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WOOYOUNGMI
Woo Young-mi, with Katie Chung
WOOYOUNGMI is a menswear label based in Seoul and Paris, started in 2002. Behind the label: Woo Young-mi, with Katie Chung. It is known for relaxed tailoring in luxury fabrics, shown in Paris every season. Latest milestone on record (28 June 2026): Shows its SS27 collection on the official Paris menswear calendar.
Quick facts
WOOYOUNGMI at a glance
- Behind the label
- Woo Young-mi, with Katie Chung
- Based
- Seoul and Paris, South Korea
- Since
- 2002
- Focus
- Menswear
- Makes
- Menswear, and womenswear since 2020
- Trained
- Fashion studies at Sungkyunkwan University, from 1978
- Official site
- wooyoungmi.com ↗
- @wooyoungmi ↗
The person and the label
Who is behind WOOYOUNGMI?
Woo Young-mi started the Seoul menswear label Solid Homme in 1988 and launched WOOYOUNGMI in 2002; her daughter, Katie Chung, has been joint creative director since 2014, The Business of Fashion reports. The Fédération describes a signature of relaxed tailoring in luxury fabrics with artistic embroidery. WOOYOUNGMI showed on the official Paris menswear calendar in every season we checked, from January 2024 to June 2026, and Solid Homme presents there too.
Timeline
WOOYOUNGMI, dated
- 2003Shows in Paris for the first time. Source ↗
- 2011Joins the Chambre Syndicale de la Mode Masculine, the first Korean brand to do so, KED Global reports. Source ↗
- September 2023Opens a Paris flagship on Rue Saint-Honoré. Source ↗
- 28 June 2026Shows its SS27 collection on the official Paris menswear calendar. Source ↗
More from South Korea
Other South Korea labels to know
- JUUN.J Menswear · since 2007
- SONGZIO Menswear · since 1993
- MINJUKIM Ready-to-wear · since 2015
- KIMHĒKIM Couture and eveningwear · since 2016
- EENK Ready-to-wear · since 2013
- REJINA PYO Ready-to-wear · since 2014
- ADER error Streetwear and contemporary · since 2014
- Andersson Bell Streetwear and contemporary · since 2014
- GENTLE MONSTER Accessories
- Lee Young-hee Textile heritage
- LEESLE Textile heritage · since 2014
Read the full South Korea guide, with the method behind it and where to see the work in person.
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Quick answers
WOOYOUNGMI, answered
Who is behind WOOYOUNGMI?
- Woo Young-mi, with Katie Chung. WOOYOUNGMI is a menswear label based in Seoul and Paris.
When was WOOYOUNGMI founded?
- 2002, according to the sources listed on this page.
What does WOOYOUNGMI make?
- Menswear, and womenswear since 2020. It is known for relaxed tailoring in luxury fabrics, shown in Paris every season.
Where did the designer of WOOYOUNGMI train?
- Fashion studies at Sungkyunkwan University, from 1978.