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How to Buy Women’s Wholesale Clothing
Thousands of people wander around the internet everyday, wondering how to purchase wholesale women’s and junior’s clothing. I see hundreds of posting to forums with bogus answers. Well, during my venture to start a trendy fashion store, I did massive research to find quality up-to-date leads on fashion clothing. I’ve listed some quality, local, easy to deal with vendors/websites to help you begin your search for your business. Also, in my opinion, you don’t have to be a business to purchase wholesale. Companies like www.fashionhousela.com offer very low minimum quanities (around 6 pieces) to where you can purchase big if you have a big family, just like grocery shopping! Happy wholesale hunting!
1. Shop Locally
For starters, many cities already have wholesale districts. You can begin your search right in your own or surrounding city. Some of these cities include Los Angeles, Houston ,Miami, Dallas, and New York. If you are not familiar with where these districts are, ask around or do an internet search. Usually, they are associated with the Fashion or Garment district in your area. Here are some popular districts:
– LA Fashion District
– Miami International Merchandise Mart
– Dallas Market Center
-Harwin Drive Shopping District in Houston
These shopping districts and showrooms also host and participate in trade shows. Trade shows are where designers from all over come together and showcase their pieces and merchandise for the upcoming season, exclusively for retailers.
-Magic Trade Show
– Off Price Show
-Dallas Trade Show
Check here for a host of other trade shows
2. Dealing with China, Korea, and Japan for wholesale items
Personally, I would not recommend a wholesale website with no real contact information, no reviews, and no English speaking staff. One website in particular, who has lots of up to date wholesale womens fashions is Causeway Mall. Causeway Mall has lots of Japanese and Korean trendy clothing for women and juniors at affordale prices that are sure to make you a profit.
www.causewaymall.com
Also, lots of sellers on Ebay in China, Japan, and Korea that have items at retail price will work with you and provide you with wholesale prices. Just ask!
4. Shopping Women’s Wholesale Online
Many companies provide you with the convenience of shopping wholesale clothing online. Some even offer sample pieces to test the quality. Some companies offer low minimum quantities while others require you to purchase in large batches.
– FashionGo.net
FashionGo is one of the best by far! FashionGo allows you to shop the entire LA Fashion District and more from the comfort of your home, elimintating all costs you would’ve acquired from traveling to Los Angeles (if you don’t live close). it features over 70,000 active sellers of women’s wholesale fashion, accessories, and shoes. I must admit, it’s rather trendy, too!
www.fashiongo.net
Music Love Fashion: The K-Pop fashion Takeover
K-pop has had a huge influence on fashion especially in Asia, much of the cosmetics, clothes, hair and accessory trends worn by K-pop stars are the most sought after by young listeners. South Korean fashion has become the topic of interest among the fashion world with many K-Pop stars becoming the faces of International design house. K-Pop is bring the Korean craze to making South Korea one of the world’s cultural powerhouses in music and fashion. As the country continue to export its influence the globe fashion brands are launching collection clothing worn by idols to cash on the immense pull of South Korean pop culture. As K-Pop continues to its influence will open the door to American Fashions and designers looking to enter the market as well as Koreans launch new fashion brands and unearth emerging young designers. K-Pop is a great how the relationship between music and fashion can flourish into big bucks if packaged properly.
Fashion Houses and K-Pop
•Luxury houses such as Louis Vuitton and Dior did placements in the country’s television dramas
•Chanel debuting its first fashion show in South Korea with 2015/16 Cruise collection in Seoul on May 4
•Gucci names South Korean actress Gianna Jun as the new face of its accessories ads campaigns.
•Calvin Klein, hires South Korean actor Kim Woo Bin to endorse the new 2015 Calvin Klein Infinite collection, featuring sleek automatic watches.
•LVMH is investing $80 Million in YG entertainment to expand in fashion luxury market
History of K-Pop
K-pop aka Korean pop is a fast growing genre musical genre originating in South Korea, the element of influence includes all genres of western “popular music” such asdance-pop, pop ballad, electronic, rock, metal, hip-hop music and R&B. K-pop goes back to 1885 when an American missionary, Henry Appenzeller started teaching American and British folk songs at a school. Many of the western songs are changed into Korean and are typically based on a popular Western melodies. The first K-Pop album was done in 1925 it was Yi Pungjin Sewol (This Tumultuous Time) by Park Chae-seon and Lee Ryu-saek. Many of the first pop songs were mixed traditional Korean music with Gospel music that American Evangelists introduced in the 1870s. This music was known as Enka in Japan, and later in Korea as Trot.
It wasn’t until the early 90’s K-pop producers began to experiment with new forms of western music which began the shift in the music industry of South Korea. Since early 2000’s K-pop overseas audience has been on the rise and with South Korean singer-songwriter, record producer PSY it is considered South Korea’s Greatest Export bringing in Billions. The song’s refrain “Oppan Gangnam Style” was entered into The Yale Book of Quotations as one of the most famous quotations of 2012. K-pop star Psy is labeled the “King of YouTube”for the video for his Gangnam Style video that hit two billion views.
K-Pop Critics and Global expansion
The spread of K-pop among teenagers and young adults of has become worldwide. It has brought the spotlight on South Korea” the Vice President of Peru Marisol Espinoza in February of 2013 gave an interview with South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency, where she voiced her desire for more South Korean companies to invest in her country and named K-pop as “one of the main factors that made Peruvian people wanting to get to know South Korea more”. President Barack Obama, one his visit in 2012 to South Korea made mention of the strong influences of social media networks in the digital age. Many critics of the genre still remaining doubtful the genre can even break into western pop music scene. Many critics of the music state the music is merely a copycat of western music, has to many manufactured characterizations, to shallow, use of out of date or non existing English, to much pre-packaging” of idol bands and songs produced for fast consumption, lacking originality and lyrics to many repeated song patterns and formats and remain to artificial because of the overuse of autotune.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, “Korea’s entertainment business is notoriously improvisational and unregulated. In-demand K-pop stars — many of whom are teenage ‘idols’ — have been known to rehearse and perform without sleep” so in 2014 , South Korea passed regulations on its music industry to protect underage K-pop stars from unhealthy labor practices and overtly sexualized performances.
K-Pop Business model and charts
K-Pop is seen as a business model and its used to promote Korean fashion, geographical interest, tourism as well as politics. Its sparking many of its fans from around the world to show interest in South Korea for tours. K-pop launched a whole industry of production houses, event management companies, music publishers, distribution companies as well as K-pop and Hallyu related merchandise and service providers. The genre itself uses a concept of Cultural technology, or CT. The concept was started by founder of the South Korean music label and talent agency S.M. Entertainment Lee Soo-man, K-pop is exporting with this 3 set process or what many call “extreme pre-packaging”. The genre is tightly controlled and is ran by only a handful of entertainment companies which include the top three S.M. Entertainment the largest of the all as well as YG Entertainment and JYP Entertainment.
The companies often come under fire because it often over works the artists and is very demanding and doesn’t allow mistakes and program the rookies to become multi-talent stars. The CT concept of global entertainment focuses on providing complete product and performances based solely on sensations rather than only music with the use of music, dance, fashion, shows, TV appearances and acting. K-pop has its own subculture that focuses on genre expressions with the use of Korean honorifics. Three important factors of K-Pop include debut dates, popularity of the artist as well as age. K-pop has both Boy and girl groups called idols or idol bands with Idol Bands there is a leader chosen based on age, personality and leadership. All Idol bands have a strict hierarchy with the leader being the bands rep who is also responsible for the group’s harmony. Every group has a Maknae (막내 this is the youngest member of the band and often the most popular.
All Idols are recruited the entertainment companies are responsible for recruiting, financing, training, marketing and publishing new artists as well as managing their activities and public relations often spending in excess of $400,000 USD to train and launch a new artist.
The three steps to the Cultural technology described by Lee Soo-man consists of the following:
(1) exporting cultural products; such as placing Korean singers in different countries.
(2) creating international collaborations
(3) globalizing the product by cooperating with musicians from different countries to create a global brand.
The K-pop industry is very serious about the creation of K-pop idols and the launch of new musicians.The journey to stardom for many K-Pop Idols all live together and start out around age 9 or 10, with tightly supervised trainees being taught English, Japanese and Chinese, dance and voice classes at night and live together while attending school. The idols do not make their debut until their brand and performances have been perfected.
Top K-pop music charts include the Korea K-Pop Hot 100 and the Gaon Singles Chart with some hitting the Oricon Albums Chart of Japan. In 2014 K-pop idols Exo became the third K-pop act to enter the Billboard 200 that year after 2NE1 and Girls’ Generation. Billboard in 2013 launched Billboard K-Town, an online magazine to cover K-pop music; artists, concerts, events, chart information and news. SXSW launced its K-Pop Night Out at SXSW in Austin, Texas with the group f(x) being the first K-pop group to perform at SXSW in 2013.
K-pop produces more than 60 boy and girl bands are produced each year.
