Designers / South Korea · Ready-to-wear
MINJUKIM
Minju Kim
MINJUKIM is a ready-to-wear label based in Seoul, started in 2015. Behind the label: Minju Kim. It is known for playful, avant-garde womenswear with a fairy-tale streak. Latest milestone on record (21 April 2023): Stages a Fashion in Motion event at the V&A.
Quick facts
MINJUKIM at a glance
- Behind the label
- Minju Kim
- Based
- Seoul, South Korea
- Since
- 2015
- Focus
- Ready-to-wear
- Makes
- Womenswear
- Trained
- Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp
- Official site
- minjukim.co ↗
- @_minjukim_ ↗
The person and the label
Who is behind MINJUKIM?
Minju Kim studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, won the H&M Design Award in 2013 and launched her Seoul label in 2015. In 2020 she won Netflix’s Next in Fashion. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London holds one of her dresses, from Spring/Summer 2021, and staged a Fashion in Motion event with her in 2023.
Timeline
MINJUKIM, dated
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- GENTLE MONSTER Accessories
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- LEESLE Textile heritage · since 2014
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Quick answers
MINJUKIM, answered
Who is behind MINJUKIM?
- Minju Kim. MINJUKIM is a ready-to-wear label based in Seoul.
When was MINJUKIM founded?
- 2015, according to the sources listed on this page.
What does MINJUKIM make?
- Womenswear. It is known for playful, avant-garde womenswear with a fairy-tale streak.
Where did the designer of MINJUKIM train?
- Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp.