Korean capital puts itself on the global fashion map
Seoul Fashion Week begins today, with top Korean designers presenting their Spring/Summer collections over at the Seoul Trade Exhibition Center (SETEC), Daechi-dong, southern Seoul.
The eight-day event will include two days (October 18-19) of men’s collections from designers such as Chang Kwang-hyo, Park Jong-chul and Song Hye-myung. October 20 with feature an international fashion exchange with shows by designers around Asia presenting shows, as well as London-based team, Steve J & Yoni P, who have worked with British fashion brand Topshop in the past. There will be a fashion forum on the 20th, with a keynote speech on trends and prospects for the fashion industry in Asia by Nicole Fall of Five by Fifty. The week will round out with five dates of womenswear collections from designers such as Song Jain, Gee Choon-hee, and Lee Young-hee.