Hugh Jackman celebrates his Wolverine South Korean premiere
Hugh Jackman celebrated the South Korean premiere of his new film “The Wolverine” held at Coex on July 15, 2013 in Seoul, South Korea.
The 44-year-old Australian actor looked sharp in his slate blue suit, taking photos with adoring fans in the crowd and speaking animatedly on the stage to them.
Jackman is still sporting his whiskers, which undoubtedly suited his Wolverine role. His fantastic buff physique which he maintains for roles such as these are a great by-product too.
Though the New York Post reports that the Jackman’s nude romp at a Japanese hot springs while filming on location got locals upset. Can’t imagine why…
Directed by James Mangold, the intriguing1 storyline to “The Wolverine” goes along the lines of Jackman’s Wolverine character, “Logan” being summoned to Japan by an old acquaintance and becoming embroiled in a conflict that forces him to confront his own demons.
There Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis in a life-or-death battle that will leave him changed forever. Vulnerable for the first time and pushed to his physical and emotional limits, Wolverine confronts not only “lethal samurai steel” but also an inner struggle against his own immortality, emerging more powerful than ever…
Starring opposite Hugh Jackman are Famke Janssen as “Jean Grey,” Will Yun Lee as “Silver Samurai Kenuichio Harada” and Svetlana Khodchenkova as “Viper.”
“The Wolverine” will be released for public viewing in South Korea on July 25 and in the United States on July 26.
Concept Korea showcases five designers at New York Fashion Week 2013
Concept Korea returned to the stage at Lincoln Center for Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week. This year marked its 7th year to showcase 5 of their most talented Korean collection hand picked by the industry’s notable figures such as Fern Mallis, found of New York Fashion Week, Stan Herman, Dean of Parmans, Collen Shering, Fashion Director of Saks Fifth to name a few.
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The theme this year is ‘Rhythm of Korea, where traditional Korean music, embodying the spirit of Seoul, was the patriotic drive to direct the flow of the shows. The designers who showed are Choiboko, Cres. E Dim., Kye, Lie sang bong, andSon Jung Wan. My favourite was the special crossover visual presentation of fashion and music before each designer’s first walk encapsulating each brand’s reigning concept for Fall/Winter 2013.
Each collection was such a pleasant contrast one after another. Choiboko was the first to grace the runway this year. His FW 2013 collection is titled the ‘Dance of Gods’. He had a variety of abstract prints as if they were dancing on the fabrics of different shapes and forms. He stuck to the blander colour palette of cream, black and red.
The second brand was Cres. E. Dim by Hongbum Kim. His inspiration came from the musical term ‘crescendo e diminuendo’, this was reflected by his choice of background music for his runway show. My favourite from his FW2013 was cropped top long sleeved with paired with olive green high-waisted pants.
Next was a change of tone presented by Son Jung Wan, she presented a collection of ‘dynamic romance’. And it was truly beautiful. Her brand is an amalgamation of New York minimalistic silhouettes and romantic retro glam. Her inspiration for this collection was a Wassily Kandinsky and The Catherine Palace.
After Son Jung Wan’s girly fur on feminine flowy numbers, we saw another sharp change by Lie Sang Bong’s retro collection. The first look gave a dramatic entrance by presenting a lit-up hat against the darkness before the spotlight hits the runway. This specially gave the audience some excitement. The collection was filled with geometrical shapes and voluminous outerwear. My favourite were the looks with Piet Mondrian’s 1920s world-renowned prints.
The show ended with Kye by Kathleen Hanhee Kye; a recent Central Saint Martins graduate. It is a popular brand amongst the most powerful retailers like Opening Ceremony and Harvey Nichols. Her collection was titled ‘Unemployed Youth: Homeless Youth” – drawing inspiration from Seoul Station. It was filled with dizzying graffiti coloured prints, oversized jackets and coats, which in an essence was described as a fun collection.
All in all, this collective show was fun and filled with variety. This definitely goes to show that the Korean fashion industry is the one to watch.
Concept Korea is a project to promote the Korean fashion industry and assist them to break into the US market. For more information please go to www.conceptkorea.com
Successful Korean designer Son Jung Wan launches e-commerce site
South Korean designer Son Jung Wan can count many celebrities as clients, including Kelly Rutherford, Kelly Bensimon (shown her with Son), and Adrienne Bailon. Son Jung Wan’s e-commerce site, www.SonJungWan.com launched this month.
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Son Jung Wan is a fighter. After learning her trade at Sookmyung Women’s University followed by design school at International Mode in Seoul, she opened up a tiny little shop across the street from giant retailer Galleria Department Store. Once there she quietly worked at getting their attention with her gutsy, sexy designs and only a year later had a shop with them. Since then she’s won the Golden Needle award (1993) and was named Designer of the Year (2005) by Seoul Metropolitan. By 2012, after her amazing decision to open that little shop, she had become one of South Korea’s biggest designers, with annual sales of $60 million.
Featured in Korean Vogue and WWD, Son Jung Wan has a loyal celebrity following. She can count Kelly Rutherford, Haley Cuoco, Keke Palmer and Brooke Shields among the women who have worn her designs. While she sells through boutiques across South Korea, Europe, and America, she hasn’t sold anything via internet. This month, Son Jung Wan launched her e-commerce site as stylishly as she does everything else, with champagne mimosas and a commitment to cutting edge creativity. A select group were invited to preview the site and take a closer look at the AW2014 collection, which will be available for pre-sale online.
“I am very pleased to finally bring my designs to the world” said Son. “The internet is such a powerful tool so I wanted to wait until the brand was prepared for this international platform. The e-commerce site will assist in the growth of my brand’s global reach and will be key to the company’s expansion.”
Visitors to the site will be treated to beautiful images and videos of Son Jung Wan’s runway shows in New York and Paris. You’ll be able to shop the Spring/Summer 2014 collection, with prices starting at $750 for a simple day ensemble and up to $3,600 for a more dramatic hand-beaded sequinned dress. The collection for Fall 2014 will include furs at $20,00 plus.
Make yourself a mimosa, open your laptop, and plunge into the world of Son Jung Wan by visitingwww.SunJungWan.com to shop at your leisure, without having to leave the comfort of your home. Enjoy!
The Music of Korean composer Hyo-shin Na celebrated at the Garden Gate, Berkeley
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Shoko Hikage and Narae Kwon play Hyo-shin Na’s composition “Echoes of Harmonious Music”.
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On Friday June 14, 2013 an extraordinary concert took place in Berkeley. The featured artist was Natori Japanese Koto Master Shoko Hikage who was joined by Narae Kwon, on the Korean zither called Kayageum and Thomas Schultz on Piano. It took place in the intimate setting of the Garden Gate Creativity Center in the heart of Berkeley’s Claremont district.
Narae Kwon plays the rare 25 string kayageum at the Hyo-shin Na portrait concert, Berkeley.
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The evening was a portrait concert celebrating the music of renown Bay Area Composer Hyo-Shin Na. Holding a doctorate from the University of Colorado, Hyo-shin Na moved to San Francisco in 1988 where she met Cage, Rzewski, Wolff, Takahashi and encountered the music of Nancarrow.
Hyo-shin Na has written for Western instruments, for Korean instruments and music that combines Western and Asian instruments and ways of playing. Hyo-shin Na has twice been awarded the Korean National Composers Prize and has been widely commissioned.
The concert in Berkeley began with “Night Procession of the Hundred Demons” a composition inspired by the 18th century scroll of the same name by the Japanese painter Toriyama Sekien. Composer Hyo-shin Na was inspired by the wildness and imagination of the painting and thus composed the work based on it. It was skillfully played by Sensei Shoko Hikage on the Japanese koto.
The concert continued with “Koto Music” (2011) of which the composer states “The materials used in this piece are very limited, and there is no development of these materials” . The limited materials were used to good effect and was remenicent of minimalist composers like Glass and Riley. A repeating tone in the middle voicing was the springboard in which motives on higher and lower strings bounced off.
The next piece in the concert “Song of the Firewood” (2010) was a rare treat. A musical delicacy seldom savored: a performance on the rare twenty-five string Kayageum! The Korean kayageum normally has 12 strings and is itself a rarity in the West, but the twenty-five string kayageum is largely unheard. Fortunately, the instrument was brought to the forefront in this portrait concert.
It was deftly played by the gifted Narae Kwon and featured a unique microtonal scale developed by the composer and frought with quarter and one-third sharp tones. Though unfamiliar, its sound was very listenable, a delight to the ears.
“Song of the Firewood” was inspired by a poem by Jaime de Angulo (1887-1950) who was a linguist, poet, and musicologist. The poem reads:
“I am old, twisted, dry. I am cold.
Build the fire.
Heh! heeh-heh. . . he-he-he . . . feel good.
Let the chief call the dancers.”
