kim won joong for Prada FW12

Just went through the Prada FW12 collection more thoroughly and to my surprise saw my friend Won Joong Kim / 김원중 strutting his stuff in Milan.  I walked in a few shows with him back in Seoul and he was always a hilarious kid with a rad sense of style.  The Korean street fashion magazines were all over him and he was doing editorials left and right in all the top fashion magazines in Seoul. Glad to see he's starting to pursue work overseas and succeeding!  Below are a few candid snaps I took of him over the years backstage during Seoul Collection.

Me in some ghost-like makeup for Jehee Sheen FW11 with Won Joong.  

Jin Wook Yoon (윤진욱), a kid who's name I don't know, me and Won Joong at a Seoul Fashion Week after party.  

Rocking burnt orange backstage at Kimseoryong Homme FW11.  

Showing off his pearly whites backstage at Farenheit Homme SS11.  

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Seoul Collection FW 2011/12 schedule

Seoul Collection starts next Monday! Here is the fw 2011/12 schedule, most of which will be held at SETEC and Kring again this year. I put a box around the four shows I will be walking in including Jehee Sheen, Resurrection, VanHart Homme & ALANI and I put a star next to my favorites.

Tickets can be bought at the Seoul Collection website HERE. The site is unfortunately incompatible with Apple computers and purchasing anything online in Korea is rather difficult as a foreigner, even if you can read some Korean. So get a Korean friend to help if possible as tickets are quite cheap (day passes are also available) and you can get a chance to see some amazing shows, smoking hot models & even a few celebrities in the front row.

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'Today's Blog' by Arirang TV: Korean Model Line

I finally got my hands on the segment I shot for Arirang TV called Today's Blog.   The show highlights foreigners living in Seoul who write blogs about life in Korea - showcasing anything from drinking soju to the cherry blossom festival to Seoul's nightlife.  We filmed in December on the day Korean designer Kim Seoryong / 김서룡 was debuting his SS11 collection:


It's so awkward hearing your own voice on television - I'm soooo not cut out to be any sort of TV host that's for sure and I really wish I would have gotten that mop of hair trimmed before filming.  But I was happy with the editing (other than the opening scene where they filmed me from below, that's never a good angle!) and I liked that they included a lot of the backstage shots I had taken during filming.  All in all it was a great experience and since Arirang is broadcast around the world in over 188 countries, I hope this segment helps boost the global awareness of Korean men's fashion.

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kimseoryong homme ss11

Last Friday Arirang TV filmed an interview about my blog and followed me around to see what a 'normal blogging day' was like for me. Fortunately that same day there was a runway presentation by Korean designer Seoryong Kim who would be debuting his Kimseoryong Homme SS11 collection at the Horim Art Center.

The interview is for a segment Arirang is doing called 'Today's Blog'. Click on this link to see more examples of past interviews on Seoul bloggers: http://www.arirang.co.kr/TV2/Today_Blog.asp?sys_lang=Eng.  My friend Paula's inteview about her blog called 'Noonablog' should be on there soon as well.


The filming was a little awkward - I'm not amazing in front of a camera. If you ask a specific question, sure I can answer that, but when the producer said something broad like 'men's fashion - talk' I sort of drew a blank.  ha. Hopefully the editing makes me look semi-intelligent. The segment will air over Christmas so as soon as I get my hands on a copy I'll post it here.


I got to spend the afternoon watching the rehearsals and hanging out backstage taking pics & interviewing the other models, most of whom I had walked in shows with during Seoul Collection. Then I got a front row seat to view the very neutral colored collection. I was right at a corner so my position was a little awkward for taking quality runway pics, but there are a few interestingly blurred action shots. The show was classic Kimseoryong - broad shouldered suits with wide lapeled jackets and very wide-legged, flowing trousers with a few pinstriped looks thrown in as well. The hits of sky blue & coral were great and I loved the almost transparent tee's and the animal print loafers.















































































































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