SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The 2016 Jongno Hanbok (Korean traditional clothing) Festival took off Friday for a three-day run in Jongno, one of the oldest neighborhoods in the heart of Seoul. Organized by the Jongno Foundation for Arts & Culture, various events will be taking place including traditional performances, a fashion show, parades, [...]
NEW YORK, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A government-run Korean fashion event will be held in New York on Thursday, as part of efforts to promote Korean culture, its organizers said Monday in a press briefing. Starting in 2010, “Concept Korea” fashion show, co-hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – An online pop-up store featuring leading South Korean fashion brands has been opened on the largest online fashion-focused portal in Southeast Asia to help Korean design houses enter the Southeast Asian market, industry officials said Friday. The “Premium Korean Fashion” pop-up shop was launched in Singapore the previous day [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Buying consumer products is not like buying a house. The moment you make a purchase the product’s value deteriorates, which is why rental services may be the next big consumption trend. Rental or lease services for high-cost goods such as laptops and automobiles have already become prevalent. For the [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government organized another ‘Seoul 365 Fashion Show’, this time at a train station platform. Some 30 amateur models showed up at Seoul Station on Wednesday to strut their stuff. The first runway was arranged at a waiting area in front of the station’s ticket office. The [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A local civic group launched a campaign to incorporate “hanbok” into daily life Tuesday, proposing that the traditional Korean attire be worn to schools and workplaces once every month. The nongovernmental organization Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK) said it will start sending emails to schools and companies to [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop, K-drama, K-beauty, K-fashion…the list goes on. But the latest K-trend that is showing significant growth is ‘K-jewelry’. According to Lotte Duty Free on July 3, Q2 sales of domestic jewelry brands at its duty free stores across Korea increased by 80 percent compared to Q2 2015. It’s a [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean fashion giant Sungjoo Corp., which owns and runs German luxury bag brand MCM, on Friday said it will adopt the latest technology to create an innovative fashion code and lead the new luxury trend. “We will combine technology and fashion to create the new framework in the luxury market,” [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Shinsegae Group’s integrated online shopping mall, SSG.com, announced Tuesday the launch of H.M SON, a new brand named after top Korean soccer star Son Heung-min. The brand title H.M SON was taken directly from the Tottenham striker’s English initials, and the brand’s logo was inspired by the pentagons on soccer [...]
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 [...]