chadchad of the day 7.5

polka dot suit / Topman
floral vest top / American Apparel
blue clutch / Louis Vuitton
sunglasses / street vendor
blue loafers / G.I.L. Homme

Thanks to Pause Magazine for this street style snap out my outfit on Day 2 at London Fashion Week.  I wanted to play with pattern and varying shades of blue for this look and it was one of my favorite outfits of the week.  Unfortunately I don't get to keep the polka dot suit as it was a loan, but the rad floral tank top is all mine :)  Too bad I'll have to wait til next spring to wear it again.

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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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chadchad of the day 7.4

navy jumpsuit & black belt / Issey Miyake Men
blue sunglasses / Resurrection
blue clutch / Louis Vuitton

This was the outfit I wore to day 2 of London Collections: Men, and definitely my favorite.  I'm a sucker for jumpsuits and this pleated navy number was simply perfection.  It's from the Issey Miyake Men FW12 collection and my fashion editor used it earlier in the week in one of our menswear editorials for the next issue of 1883 Magazine.  Big shout out to Jean-Philippe from Issey Miyake for letting me wear it! 


These photos were taken by Miyelle Karmi, a street style photographer whose website me/ELLE/you you must check out.   I accessorized the look with my bright blue clutch and sunglasses to make the tonal blue seen in the cuffs a little more obvious. Also huge thanks to Juyoung Lee, the designer from Korean label Resurrection, for giving me the sunglasses.   


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chadchad of the day 7.3

jacket, shirt & shorts / Ozwald Boateng
red clutch / Russell & Bromley
sunglasses / Resurrection
ribbon shoes / Alani

This was my outfit for day 1 of the first ever London Collections: Men.  HUGE thanks to  Ozwald Boateng for letting me borrow this sharp short suit from their SS12 collection - it fit me like a glove!  I loved the squared off shape of the collar and I decided to decorate the little holes with a pair of earrings in the shape of a spade and a club.  (photo by Kirstin Sinclair from www.elleuk.com)

I wore the suit with a few Korean accessories including a pair of my favorite sunglasses from Resurrection by Juyoung Lee and these perfect patent leather ribbon sandals from ALANI by Jaehwan Kim.  I don't find too many occasions to wear them but whenever I do I get loads of compliments. 

Recognize anyone?  If you don't blink you can see myself and Filippo, my fashion editor from 1883 Magazine for a brief second. :)


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chadchad in the Evening Standard

Hey! I guess London really loves this blue suit from T.Lipop. Not only was it featured last week in the Metro daily newspaper, tonight I found myself on the 'Fashion, Style & Sex' page of the Evening Standard. I'm on the same page as Rihanna and Angelina's Right Leg haha!

Unfortunately they misquoted me. I'm guessing I said Canada or perhaps North America when they interviewed me, oh well.  Click HERE for the article on the Evenings Standards website.  


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burger kim of the day 1.7

yellow shirt / Marni for H&M
yellow shorts / Marni for H&M
black boots / Dr. Martens
lion claw & hair necklace / Burger & Fries

Burger got a little online shopping happy when the Marni for H&M collection went live a few weeks back.  Yellow on yellow is a great look on him, but if I were to rock that outfit in my lanky frame I'd probably come across a bit too 'Man in the Yellow Hat' from Curious George.


He accessorized it with this necklace he made out of a vintage gold lion foot which was probably originally from the base of a chair. He threaded blonde hair through the hole and added a gold chain to it to be worn high up on the collar, almost like a tie.  


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chadchad of the day 6.7

patterned trench / Human Potential

yellow shirt / Issey Miyake

teal trousers / Topman

blue clutch / Louis Vuitton

orange socks / UNIQLO

maroon shoes / Zara

brown sunglasses / Cutler and Gross

I went hella bright for London Fashion Week day 4 as it was a blue skies kinda afternoon and I wanted to put myself in a spring sort of mood.  Korean label Human Potential sent me this bold trench coat a few months ago as a gift and fashion week was the first time the weather felt right to wear it.  The neutral almost burnt looking pattern has pops of aqua and purple and I wanted to bring those colors out by color blocking the rest of my outfit - yellow shirt, aqua trousers, blue clutch, orange socks, maroon shoes.  It's a lot but I'm not afraid to experiment with color.

Below is another one of the daily videos I made for 1883 Magazine's Fashion Insider during the week.  This time we focused on the confidence and craziness that makes up London's street fashion scene, which is louder and prouder than most other cities in the world.  

**X's and O's to London Fashion by Paul and Rachel Phipps for some of the photographs!


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lfw boys & girls

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burger kim of the day 1.4

long jacket / vintage
black shirt / H&M
fur hat / H&M
Nordic gloves / no brand
silver collar tips / Topman
gold chain / Cheap Monday
two swallows brooch / vintage
black creepers / T.U.K.

Burger and I went to Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park on Sunday night and he was definitely dressed warm for the occasion.  He got a few comments about how 'Russian' he looked because of the big fur hat (I was also wearing my matching hat) along with his long jacket that he bought at a vintage store on Brick Lane, but Russians definitely know how to dress for the cold so it makes sense.


I love how he wore the silver western style collar tips with the thick gold chain - after the fur hat and the long jacket they are the first things you see.  Then you notice the almost hidden double swallow brooch and they all clash so well together - a perfect mixture of cowboy meets gangster meets grandma.  



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burger kim of the day 1.2

trench coat / Bitching and Junk Food
long patterned shirt / Marjan Pejoski
gold keyhole necklace / Burger & Fries
black denim / Cheap Monday
black boots / Dr. Martens



Another very cool look from Burger today in his trench coat from bitchingandjunkfood.com which has a very large plaid hood and some nice gold stud detailing on the reverse.  The super long shirt was designed by Marjan Pejoski who created Bjork's infamous 'Swan Dress' and who is one half of the creative team behind Kokon to Zai aka KTZ.  The necklace is one of my designs using a vintage keyhole plate that I found in the Waterlooplein antiques market in Amsterdam.  



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chadchad on AWEH.tv

Huge thanks to Dann Gaymer from AWEH for writing such a nice article & interviewing me about life & work in Seoul & London.  AWEH is a website that combines elements of blogs, magazines, galleries, play lists, live venues & more in an effort to forgo labels and spread things that make you think, make you smile and make you feel inspired.  Check out the intro to the interview below.

For the rest of the interview, click HERE.

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