Like the poetry it inspired Hyo-shin Na’s music started out cold and controlled like wood just begun to kindle and progressively became more out of control as the blaze took shape. One could easily imagine the dancers around the blazing fire as full twenty-five string double-forte sweeps of the kayageum’s strings sent the blaze higher and higher.
The first half concluded with “Five Pieces on Yoshie Hikage’s Poems” (2012-2013). Based on poetry by Shoko Hikage’s mother in her collection of poetry called For the Pink Dianthus. The music had a melancholy feel at times a mood which matched the text well. The poetry was written after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami and this theme runs throughout.
The second half of the concert started on a different note and featured the solo piano of Stanford faculty member Thomas Schultz who played two compositions “Near and Dear” (2012) and“Variations” (1990).
The concert concluded with “Chrysanthemum Song” (2012) inspired by a poem by Japanese poet Kaen (1697-1772) and “Echoes of Harmonious Music” (2012) for twelve string kayageum and thirteen string koto. Both pieces were highly significant. The composer brought two very diverse playing traditions together and made them work together seamlessly. Although the Korean kayageum and Japanese koto are both classified as “zithers” the playing style and technique are very different.
In the program notes composer Hyo-shin Na explains: “Echoes of Harmonious Music“, “is written as a quasi-unison piece where the two instruments follow their own nature (kayageum tends to play music in a triple meter whereas koto almost always plays in a duple rhythm; lavish ornamentation is the norm for a kayageum player and almost anathema for the player of the koto) as well as the path of the piece’s melody.”
The compositions worked and the musicians played well together. It sounded like the instruments had always been meant to play together and now they had a vehicle to do so: the music of Hyo-shin Na.
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The diversified world of fashion with Concept Korea (Photos)
The diversity of the designers that showcase their unique fashions during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York is always refreshing and exhilarating. For the past six seasons, the strong collaborative of Concept Korea has been creating quite a stir as the collections excite with endless possibilities to greet each new season. This is the most opportune fashion platform to promote Korean fashion designers and assist them in entering the U.S. Fashion Market and making a name for themselves amongst some of our longtime favorites.
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On February 7, 2013, Concept Korea returns to Lincoln Center to debut their Fall/Winter 2013 Collections. Those designers rounding out this talented and influential showing are Choiboko by Choi Bo Ko, Cres. E. Dim by Hongburn Kim, Kye by Kathleen Kye, Lie Sang Bong by Lie Sang Bong and Son Jung Wan.
Choosing this highly-valued cast of designers was a Who’s Who List of prominent industry professionals. They includeFERN MALLIS, founder of New York Fashion Week, SIMON COLLINS, Dean of Parsons, COLLEN SHERING, Fashion Director of Saks Fifth Avenue, STAN HERMAN, former President of the CFDA, PHILLIP BLOCH, Stylist, ANN CARUSO, Stylist, JANE PAGE, VP at Balenciaga, CAROL SONG, Head Buyer at Opening Ceremony, SCOTT STUDENBERY, VP at Lanvin, TARYN LAEBAN,VP of Kate Spade and PHILIPPE SOUSSAND, founder of Soussand Associates.
No show would be complete without a theme and this season it is introduced as “Rhythm of Korea.” The Stage at Lincoln Center will come alive with a fusion of tradition and Korean music representing the spirit of Seoul.
Here is a look into what we will encounter with Concept Korea as the date draws closer:
KYE by Kathleen Hanhee Kye
A 2011 graduate of Central Saint Martins, KYE is already a favorite among the world’s most powerful retailers, including Opening Ceremony and Harvey Nichols. Her collection is described as, “Fun-loving fashion: extraordinary fashion concepts and shapes that render fashion art products.”www.kyefashion.com
KYE’s Fall Winter 2013 collection titled, “Unemployed Youth: Homeless Youth.” Drawing inspiration from the Seoul Station, the collection portrays images that are beautifully created with garbage wrapping papers, boxes and graffiti. This season, the collection is consists of oversized silhouettes, layering, and unusual material combinations.
CHOIBOKO by Choi Bo Ko
Fashion does not dress the body, but dresses the soul. CHOIBOKO considers the social component of fashion with interest in human nature from a philosophical point of view. Using tangible/intangible cultural traditions, Choi develops a unique identity by making his designs modern and global. His hidden message is expressed in surrealistic way by transforming ordinary nature into glamour and modernity www.choiboko.com
CHOIBOKO’s Fall Winter 2013 collection is titled, “Dance of Gods,” mixes various abstract images of nature as if it to create a dance. ”Dance of Gods’ is abstract expression that symbolizes the magic of comfort and hope.
CRES. E DIM. by Hongbum Kim
CRES. E DIM. Draws from the musical term ‘crescendo e diminuendo,’ with ‘CRES’ meaning ‘getting gradually louder,’ and ‘DIM’ reflectively meaning ‘getting gradually softer’ – Hongbum Kim applied this theory to his fashion identity. His philosophy involves juxtaposing the look of a naturally flowing river against strong shapes, cuts and color. www.cresedim.com
CRES. E. DIM’s Fall Winter 2013 collection is titled, “Secondary Nature.” The collection expresses nature’s mystery with different methods using Technology (secondary nature) and inspiration drawnfrom Tokujin Yoshioka and Helmut Newton.
LIE SANG BONG by Lie Sang Bong
Lie Sang Bong uses the process of invention and reinvention by fusing art and culture. The collection combines unique volume, form, and geometrical shapes of the human body, with an energized flairwww.liesangbong.com
LIE SANG BONG’s Fall Winter 2013 collection is titled, “Retro.” The collection is a reinterprets 1950 imagery with a modern touch.
SON JUNG WAN by Son Jung Wan
SON JUNG WAN creates practical and compact silhouettes by using a minimalist approach to New York’s taste and sensibility. Romantic, retro and glam are elements that are portrayed by using beautiful fabrics that create a light and feminine feel. www.sonjungwan.com
SON JUNG WAN’s Fall Winter 2013 collection is titled, “Dynamic Romance,” and was inspired by abstract painter, Wassily Kandinsky and the beauty of The Catherine Palace. She draws from Kandinsky’s use of color and geometric shapes, infused with beauty of The Catherine Palace’s elegant, flamboyant colors.
This will be very tough competition for many of the designers that will be heading to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York in less than 2 weeks time to introduce their Fall/Winter 2013 collections.
15 Tips to exploring the LA fashion district
LA’s Downtown Fashion District is full of so many hidden treasures. The Fashion District is made up of 90 blocks, 4,500 apparel and accessory lines, and more than 1,000 stores. Other names for Downtown LA’s shopping area include: Santee Alley, the Garment District, and The Alley. To be a successful Downtown LA shopper here are a few things you should know:
Tip #1: Browse before you buy. Go around and check out all of the shops before you commit to buying from the first store you walked into. Nine time out of ten, you’ll find the exact same thing for half the price just down the street. But don’t think about it too long, new merchandise circulates through these stores every day. Chances are it won’t be there tomorrow.
Tip #2: Cash is king. Most stores only accept cash. Very few accept Debit and Credit cards. Most ATM’s have a $100 limit.
Tip #3: DON’T dress to impress. You will be doing a lot of walking so make sure you wear comfortable shoes and clothes. Being a Power Shopper isn’t easy. Also, don’t wear anything that screams “I’m not from here!”
Tip #4: Beware of signs. Some stores are not open to the general public. If a store is only wholesale it may have a sign posted that’s says “Solo Mayreo.”
Tip #5: Bring your Papers. If you have a resale license/ Sellers Permit bring a copy. You can set up accounts with merchants to buy at wholesale costs.
Tip #6: Business Hours. General business hours run from 10am to 5pm. When the shops close it’s like a ghost town, so don’t plan to hang around after hours.
Tip #7: Bargain and Barter. In these areas, no one pays full price. I advise you to do a little bargaining. If you speak Spanish or Korean, that is a plus!
Tip #8: Take business cards. If you come across a little store you like, and plan to go back, take a business card. Chances of finding the store after you’ve been walking all day, are highly unlikely.
Tip #9: Lack of Dressing rooms. FYI, there are no formal dressing rooms. Consider wearing tight fitting tank tops and leggings when you shop, this makes it easy to slip clothes over what you are wearing. If you can’t return it you should make sure it fits.
Tip #10: Final Sales. Most sales are final. So make sure you check garments carefully for damages.
Tip #11: Plan. It is important to plan and be prepared. If you plan to do a lot of shopping it might be a good idea to use a shopping stroller. Don’t forget bottled water, it gets hot out there in the summer.
Tip #12: Restrooms. There are limited restrooms. You can usually use the restroom at the California Market Center. It seems to be the best place, if you have to go.
Tip #13: Parking. Find a parking lot! It will cost anywhere from 15 to $25 to park all day. To avoid tickets, try not to park on the streets if you plan to shop all day.
