SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A workshop to transfer South Korea’s fashion know-how to Indonesia will be held in the Southeast Asian nation this week, one of the event’s co-organizers said Monday. The Seoul-based ASEAN-Korea Center said it will co-host the event with Indonesia’s trade ministry. The ASEAN-Korea Center was launched by South Korea [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – An increasing number of clothing products are combining fashion and technology, part of a new trend called ‘fashionology’, using materials such as cooling fibers used in spacesuits, or those emitting far-infrared radiation. T-shirts that use such new materials are becoming popular, especially for outdoor brands. Cool 360, developed by [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Hermès, a French high fashion brand, has proven to be an exception to the downturn in South Korea’s luxury market, industry officials said on Tuesday. Compared to other luxury brands that had one to three percent sales increases over the past three or four years, Hermès showed growth of 20 [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Ten South Korean designers will open a pop-up store at a renowned concept store in Paris next month, a local design foundation said Tuesday. The Seoul Design Foundation said the store, named “Seoul’s 10Soul,” will open at L’eclaireur in Paris on June 22 and run for three weeks. The [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean cosmetics manufacturers have grown quickly in China on the back of their advanced production technology and K-beauty boom in the fast-rising market, industry officials said Tuesday. Chinese cosmetics brands have expanded their partnerships with Korean original design manufacturers (ODMs), which design and manufacture a product as specified and [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The market for plastic surgery prosthetic filler is soaring. The steady domestic market and exports to foreign markets such as China and Japan are enabling Korean biomedical companies to prosper. Hugel and Medytox both broke quarterly records in this year’s Q1, powered by an increase in filler sales. Both companies [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean men are increasingly spending time on grooming and fashion. There are even men who purchase hair perm products to get the job done themselves. According to Auction, an online market, the sales of straightening hair perm products from January 1 to May 16 increased by 195 percent compared to [...]
BUSAN, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) – NOMU. No More Uncles. It’s a new acronym aimed at older men who are seeking a younger lifestyle. Korean men are increasingly taking care of their looks. Men are investing more time and money in shopping, and in grooming themselves; even older men, the majority of whom used to [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The models were professional, and the show was full of passion and energy. The Seoul Metropolitan Facilities Management Corporation hosted a fashion show called ‘Communicating with Seniors’ on the night of May 14 at Seoul’s Cheonggyecheon stream. The models, aged between 60 and 90 years old, walked the catwalk and [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A new fashion trend called athleisure is popular among Koreans these days, and the scope of its acceptance is rapidly expanding into children’s clothing as well. Hansae Dreams, a children’s clothing company, has expanded PlayKids Pro, a children’s sportswear multi-shop that first opened in July 2015, to 31 branches. The [...]