders, and you’ll be the first to get them off [...]
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 [...]