Tip # 14: Restaurants. Remember the Fashion district is for shopping not eating! There are a few fast food joints in the area, McDonalds, Subway and El Polo Loco. There is a little café located next to the Geary building that has good sandwiches. If all fails, you can always find your way to the cafeteria in the California Market Center. Consider starting your shopping day at Starbucks on the corner of 9th and Santee. There are also several little hotdog stands, if you stop at one, make sure you try the mango and watermelon covered in lime juice and pico de gallo. It’s perfect in the summer!
Tip #15: Get a Map. Be sure to pick up a free copy of theLA Fashion District map guide, or check one out online.Fashion District map
Things you can find in the Fashion District: Shopping, Beauty Supplies Stores, Clothing Stores, Children’s Clothing Stores, Baby Clothes, Clothing Accessories Stores, Formal Wear Stores, Men’s Clothing, Shoe Stores, Athletic Clothing, Costumes, Uniforms, Western Wear, Women’s Clothing Stores, Maternity Clothing, Jewelry, Leather Goods Stores, Flea Markets, Swap Meets, Toys, Used Clothing, Luggage, Custom Clothing, Hats, Buttons, Fabrics, and Perfumes.
Must Know Terms
• Close Outs: The item will no longer be made or sold.
• Overrun: Extra merchandise available after retailers have filled their orders. Are often sold at discounted prices to the general public.
• Retail: Refers to the business of selling goods to consumers of the general public.
• Sample: Product that is made to be shown as the example to wholesale buyers and retailers before product is ordered and large quantities are produced. Womens apparel samples are generally size 4 or 6.
• Seconds: Items with some type of flaw that affects the overall quality or look.
• Solo Mayoreo: Wholesale only. Store is not open to the general public and retail shoppers.
• Wholesale: Refers to the business of selling large quantities of goods, typically to be sold in retail stores.
• Keystone: a markup that generally means double the wholesale price.
• Minimums: a minimum order amount, may refer to quantity or dollar amount.
Links to check out:
• http://www.thesanteealley.com/
• http://www.fashiondistrict.org/
You are now ready to Shop. Enjoy your adventures in the Downtown LA Fashion District!
A preview of Spring 2014 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
The countdown to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week has begun. From September 5-12, some of the top designers in the world will show their collections at the tents at Lincoln Center. Some of these designers have offered us a sneak peek of their collections.
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In our slideshow you can view the SS14 sketches and inspirations from this year’s “Concept Korea” designers – Kaal E. Suktae, Choiboko, Big Park and Beyond Closet.Concept Korea is a collaborative to promote Korean fashion designers and assist them in their attempts to break into the U.S. fashion market. Concept Korea began in the spring of 2010, and this SS 2014 season marks the organization’s eighth time showing at New York Fashion Week. This season’s Concept Korea presentation will be on Monday, September 9 at 3 p.m. at the Stage. “The collection was inspired by the Bible phrase, “The stone the builder rejected has become the corner stone (Psalms 118:22)”. It features a modern and structural aesthetic which is expressed through architectural motifs (concrete, iron bar, mold) and oversized Y-shape silhouettes in tone on tone fabrics,” said Suk-Tae Lee of his Kaal E. Suktae SS14 collection. Designer Choi Bo Ko, who will be presenting his ChoiBoKo SS14 collection, spoke about his inspirations. “Arirang Punk inspires this collection; represented by the excitement of play and deep resentment – drawing inspiration from modern Korean culture through the use of punk elements such as exaggerated colors and patterns.” Park Youn Soo will be presenting her collection. “The collection focuses on shape and form, silhouette, and pattern. Drawing inspiration from folk art paintings,” she said in statement. Tae Yong Ko, the designer behind Beyond Closet, said “The spring/summer 2014 collection is inspired by everyday views of men working out in gyms. This physical transformation from a gaunt-like state to a more muscular, masculine appearance is represented through classic argyle patterns, and an expansion of Beyond Closet’s “Dog Series”, depicted through prints and embroideries.”
Lubov Azria, Chief Creative Officer of both BCBG andHerve Leger also spoke about the inspirations for both of her Spring/Summer 2014 collections. For BCBGMAXAZRIA, “We were inspired by nature and modern art. Contemporary art inspired the choice of vivid colors, while more muted tones glean inspiration from the natural beauty of the world around us.” BCBGMAXAZRIA’s Spring 2014 Collection will hit the runway on Thursday, September 5 at 10 a.m. This season, BCBG is also partnering with Fashion Delivers for a three-day “Be Chic By Giving” event that will take place in all BCBG U.S. Retail boutiques and select BCBG Canada Retail boutiques from Thursday, September 5 to Saturday, September 7, 2013. On the first day of the event, customers are invited to visit any retail boutique to enjoy a glass of champagne. Throughout the event, for every apparel item purchased, BCBG will donate one item to a regionalized charity supporting women’s empowerment. Receiving charity agencies include Shelter Partnership in Los Angeles, CA, Caring for Others in Atlanta, GA, Connections in Evanston, IL, Women in Need (W.I.N) in New York City, NY, and Women on the Rise in Montreal, Canada. In support of this national event and in celebration of the BCBGMAXAZRIA Spring 2014 Runway Shows, Max and Lubov Azria will be hosting a special event at the BCBGMAXAZRIA Flagship store on 40th and 5th in New York City on Thursday, September 5.
For Herve Leger, Max and Lubov were inspired by “Different cultural and geological references inspire the collection as seen in ancient tribes and tradition.” The Herve Leger presentation will be at the Theatre at Lincoln Center on Saturday, September 7 at 3:00 p.m.
Mara Hoffman said that her collection is all about the colors of the rainbow. “I call this collection “a gang of rainbow warriors”. If there were ever a gang that worshipped rainbows, this is what they would wear!” We are excited to check out her collection at the Stage on September 7 at 2 p.m.
Rebecca Taylor’s Spring/summer 2014 is all about modern romanticism. “Construction details and trims reference early American workwear, with a hint of feminism. Key silhouettes experiment with proportion – cropped tops, full trousers and teacup skirts are paired with soft, modern volume in rounded sleeve shapes. Airy, crisp white poplin shirting and geo eyelet are layered with tactile matelassé, laminated knit, and crystal-encrusted lace. Botanic inspiration is abstracted in prints, with transparent layers of color. Neutrals of palest grey and sage green are balanced with a strong base of cayenne and nude, with a pop of robin’s egg blue,” Taylor said. Rebecca Taylor’s Spring/Summer 2014 Runway Show will be September 7, 2013 at 1:00PM at Center 548.
Tracy Reese’s highly anticipated presentation will be Sunday, September 8 at 2 p.m. “Tracy Reesespring 2014 radiates sensuality, energy and optimism with an array of bold, spirited styles infused with Afro-Cuban influences to create an aesthetic full of texture and movement. Balancing fresh, feminine styles and modern sportswear, the collection is rich in detail, including leather and raffia embroideries and authentic athletic accents. Silhouettes range from crop-tops paired with full midi-skirts and cropped trousers to signature fit and flare frocks. Textile highlights include geometric laces, tribal embroideries and bonded technical knits. Prints, always a staple of Tracy Reese collections, include mixed scale gingham and window pane, tropical floral placements and tribal geometrics in a spectrum of pinks, blues, greens and ochre. Building on Afro-Cuban cultural influences, key looks such as a bold lapis and scarlet floral flyaway frock with back ruffle detail, a striped scarlet and black flyaway tee, structured crisp white trousers and fisherman-inspired sandals express the effortless style of the modern woman who is sexy, assured and contemporary” Reese said.
Examiner.com will be all over the scene bringing you coverage of the best presentations. Stay tuned for our coverage!
Vancouver Fashion Week; An International Success
The Fall/Winter 2015 collections of more than 60 designers from around the globe successfully strutted down the catwalk at Vancouver Fashion Week between March 16-22 at Queen Elizabeth Plaza.
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Vancouver Fashion Week founder Jamal Abdourahman was, once again, thrilled with the breadth of creative talent from new as well as returning designers. Says Abdourahman: “We love to celebrate the diversity of fashion culture, and Vancouver provides this perfect platform to support emerging talent.”
Amongst the top-returning designers was Noe Bernacelli, whose Peruvian international style and beauty has been greatly received in Vancouver.
Also on the lineup, was Korean designer Hong Kiyoung. Kiyoung is widely recognized for his luxury streetwear, which experiments with silhouettes and colorful prints.
Every season, Vancouver Fashion Week continues to push its boundaries and strives to attract new and emerging designers from across the world.
This season it also welcomed Chinese designer ILOVECHOC, who mixes cute cartoon designs with luxury fabrics. Korean company JUKOjulie, who has been greatly welcomed into the New York fashion scene and designer Paloma Sanchez, who has been recognized as one of the “30 Best Jewelry Designers” in the world.
VFW also continued to support the city’s homegrown talent with the return of local designers Connally McDougall, Grandi’s Atelier and Sara Armstrong. All three designers are local to Vancouver and are inspired by the city.
