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Is Korean fashion America's next mainstream frontier?

Korean street style and ready-to-wear has emerged from being a subculture to finding its way into the mainstream. Celebrities and social media influencers have been seen wearing more Korean designers, notable fashion editors and buyers have been seen attending Seoul Fashion Week, and on the beauty front, K-beauty has put Korea's beauty market on...

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Concept Korea helps Korean designers elevate their business

For 10 years Concept Korea has been a platform for emerging Korean designers to gain the opportunity to show their collections in New York to press and buyers that they typically wouldn't have the resources and infrastructure to reach otherwise. For their tenth anniversary show at New York Fashion Week, the organization continued their...