# WOOYOUNGMI

> WOOYOUNGMI is a menswear label based in Seoul and Paris, South Korea, started in 2002. Behind the label: Woo Young-mi, with Katie Chung. Known for relaxed tailoring in luxury fabrics, shown in Paris every season.

- Canonical: https://thecastindex.com/designers/wooyoungmi
- Country guide: https://thecastindex.com/houses/korean-designers
- Facts checked: 2026-10-22
- Author: Kaiser Khan (Founder & Editor)

## Quick facts

- 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: https://wooyoungmi.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wooyoungmi/

## 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

- 2003: Shows in Paris for the first time. (source: https://www.kedglobal.com/newsAmp/ked202111020003)
- 2011: Joins the Chambre Syndicale de la Mode Masculine, the first Korean brand to do so, KED Global reports. (source: https://www.kedglobal.com/newsAmp/ked202111020003)
- September 2023: Opens a Paris flagship on Rue Saint-Honoré. (source: https://wooyoungmi.com/product/story.html?cate_no=372)
- 28 June 2026: Shows its SS27 collection on the official Paris menswear calendar. (source: https://www.fhcm.paris/en/upcoming-seasons-and-previous-editions)

## Sources

- [FHCM — Wooyoungmi house page](https://www.fhcm.paris/en/house/wooyoungmi) — checked 2026-10-22
- [FHCM — official calendars, FW24 to SS27](https://www.fhcm.paris/en/upcoming-seasons-and-previous-editions) — checked 2026-10-22
- [The Business of Fashion — Woo Young-mi](https://www.businessoffashion.com/community/people/woo-young-mi) — checked 2026-10-22
- [KED Global — Wooyoungmi in Paris (2 November 2021)](https://www.kedglobal.com/newsAmp/ked202111020003) — checked 2026-10-22
- [WOOYOUNGMI — brand story (official site)](https://wooyoungmi.com/product/story.html?cate_no=372) — checked 2026-10-22