*Perhaps VFW’s most refreshing designer to show this season was Silver Lake, Oregon’s 15-year-old Kate Miles. Says Kate: “Color and texture has always been a whole other language to me. I read them like poetry. Drape and movement speak to me, and the dress just takes shape in my mind. Ideas lie in everything from a brick wall to a flower in my garden. Sometimes I will sketch it out, but usually I just pick up my scissors and go for it. My designs are always a juxtaposition of vintage with a modern edge. I love taking the delicate fabrics and laces from old garments and paring them with newer and bolder aspects to create something timeless, but exciting.”
As captured in the attached slideshow, designs ran the gamut from showstopping velvet gowns (Paola Gamero) to revealing swimwear (Vitamina) as well as graphic tees (Artees) to spectacular one of a kind jewelry pieces (Paloma Sanchez).
Korean Clothes Leading Spring Street Fashion
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Korean Band Boyfriend To Perform In US Showcase In Dallas
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The South Korean sensation band Boyfriend is coming to The Verizon Theater March 11th, 2014. Tickets are on sale now, for $220 Red Zone (VVIP) free latest album + album-signing session & hi-touchwith Boyfriend $160 Yellow Zone (VIP) with hi-touch passes $110 Blue Zone $90 Orange Zone $70 Green Zone. Tickets go on sale January 7th, and can be found on axs.com. Famous for recent K-pop hits like “Janus” and “I Yah”, the band is well known for their debonair fashion, and quick learning of their advanced dance routines. Jo Youngmin and Jo Kwangmin are twins and by the 100th day of training under another company, they had appeared in over 300 commercials. Starship Entertainment released their debut single “Boyfriend”. In response to fans concerned that the group had limited its appeal in mid-2011, Boyfriend changed their choreography for their single “Boyfriend” when appearing on music shows after rehearsing for two days. The concert will be one of many brought to you by Jazzy Group found at www.jazzygroup.com
Kim Jong Un requires North Korean university students to mimic his hairstyle
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Reports out of North Korea say Kim Jong Un is forcing all men in his country to get his same haircut. It’s a terrible decision, considering how terrible the dictator’s taste in haircuts is, says Patrick Jones (@Patrick_E_Jones).
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I hope you like Kim Jong Un’s haircut, North Korean college kid. You’re gonna have to get used to it.
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According to a story published by the BBC today, Radio Free Asia is reporting that North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong Un is now requiring all male university students to get the same haircut as the man they refer to as “Dear Leader.” The new guidelines — a mere suggestion whispered from the barrel of a gun, really — were issued in the capital city of Pyongyang around two weeks ago, and are now being spread around the country.
Turns out that in North Korea, as in America, there are some strong opinions on the distinct look favored by the 31-year-old.
“Our leader’s haircut is very particular, if you will,” the BBC quoted one source as telling Radio Free Asia. “It doesn’t always go with everyone since everyone has different face and head shapes.”
Other sources, such as a former Pyongyang resident now living in China, were even more critical of the style.
“Until the mid-2000s, we called it the ‘Chinese smuggler haircut’,” the presumably fashion-savvy source told the Korea Times.
Despite the similarities to a shady criminal underclass, it’s more likely that “The Kim Jong Un” was originally fashioned as a tribute to his grandpa.
“Kim Jong Un’s haircut is a very particular one, shaved up the sides to make him look like Kim Il Sung did when he was in his 30s (i.e., in the late 1940s),” Bruce Cumings, a Korean history expert from the University of Chicago, told the Washington Post. “This occurred right after Kim Jong Il died, Kim Jong Un was sporting this cut in January 2012 and it was clearly meant to identify him with his grandfather, not his father.”
Regardless of its origins, “The Kim Jong Un” (aka “The Chinese Smuggler” aka “The Kim Il Sung”) will likely be welcomed by those men tired of picking from the 10 state-approved haircuts previously mandated by the socialist utopia. Compared to those looks, the 90’s-by-way-of-the-40’s style of “The Kim Jong Un” is ideal for college-aged kids experimenting with decades-old fashions and irony.
Review: Korean Wind & Stream performance at Ohio State University
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The inaugural Sungkyu Chris Lee Korean Performance Program was performed at the OSU Student Union on April 3, 2015. The performance was directed by Chan E. Park, a noted international Korean singer and story teller. Chan Park is a professor of Korean Language studies at Ohio State.
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Mark Bender, Chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Literature opened the program. He introduced Sungkyu Chris Lee MD as the person that had made this performance series possible. He also introduced Chan Park as the acting Performance Director for this new program under the Institute for Korean Studies. Sungkyu Chris Lee MD is the benefactor of this program after encouragement by Chan Park. Lee studied at the Ohio State University before entering private practice in Columbus, OH. He later became part of the faculty at OSU’s Wexner medical training program.
The program began with Chan Park’s Korean Performance 5400 class on traditional Korean drums and gongs. The group was enthusiastic and consisted of a diverse group of students from several different cultures. Chan Park was their leader, and she is also the professor for this class. You can learn about the variety of types of Korean music and the regions in Korea where various music originates.
The main program was a series of performances of Korean artists. Kim Junghee (changoo – traditional drum) and Ji Yunja (Kayageum 12-string zither) have been designated as cultural treasures in Korea. Lee Byungsang is a virtuoso player of the taegeum, a transverse bamboo flute. Hanna Yun is a classical Korean dancer and principal at the Korean School in Louisville, KY. Yun performed the Saluri dance, which is based upon a song of shamanic cleansing. Chan Park performed Korean stories and plays the six-string komungo zither.
This is the first of the series of Korean cultural programs that will be done at OSU that is sponsored by Dr. Lee under Chan Park’s direction. It was a wonderful introduction to Korean music and singing. The audience was appreciative throughout the program. As future programs are planned, they will be announced.
Trend Spring/Summer 2013 Womenswear
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Asian cultures are on the brightest spotlight in spring/summer 2013’s runway. The Asian form, like kimono appears in the modern design of Prada, Etro, Gareth Pugh and Emilio Pucci. The judo suit looks gorgeous in Haider Ackermann and Jen Kao.
The Asian floral and animal come in gorgeous prints. You can see the lovely hibiscus, lotus and peony in Etro, Hermes and Prada. The dragon, phoenix and tiger ornament come in high craft like in Emilio Pucci.
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‘Fashion King’: Uglier than Betty
The stars of Fashion King from right to left: Lee Je-Hoon, Shin Se-Kyeong, Yoo Ah-In, and Kwon Yoo-Ri.
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What is laughably called a story starts out with Madam Jo (Jang Mi-Hi) intercepting an acceptence letter from a U.S. fashion school, written to Lee Ga-Yeong (Shin Se-Kyeong). While the 22-year-old Se-Kyeong is beautiful to look at, there is no way in good conscience her performance here can be called acting. The blank, vapid gaze she gives Madam Jo when asking about the mail is the same expression she carries for 90% of the show’s air time. A mannequin would be more expressive.
Director Lee Myeong-Woo should likewise be chastised, not only for not getting more out of Miss Shin, but also for numerous shots of boom mics and camera operators making it onto the screen. Whether this is a sign of artlessness or extreme apathy is anybody’s guess, but it doesn’t change the fact that these are rookie mistakes that shouldn’t have been allowed. There’s a reason for the cutting room floor and Mr. Lee would have done well to have found the rest of his brain and remembered what that reason is.
Both bad acting and directing could have been forgiven had the script been decent. Alas, the writing team of Kim Gi-Ho and Lee Seon-Mi were there to ensure the audience wouldn’t even have that bit of hope to cling to. The plot is as follows: A talented designer girl, Ga-Yeong gets yanked around by a corporate heir and an independent designer, while dodging the machinations of the wicked boss who stole her parents’ business after they were killed. The girl never makes up her mind as to which of the guys she actually likes, but just follows whoever grabbed her wrist last. It ends with a horrific crime, albeit one far less painful than the 20 hours this series killed. That’s it. There’s no character development, no plot development. It’s just 20 hours of the two guys getting in each other’s faces over business and Ga-Yeong, with no point to any of it. To borrow an engineering term, the plot is a GNDN: Goes Nowhere, Does Nothing.
The sad part is that the male leads, Yoo Ah-In and Lee Je-Hoon, are both talented actors with numerous successes. That they were involved in such a miasma of frustration and mind-numbing repetetiveness makes one wonder if they were blackmailed or conned into signing on with the project.
If the rating system allowed, this drama would be rated at -20 out of 5 stars, because it dug an ever-deeper hole with every episode. The only things it is good for are a drinking game and an object lesson on what not to do in television. It’s so terrible, it makes the Godzilla films look like high cinematic art in comparison. For the sake of your intelligence, sanity, and blood pressure, do not watch it under any circumstance.
