SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The fashion industry continues to insist on operating offline stores despite a recent trend that focuses on online consumption. Handsome, a local apparels brand, recently opened the offline Handsome House in Busan’s Haeundae District, following stores in Gwangju and Jeju, where visitors can access more than 1,000 products made [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The year 2019 will become a challenging year for the fashion industry as consumers increasingly search for products that can maximize convenience while meeting a variety of individual preferences. The Samsung Fashion Institute announced ‘Act For Better Life’ as a new key phrase for next year’s fashion market. From [...]
BUSAN, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan municipal government said Thursday it will build a fashion business center in the city’s central region to help foster the textile and fashion industry in South Korea’s second-biggest city. The six-story Busan Fashion Business Center will be built on 1,613 square meters of land in Beomil-dong with [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean fashion industry needs to take bolder steps to try unconventional things and collaborate with the country’s thriving entertainment businesses to succeed on the global stage, an Italian trade official said Thursday. Korean manufacturers know how to make good products, but they should go one step further [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Turtleneck sweaters are ‘in’ again these days. They were once à la mode in Korea during the early years of the new millennium, and are now gaining increased popularity in fashion circles. According to fashion industry experts, several male celebrities such as Lee Jong-Suk, Lee Min-Ho and Kim Young-kwang have [...]