New York Fashion Week September 2007 Kyung Min Kim

Photos by Randy Brooke

Kyung Min Kim, Textiles and Fashion Design - Kyung Min premiered her textile work during New York Fashion Week in September 2006 when she collaborated with MFA Fashion Designer Mari Matsumoto. This year, Kyung Min has designed her own collection of simple shapes, which act as canvases for her textile work inspired by fairy tales from her childhood. Kyung Min is from Geoje Island, South Korea.

Video: New York Fashion Week September 2007 Kyung Min Kim

Press Book: Art Works Magazine Spring 2006

2006 New York Fashion Week Mari Matsumoto and Kyung Min Kim Collaborative Collection

Photos by Randy Brooke.

In addition to being featured on NY 1 News, Japanese fashion designer Mari Matsumoto and Korean textile designer Kyung Min Kim are listed on Forbes.com as “Designers to Watch” and an image from their collection appeared in Women’s Wear Daily with the review of the show.

Mari incorporated her understanding of Japanese clothing and the Kabuki way of styling into her collaborative collection with Kyung who based her textiles on Mari’s journey from grief to growth following the death of her mother. Mari and Kyung were also featured in a two-page spread in the Summer 2006 issue of Art Works Magazine.

Kyung Min has decided to create a collection for New York in 2007 while Mari will return to Japan to pursue her fashion career.

Textile Notebook: Designer Kyung Min Kim

Kyung Min Kim based her textile design on Mari Matsumoto’s journey through grief following the death of her mother. The bird in these designs represents Mari at different stages. Mari and Kyung Min collaborated on a collection.