If you really must see it for yourself, watch it now:
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U.S. & Canada – DramaFever (option: premium service for ad-free HD)
Worldwide – Viki (Access may vary, includes optional viewer commentary)
Title: Fashion King
Genre: Workplace Romance Melodrama
Director: Lee Myeong-Woo
Screenplay: Kim Gi-Ho, Lee Seon-Mi
Network: SBS
Release Dates: 3/19/2012 – 05/22/2012
Episodes: 20
Korea adoption program changes are analyzed by Korean adoptee
Analysis of improvements to Korea’s adoption program must continue or the program runs the risk of regressing, says Korean adoptee, Shannon Heit, in a Feb. 28 article in The Korea Times.
New Korean adoption laws went into effect in August 2012 in an attempt to help reduce problems in the system and, specifically, to help reduce the number of intercountry adoptions. Korean officials wanted a greater emphasis on in-country foster care and adoptions, making international adoptions a last priority. Only six months have passed and some experts are pushing for a reversion back to the pre-August 2012 state for adoptions from Korea. Such a reversion would be “a step backwards for Korea’s adoption program,” writes Heit.
Heit argues that six months isn’t nearly long enough to study the true impact of the new Korean adoption laws and gives point-by-point responses to common complaints from critics of the new law. Heit pays special attention claims that there’s been a rise in child abandonment in Korea as a result of a law mandating a birth registry.
“While it is being claimed that more babies have been abandoned since last August, there are no statistics to support this beyond the case of one baby box,” writes Heit. “Before trying to revise the law again, a nationwide study should be conducted in order to confirm or negate these claims.”
Korea has long been seen as a stable, efficient and corruption-free program by U.S. families looking to international adoption as a means to build their family. Between 1999 and 2011, 18,605 Korean children were adopted by U.S. families, according to the U.S. Department of State.
As a Korean adoptee, Heit offers a unique vantage point on the Korean adoption program and the impact of the changes made last August. She argues passionately that Korean officials take a long-term look at the impact of international adoption.
“Over the past 60 years, Korea has sent over 200,000 children for adoption, and many of our birth records, like mine, were falsified or altered,” says Heit. “Because of this, the success rate for birth family searches is a mere 2.7 percent. Is Korea going to repeat this record of human rights violations or work to ensure that this never happens again?”
Spending $900 million a year on cosmetics: Korean men?
South Korean men are emerging as a new target market for the country’s major cosmetics manufacturers.
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While it’s usually women that are thought of when it comes to cosmetics and beauty products, it seems these products are starting to cater towards male customers. When Scott Disick was ambushed about wearing men’s cosmetics on an episode of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” his first response was to deny wearing it, even though he was confronted with Kourtney’s foundation-stained white t-shirt after rubbing close to his face.
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However, he later owned up to the fact that he does indeed wear men’s cosmetics and even stated it was something that he was not ashamed of. While this may seem like a drastic statement in the U.S., even for the most metrosexual man, this is not a strange notion in South Korea.
ABC News stated, “South Korea is by far the largest in a growing global market for men’s cosmetics, accounting for nearly a quarter of sales in the skin care market. South Koreanmen are increasingly turning to BB cream foundation and anti-aging products to achieve K-Pop perfection, spending $900 million a year on cosmetics, according to research firm Euromonitor.”
While the biggest sensation out of South Korea has been rapper, Psy, he doesn’t exactly fit the mold when it comes to typical South Korean pop artists. South Korea has a number of male pop artists that are arguably more famous for their pretty boy looks than their musical skills. To adhere to the pretty looks of the K-pop stars and Korean Drama (Korean soap operas) actors, male cosmetics and beauty products have become hugely popular.
It will be interesting to see if this trend will translate to other areas of the globe and whether or not American men will become part of this growing trend.
Feel free to leave a comment on whether or not you’d be willing to openly wear male cosmetics or whether you’d purchase male cosmetics for your significant other.
Designer Series: Fashion creative & educator Young Kim profile
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Young Kim isn’t your run of the mill fashion designer. She is a woman with a history and the street smarts to boot. She comes from the school of hard knocks and her ambition and drive have proven that they can take her anywhere. She is on a mission to make an impact in the world that surrounds her, and in the opinion of the CFTE, she is making strides to do just that.
Originally from Seoul, South Korea, Young Kim is a fashion designer, educator, and an interdisciplinary artist. She came to the US on a fine-arts scholarship program by the Korean government. She began her undergraduate studies in Fashion Design Department at Parsons The New School for Design, New York, and completed her bachelor’s degree in fine arts at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago majoring in fashion design.
Life has definitely not been fully glamorous for this fashion professional. In fact it has definitely had its share of hardships for Young, but she never allowed any hiccups in the road called life, hold her back from achieving her dreams. She utilized a move back home to help with family in Korea (that basically put a stop to her education for a while) as an opportunity to gain incredible industry experience. During her time back in Korea, Young was able to make a mark working as a production manager/design liaison for corporations like Ann Taylor, Ellen Tracy, and Ellie Tahari.
When Young finally made her way back to Chicago, she discovered a passion while still completing her bachelor’s degree at the SAIC. Teaching is something that few can truly master and many attempt. Young is one of the few. She has evolved from a designer into a creative and educator. She is preparing the minds of the future as well as creating artwork, installations and fashion for the future.
The CFTE was lucky enough to catch up with her during Chicago Fashion Week and get an insider interview with her to bring to all of you readers! We talked about the Code fashion show her students recently put on and her involvement in the Chicago Fashion Industry. If you are interested and want to learn more about one professional’s journey through the fashion industry read on!
CFTE: Can you tell the readers a bit more about the fashion show your students just put on?
YK: Well, DRESS CODE has been a creative correlation of work between all of the major fashion schools in Chicago. The SAIC, Columbia, Illinois Institute of Art and IADT – Schools have been apart of Fashion Focus since 2004. We’ve always done small events, but all the schools felt strongly about showcasing talent on a professional level. I have been involved in Dress Code for 3 years, 6th Fashion Focus. Fashion Focus is a city hosted event, the city is keeping it local. That was part of the reason why schools felt it was important to be a part of this.
CFTE: As someone who has been so involved in this, how do you feel as you see your student succeed and continue on in the industry?
YK: I have several students who have participated in student competitions and 2 of my students have actually showed a part of Macy’s Incubator Program Showcases. Also, one of the first scholarship recipient of the Chicago Fashion Foundation Scholarship program was also one of my students. I have students who have come full circle in their career and it truly makes me feel so positive about the direction they have gone in and the part I have in all of that.
CFTE: When it comes to the 4 major educational institutions in the area, do you feel we are competitive when it comes to other similar fashion institutions in the so-called fashion capitals of NYC and LA?
YK: That’s a tricky question! That’s because you are faced with this façade of competition in terms of the big names in those area. Somehow, you are graphically challenged. I don’t necessarily think it is fair to critique, say for example, a students work, based on poor fabrications because of the fact that we don’t have great places like MOOD near us and that is a big challenge. However, techniques are most definitely on par. Technically the Chicago students are learning exactly the same repertoire as the East Coast Students. I am now in my 10th year teaching in a post secondary institution and I have seen many of my students move on to big fashion houses like BCBG and Vera Wang as design staff. They have the technical skills, it is just that the location in terms of getting the wholesale product you may need that is readily available in New York, that poses a challenge. Yet, I feel the professionals that they are learning from who have not only schooling in the industry, but real world experience as well, are offering the students a great opportunity for learning.
CFTE: Now, I want to move on and hear more about your ongoing projects. I know you recently talked about moving towards creating a stronger presence in your design and artwork aside from teaching. You already have a thriving design company; can you tell our readers more about those plans?
YK: Well, the brand itself is a special occasion, made to order line. I create gowns, wedding dresses and special occasion dresses for the sophisticated woman who knows what she wants. She is a bit of an older demographic not in her 20’s and she has places to go and be seen. The line is all about the special occasion whether it is a black tie gala or an awards show; I create looks that will meet her very demanding needs.
I actually got my official start as a designer as a senior at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A local gallery owner purchased my senior collection and one of the looks was worn to the Venice Biannual and that is how I pretty much got my start in my design business. All of my work since then has been through word of mouth. Since I have been able to build my reputation as a responsible and reliable designer, people continued to come back and refer me to others.
CFTE: What is the direction you plan on taking your career in the upcoming years?
YK: I have been a part of post secondary for quite some years now and I love it, I will always want to be a part of it. Yet, lately I am getting more and more demand from my design business and I am at the point in my life where I feel I need to be a little more aggressive with pursuing that. The problems I have faced were that I never really felt I was ready for the leap into running my line full time, but now I feel like it may be the time.
CFTE: What is the kind of direction you will be focusing on?
YK: Well, I won’t be going the traditional route. I have done that. I won’t be releasing a line every season. Where I want to be is a specialty vendor who is made to order. I want to create an experience with my clients as someone they can creatively divulge their goals for their fashion and in turn I can create them specialty garments tailored to their needs. I want to create a special experience and connect on an intimate level with my clients.
CFTE: In this series I want to focus on the entrepreneurship aspect of designers in the industry. Can you tell us a bit about your journey?
