Spring/Summer 2013

The campaign for his latest collection, shared with The Style Examiner and featuring model Yemi, was stylised by Julian Ganio and photographed by Thomas Lohr.

British-based Korean menswear talent and RCA graduate Jaewan Park presented his new season for the first time during London Collections: Men. This season Jaewan paid homage to Rene Margitte, the Belgain surrealist painter known for his witty and thought-provoking work.



Jaewan Park Debut Menswear Spring/Summer 2012

Jaewan graduated from the Royal College of Art in MA Menswear after completing a BA in Fashion Design & Technology at The London College of Fashion. Before relocating to London to pursue a path in fashion Jae studied at the Samsung Art & Design Institute in Seoul, Korea affiliated with the internationally heralded Parsons School of Design in New York. During his time in London he was awarded the Brioni Award for Tailoring and the Albini Shirt Design Second Place Award from the internationally active Italian shirt makersof distinction.

F/W 2013 collection of Byungmun Seo 'Study of the Hidden Recess of Mind'

For this collection, we are looking deeper into the immense shadows of the unconscious. Envisioning a full metamorphosis within the unconscious, we set the inherent dialectic in motion.



This dialectic is resolved by the fusion of the unexpected and inexistent phenomena in the conscious and manifests in a resistance against the traditional and existing perspective of objects. We contemplated this hidden recess of the mind in freedom and ventured to liberate the mind of preconceived ideas, to release all objects from their customary association, and to revitalize the poetic imagery.

And we pursue to develop this imagery into the construction of garment. The construction will be led by a single concept where a new silhouette is created by the spatial mating of both two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects. This also brings an aspect where such playing of shapes in construction refuses our initial perception of them and gives the objects a new meaning.

Byungmun Seo

Designer Kuho Jung usually shows his collection, Hexa by Kuho, in New York—but by making the move to Paris for fall 2012, he’s announcing a new chapter to the life of his line. After all, it is only fitting that he shows his collection, based upon the conflicting emotions of love, in the City of Love itself. Presented in the majestic library of the Lycée Henri VI, the clothes lent themselves to an overwhelmingly intellectual pretext with a hint of romance. One could easily construct a tale of love and betrayal within the shadows of the library—especially aided by the dramatic drapes and folds of the collection.

Spring 2012 RTW Collection 2012 Newyork



Menswear was an obvious influence in the collection, such as the multiple variations of the grey power suit, but Jung incorporated softer touches, too. For example, a multi-layered flouncy long-sleeved shirt that looked more like a reinvented Victorian nightgown. While much of the collection is in shades of brown and grey, two unexpected emerald green coats added a breath of fresh air to the somber looks coming down the runway. Many of the coats must be admired from all angles, as they tied together in the back in artful simplicity. Jung concluded his collection with several grey knitted sweaters with an excess of fringe and knotting. Love is complex, and so is the Hexa by Jung woman.

Hexa by Kuho