YK: I had few breaks in my journey. 97 and 98 was an incredibly difficult time in terms of finance in Asia and I had to take 3 years off from my education to go home and help my family. Yet, I didn’t take that as a blow. I made it a point to pursue industry experience, which is readily available in the manufacturing companies in Korea. I did internships, design work and warehouse work. I also learned through those experiences I had a passion to want to help and make a change.
That is why after an 80-hour workweek, I am here on a Sunday with you to support my board and my students at the Fashion Focus Education Day. Although I faced difficulties, every step of the way was worth it. I learned to survive and came back stronger. I learned through trial and error and I wouldn’t trade a single second of my life. People look at fashion with stars in their eyes and don’t always realize the difficulties the industry challenges them with.
Many students assume that in 2 years after school they going be able to launch this successful line and many go through the motions and just end up discouraged. I think it is important people have to continue to pursue their passion and forge on.
CFTE: What are your goals for the next year for your business?
YK: My major goal is to have a concrete cyber presence for my line so that I can build this brand and have a way to connect
CFTE: What are some tips you can give young students about entering the fashion industry
YK: In life, working hard, being passionate, that is a given! But, fashion has so many facets to learn from. You have to have goals and be open-minded, be open to opportunities and work hard at it. If you do, you can succeed at anything you put your mind to. Take advantage of every opportunity and take criticism with a grain of salt and most importantly learn to be better from it. Take something away from every situation and use it as a learning experience.
CFTE: You are also an artist, how does your creative installation work affect your fashion design?
YK: Well, it is a symbiotic relationship! Art is art whether you are painting, creating music or designing clothing. When it comes to my installation, paper craft and collage work, I am able to transfer skill sets between all three of these styles of self-expression. What I learn from one I can utilize in another.
CFTE: Finally, every piece I write with the examiner relates to trends. Can you give us your quick rundown of how trends work in your design work and places that you find your inspiration?
YK: I think what is important to understand when it comes to trends, is to do your research and understand how it works for you and your customer. When it comes to my work 40% trend comes into my design work and 60% comes from my customer as I do specialty made to order work. Research major publications, fashion sites like WWD and WGSN.
CFTE: Any last remarks?
YK: Keep moving forward and honing in on your skills. You’ll get to where you need to be and most importantly love what you do.
How A North Korean Sub Could Create a Horrific Earthquake in the US
An Enormous Earthquake Could Occur Soon in the US
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Many people are having dreams and visions of the rapture which would include bombs and an earthquake. But how probable is it that these two events could take place in the immediate to near future? Is it likely that the US will be hit by a bomb which could bring about WW3, the tribulation period and the rapture? Is there a way to predict that these things could indeed happen?
The answer is yes. And in order to predict the future, one only needs to go back to the past. But before we do that, let’s take into consideration that North Korea is ready to launch a bomb, which many people believe is a nuclear bomb. So one piece of this puzzle is already being put into place. So we know that most likely a bomb will be launched somewhere. But where and how does the earthquake come in?
The answer to this is simple. First we have to take into consideration the fact that North Korea has two missing subs, and these subs could very likely be headed toward the US. The subs are most likely armed with bombs, and they very well could be nuclear. And it is likely that they could be stationed off the coast somewhere, aiming toward a coastal city, in wait for a command.
Now let’s think back to the terrible earthquake that hit Haiti, several years back. It was one of the most devastating earthquakes in all of history. An important factor that came out of this, and which was very easy to overlook, was that after the earthquake happened, Russian subs were spotted off the coast of Haiti. This is very important in regards to the events that are about to unfold today. Because the Russian subs could have launched a missile under water into the coast of Haiti, which may in fact have created the earthquake there. And of coarse if the missile was nuclear, it would have created a much larger, more devastating quake.
So the missing North Korean subs could very well shoot missile under water into the ground of a coastal city, setting off a large earthquake of unimaginable proportions. Places like New York or Alabama could get hit, or any coastal city for that matter. But I would keep a particular eye on California because of the natural fault line that exists there. Blasting this coast line would create a far more devastating effect as it is already fragile.
Creating an earthquake this way, would likely let them go on without being detected. A sneak attack that would be “as in the days of Noah” that was predicted in the Bible. And this could be used as the beginning or the start of something bigger. Additional attacks of a nuclear nature would have the capability of bringing a country to its knees.
So it’s important to get ready for what ever lies ahead. Get extra food and water. Possibly get out of the coastal city if you live in one. But most of all, get your heart ready for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He is coming soon, before any of these things happen, to rescue his bride. Get your heart ready for Jesus today, so he will save you from that which is about to come upon the face of the earth. May the Lord bless you and keep you in these last days.
An Enormous Earthquake Could Occur Soon in the US An Enormous Earthquake Could Occur Soon in the US photobucket.com Many people are having dreams and visions of the rapture which would include bombs and an earthquake. But how probable is it that these two events could take place in the immediate to near future? Is it likely that the US will be hit by a bomb which could bring about WW3, the tribulation period and the rapture? Is there a way to predict that these things could indeed happen? The answer is yes. And in order to predict the future, one only needs to go back to the past. But before we do that, let’s take into consideration that North Korea is ready to launch a bomb, which many people believe is a nuclear bomb. So one piece of this puzzle is already being put into place. So we know that most likely a bomb will be launched somewhere. But where and how does the earthquake come in? The answer to this is simple. First we have to take into consideration the fact that North Korea has two missing subs, and these subs could very likely be headed toward the US. The subs are most likely armed with bombs, and they very well could be nuclear. And it is likely that they could be stationed off the coast somewhere, aiming toward a coastal city, in wait for a command. Now let’s think back to the terrible earthquake that hit Haiti, several years back. It was one of the most devastating earthquakes in all of history. An important factor that came out of this, and which was very easy to overlook, was that after the earthquake happened, Russian subs were spotted off the coast of Haiti. This is very important in regards to the events that are about to unfold today. Because the Russian subs could have launched a missile under water into the coast of Haiti, which may in fact have created the earthquake there. And of coarse if the missile was nuclear, it would have created a much larger, more devastating quake. So the missing North Korean subs could very well shoot missile under water into the ground of a coastal city, setting off a large earthquake of unimaginable proportions. Places like New York or Alabama could get hit, or any coastal city for that matter. But I would keep a particular eye on California because of the natural fault line that exists there. Blasting this coast line would create a far more devastating effect as it is already fragile. Creating an earthquake this way, would likely let them go on without being detected. A sneak attack that would be “as in the days of Noah” that was predicted in the Bible. And this could be used as the beginning or the start of something bigger. Additional attacks of a nuclear nature would have the capability of bringing a country to its knees. So it’s important to get ready for what ever lies ahead. Get extra food and water. Possibly get out of the coastal city if you live in one. But most of all, get your heart ready for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He is coming soon, before any of these things happen, to rescue his bride. Get your heart ready for Jesus today, so he will save you from that which is about to come upon the face of the earth. May the Lord bless you and keep you in these last days.
PAVA World Korean Traditional Marching Band performed with dancers, flag bearers and color guard at the 2013 Rose Parade.
Ramona Monteros
Most marching units wear matching military-style uniforms, and they work hard to raise the money to purchase enough new ones to outfit their bands for the Tournament of Roses Parade. Some wear clothing that reflects their home state or country. But for pure visual impact, it would be hard to surpass the brilliant, iridescent colors of the traditional Korean outfits worn by PAVA World Korean Traditional Marching Band and ancillary units at the 2013 Rose Parade.
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Adding to the delight for the eye and ear were dancers in official royal uniforms, flag bearers, and traditional Korean trumpets and drums. Instrumentalists in the Los Angeles-based Samul nori band, which has been in existence for 10 years, wore traditional soldiers’ uniforms and played taepyongso (trumpet), nabal (trombone), kwanggari (small cymbal), bara (cymbal), buk and janggu (drums). The band won “Highlight of the Parade” in the 2011 Hollywood Christmas Parade, but has generally participate only in the Korean festival and other Korean community events.
The PAVA entry was made up of 200 members of all ages, with 17 leaders, 32 drum majors, 35 brass, 12 flag bearers, 24 percussion, 26 dancers, 24 woodwinds, 10 banner carriers, two color guard and eight parade assistants. Groups have performed separately in the past, but the Rose Parade was the first time all the groups were assembled as a unit.
Feast your eyes on the stunning photos in the slideshow attached to this article.
Personnel included Mija Kim, director; Sungpyo Ma, Chaewoo Rhim, David Yoon, Holly Choe, Esther Lee, Sun Kyeon Kim, Soo Hee Lee, assistant directors; Janggoo, Buk, Bara, Jing, Kwaengkari drum majors; Rebecca Y. Kim, Brian Jun, unit leaders.
The theme of the 124th Rose Parade and 99th Rose Bowl Game was “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” The 125th Rose Parade and 100th Rose Bowl Game will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014. Like All Things Rose Parade on Facebook or subscribe to Tournament of Roses Examiner by clicking the“Subscribe” link. If you have a question or would like a reply to your comment, please email me atlbmonteros@yahoo.com
Gangnam Style mom at 60 dances flawlessly alongside son
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Gangnam Style mom viral video on YouTube
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A Gangnam Style mom video has gone viral on YouTube. The clip shows Mike Song and his mom dancing to a K-pop single by South Korean rapper PSY. While it’s hilarious, what’s more catching about the video is how his 60-year-old mom dances flawlessly to the beat.
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Huffington Post ran the story Friday about the mother and son pair that has taken the Internet by storm with their choreographed moves.
Watch the YouTube K-pop viral video now.
Gangnam Style is described as “a Korean language colloquialism that refers to a luxurious lifestyle associated with the Gangnam district, an affluent and trendy area of Seoul. The music video depicts PSY dancing at various locations in Gangnam. The song is about ‘the perfect girlfriend who knows when to be refined and when to get wild.'”
Mike’s mom nails the Gangnam Style moves with raw precision and shows that even a 60-year-old can cut a rug with the best of them.
K-pop is short for Korean pop music and has been popularized by PSY’s comical lyrics and mashup of musical genres. But perhaps his whacky dance moves are behind the sudden viral craze about Korean music, the dance scene, teen idols and culture.
Song and his mother take to the living room of their South Korean home and dance in such a fashion, you’ll likely agree that it looks professionally done. It’s great that a mother and son can do something together despite the generation gap.
The Gangnam Style mom video in K-pop style, as of this writing, has over three million views. Bear in mind that Mike uploaded it to YouTube three days ago.
20th Annual Korean Day Cultural Festival comes to Union Square
A Fan Dance Team performs traditional Korean dances
Johnathon Bakan
On October 20, 2012 the 20th Korean Day Cultural Festival will be celebrated in San Francisco’s Union Square.
The festival can be summed up as “vibrantly colorful”. The festival has a lot going for it and promises sheer fun no matter what ethnicity one may be.
Cultural performances, hands on cultural experiences, a singing contest, specialty expo, K-Pop contest, martial-arts demonstrations and various international food.
Dancers in colorful costumes will do traditional dances accompanied by drummers and traditional instruments. This years festival will showcase a Royal March representing the thousand year old Korean Dynasty and a costume parade. Over 100 participants will boast the beauty of Royal Dress of theYi dynasty of the Kingdom of Korea.
A number of famous Korean artists and entertainers it will showcase a variety of performances, including Seoul’s O’Reilly 100 Marching Band and the U.S. Air Force honor guard.
20th Annual Korean Day Cultural Festival
October 20, 2012
10am-5pm
Union Square, San Francisco
Free Admission
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Unsigned Korean Indie band featured on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Monsters Calling Home
Video courtesy of Reese Ramos
The internet is filled with budding musicians and singers hoping to upload their videos and receive their big break from a simple clip on YouTube. YouTube rags to riches stories like Justin Bieber are incredibly rare and the rest of the unknown musical artists are just hoping that someone will notice their video to help create a career in the music industry.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! musical guest appearance for Monsters Calling Home
Photo credit: Brian Kim
Band’s Facebook photos
A popular YouTube video by Korean Indie band, Monsters Calling Home, entailed the group recording, shooting and editing an entire music video while driving around in their Hondas. This not only grabbed the attention of tens of thousands of people from all over the world, but also became noticed by the executives of Honda Motor Company.
The “Honda Loves You Back” program is a way for Honda to give thanks to their fans in very special ways. Sometimes it’s as small as simply paying the parking fee for some Honda lovers at a NHL hockey game, which can be seen on YouTube where the reactions are priceless. However, when Honda saw the unsigned Korean Indie band on YouTube they decided to thank the band for their creativity in utilizing the acoustics inside their vehicles to record their music.
Honda surprised the band by booking them for a musical guest spot on ABC’s, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Not only didMonsters Calling Home make it on the national television show, but Honda is continuing to try and help the Korean Indie band with their musical career.
Check out the Honda Loves You Back Facebook page where they have a huge feature entitled, “Helping Monsters Calling Home Get Their Big Break.”
There is the option of sharing it on Facebook, sharing it on Twitter, downloading on iTunes or listening on Spotify. There are also three videos on the site where users are encouraged to watch the YouTube video that started it all, a video on meeting the band and even a clip on Guillermo’s Fairy Tale Corner.
Check out the video to see how Honda was able to surprise the band with the news of making it on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
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DOD float honoring Korean War vets won National Trophy in 2013 Rose Parade
Department of Defense float “Freedom Is not Free” won the National Trophy in the 2013 Rose Parade for its depiction of the Korean War monument.
Ramona Monteros
The first Rose Parade float entered by the Department of Defense, “Freedom Is not Free,” paid tribute to Korean War veterans on the 60th anniversary of the conflict, 1950-1953. Inspired by the Korean War monument in Washington, D.C., the float won the National Trophy for “Best Depiction of Life In U.S.A. – Past, Present Or Future.”
Phoenix Decorating Company tool on the challenge of bringing the monument to Pasadena through the use of floral materials, recreating six of the 19 statues from the monument. The 7-foot high stainless steel statues of the monument were translated into sculptures ranging in height from 12 feet to 21 feet for proper scale and perspective. The soldiers were clad in various dry materials, including leaves and seeds, to create their drab rain ponchos and gear as they trudged along on a hill of fir and white roses.
For more about the lengths Phoenix took to ensure that the statues were accurately depicted and interviews with vets, read “DOD commemorates 60th anniversary of Korean War with 2013 Rose Parade float” in this column.
The B-2 Spirit bomber, which usually flies over the parade route just before the first float, soared over the parade just after the float launched a volley of fireworks in front of the television cameras. The two-pilot crew flew the aircraft from Whiteman AFB in Missouri as part of a training mission. After a pass over the Rose Bowl Game, the flight plan was to continue to Oregon and refuel over the Pacific on the return trip.
Two of the figures were transferred recently to the Northern California Veterans Museum and Heritage Center in Redding. Kelli Saam of KRCRTV reported that the float was constructed by Whitney-Stone, Inc. in Willows, a town about an hour’s drive south of Redding. Robert Stone, President/CEO of Whitney-Stone, notified museum curator Robert Burroughs that part of the float was available and Burroughs drove to Pasadena to pick up the figures. (A great overhead shot of the B-2 Spirit flying over the float is posted at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Whitney-Stone-Inc/173860576071326.)
The Department of Defense 60th Anniversary of the Korean War Commemoration Committee was authorized by Congress to fund the float and commemoration and educational activities throughout 2013. The 2011 Defense Authorization Bill was dedicated to thanking and honoring Korean War veterans and their families and friends.
Col. David Clark, director of the commemoration committee, said, “Korean War veterans are keenly aware they returned to little or no recognition coming home. This premier event, with its rich 124-year history, will raise the visibility of Korean War veterans.”
The theme of the 124th Rose Parade and 99th Rose Bowl Game was “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” The 125th Rose Parade and 100th Rose Bowl Game will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014. The Tournament of Roses is a celebration that lasts several weeks in the fall and winter.
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Gain The Computer Fundamentals For Fashion Design
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A lot of us love the thought of as being a fashion designer, setting and allowing the new trends. However in this highly competitive industry explore just have the talent and creativeness, you’ll need the pc program basic principles to achieve success.
Any up and rising designer needs the abilities necessary to become fashion designer. One of these includes CAD abilities within the programs presently utilized in the fashion industry. Within the fashion industry, you will find two kinds of software used:
-Vector software that produces crisp but impractical images and
-Raster Software that may edit and manipulate images to be able to refine particulars. It possesses a more reality, that is much much softer than Vector software results.
Both of them are utilized in the fashion industry alongside each other in addition to complete other facets of projects. Thus they’re just as essential as each other to understand. Vector software, for example Adobe Illustrator, can be used to render flat clothes, logo design or motifs. Images comprise using simple curves, lines and rectangles, keeping designs an easy representation from the design idea. Furthermore, since the Vector format is straightforward, the primary advantage would be that the image has got the same quality whenever you alter the size, which makes it far simpler to edit and manipulate. File dimensions will also be far more compact, making the pictures far simpler to keep.
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Raster software however can be used on realistic images, for example photographs, and may alter minor particulars or change entire designs effortlessly. Raster programs for example Adobe Illustrator permit you to manipulate images while using effects and filters. By using this program, you are able to render your design in charcoal, pencil, glass and fresh paint while using effects in Illustrator. Although, the program doesn’t keep your same excellence of the image when dimensions are changed, its primary advantage is you can alter small particulars pixel by pixel and add effects.
To achieve success a fashion designer must have the ability to use both programs, that will enable him/her to accomplish every aspect of the look project. These vital abilities could be learnt included in a College course, in an Adobe training programOrcourse or by utilizing internet based training in your home. Adobe courses for that home can be found in many formats, including on DVD, Compact disc-Rom, on the internet and via E-books and Adobe training guides.
