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1 in 3 Koreans live alone, family types becoming diverse
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Korea, Japan finance chiefs vow to tame rampant FX market volatility
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K-pop group's manager dismissed for setting up spycam in theater dressing room
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K-pop singer lost consciousness after being hit by foul ball, cancels show
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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Korean Muslim YouTuber's plan to build mosque in Incheon goes viral
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Why is Apple Pay struggling to get purchase in Korea?
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Yoon's office denies considering liberal figures for key posts
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Seoul says Fu Bao loan 'not going to happen'
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Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen
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Isaac Mizrahi says new show a survey, not a 'retrospective'
NEW YORK (AP) -- Don’t call the Jewish Museum exhibition on Isaac Mizrahi's work a retrospective. Those, the 54-year-old designer said, are for dead people. This journey through several elegant rooms on Fifth Avenue is more like a mid-career survey. "I was very, very reticent and a little bit, kind of, shocked," he said Monday of his first reaction to the idea of a show just for him. "I hesitated, only because I feel as though it needed a lot of exploration and a lot of clarification." But awa
March 16, 2016
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Seoul Fashion Week expands trade show component
Be prepared to see hip and trendy Seoulites flocking to downtown Seoul as Seoul Fashion Week returns with fall-winter 2016 collections from March 21-26. The biggest fashion event of the year will take place at two venues this season. The main venue is Dongdaemun Design Plaza and the other location is a former flour factory-turned hip fashion venue in Mullae-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu. More than 60 shows and presentations will be held at the two sites with a few designers hosting their own shows thr
March 9, 2016
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1980s glam makes a Paris comeback as Chanel stays classy
PARIS (AFP) - It was back to the future on the Paris catwalks Tuesday as Chanel cleverly tweaked its back catalogue only for Saint Laurent to revive a look that some thought best forgotten. In what could be his last show for the label, designer Hedi Slimane -- the man credited with the skinny black jeans look and making grunge glam -- was judged to have given the brand “the finger” by parodying its founder Yves Saint Laurent's least glorious period. The hugely-influential Women’s Wear Daily was
March 9, 2016
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On the color wheel, Jay Z has an odd bedfellow
NEW YORK (AP) -- Barbie has her own color (pink). So does Tiffany (blue), Gap (also blue), Coach (brown) and even the roly poly Minions (yellow), but rare is the individual who cares deeply enough about a shade to have one custom made.At the Pantone Color Institute, the privilege doesn't come cheap. It can cost tens of thousands of dollars for the company to come up with just the right one. So why would an actual person, rather than a business, even bother? Only two, at least in the Pantone clie
March 2, 2016
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Paris fashion looks to ‘fat ladies’ for inspiration
PARIS (AFP) - Fat ladies tend to be thin on the ground on the Paris catwalk. But rising Dutch designer Liselore Frowijn made her ready-to-wear debut Tuesday with a colourful collection to light up autumn-winter inspired by the feminist artist Niki de Saint Phalle's proudly voluptuous “Nanas.” Her show with its eye-catching zebra-striped trouser suits was full of the bold and joyous colors of the sculptor’s liberated ladies. Frowijn said Saint Phalle “just wanted to make people happy and herself
March 2, 2016
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Oscars fashion: Many of the red-carpet stars went soft
Alicia Vikander set the tone on the Oscars red carpet Sunday as she walked early in a pale yellow custom Louis Vuitton gown, her hair flowing down her back.The Swedish actress has become an "it" girl for glam and didn't disappoint this time around in the strapless princess gown with a balloon hem that was higher in the front. Like her hemline, her hair was also high-low, fastened into a half-bun that showed off her chandelier earrings. Alicia Vikander(Academy Awards Official Website)"I love the
Feb. 29, 2016
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Rejections aren't dead losses for OMA architects
Dubai Renaissance compared with other iconic skyscrapers (OMA)A conventional, rectangular office building may not seem like an attractive design choice when major cities compete to build iconic skyscrapers as symbols of their economic growth. But Reinier de Graaf, partner of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, founded by architect Rem Koolhaas, says the simple form will ironically stand out among other stylish buildings. “When everything is exciting, a non-exciting (design) becomes excitin
Feb. 28, 2016
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‘Sustainable and responsible’ buildings for the future
A conventional, rectangular office building may not seem like an attractive design choice when major cities compete to build iconic skyscrapers as symbols of their economic growth. But Reinier de Graaf, partner of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, founded by architect Rem Koolhaas, says the simple form will ironically stand out among other stylish buildings. “When everything is exciting, a non-exciting (design) becomes exciting,” said de Graaf at a public lecture at Daelim Museum in Seou
Feb. 28, 2016
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Seoul's Gangnam supports local enterprises for New York fashion expo
The office of Seoul's Gangnam district said Monday it is supporting local enterprises at an international fashion expo in New York this week.The Gangnam District Office said it is financially supporting six firms specializing in womenswear, including MAG&LOGAN and Sweet One Eighty, at the Fashion Coterie, which will run from Monday to Wednesday.The enterprises have been selected based on their brand awareness, competitiveness, preparedness and stability, according to the district office.The dist
Feb. 22, 2016
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UK design star Anderson mines influences to dazzle London
LONDON (AFP) - British design whiz kid Jonathan Anderson led the charge on the second day of London Fashion Week Saturday with a celebration of individualism that fused inspirations including the natural world, the military and Far-Eastern tradition. British fashion mainstays Jasper Conran and Julien McDonald had earlier set the tone with shows that mixed the spectacular with the sensible, but it was 2015 designer of the year Anderson who was the hottest ticket in town. The 30-year-old Northern
Feb. 21, 2016
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Vera Wang brings Modigliani, Giacometti to N.Y. runway
NEW YORK (AFP) -- Designer to the stars Vera Wang shored up her artistic clout Tuesday by sending models down the New York runway in towering platforms and elongated cuts inspired by Modigliani and Giacometti. Wang, best known for designing wedding gowns for the rich and famous, presented a collection steeped in the lean, sculptural image of the European artists, whose modernist masterpieces fetch record prices.The Vera Wang Fall 2016 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York on Tues
Feb. 17, 2016
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Instant gratification: Fast fashion revolution
NEW YORK (AFP) -- New York Fashion Week this season has put “click and buy” on the map, revolutionizing the antiquated global fashion calendar with clothes that now can be ordered straight from the catwalk. For more than 100 years, the world of high fashion has been divided up into four seasons – spring-summer, autumn-winter. Designers debut their collections at fashion week, fashion magazines write them up and go to print a few months before the clothes are available to buy in boutiques -- six
Feb. 17, 2016
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Hilfiger makes N.Y. Fashion Week splash with 'It' girl Gigi
Tommy Hilfiger kicked off New York Fashion Week day five by sending model-of-the-moment Gigi Hadid down an ocean-liner themed catwalk. Hilfiger, who has turned affordable but fashionable apparel into a global empire, is known for his flamboyant Fashion Week shows, which each season transport the Armory on Park Avenue into a spectacular set. “Years back, in the ’20s, the ’30s, when the people would travel trans-Atlantic they would get dressed properly,” the 64-year-old design king told AFP ahead
Feb. 16, 2016
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Western brands want in on K-beauty action
Diem Xuan Nguyen was instantly hooked on cushion foundations when a Korean friend of her mother gave one to her last year."I love how light it felt, especially in the summer," said the 27-year-old Vietnamese-American living in Seoul. "Foundations can be like a layer of ganache, but a cushion is like a souffle. The downside is coverage and shade range -- not much beyond 'pale' and 'darker pale.'"In layman's terms, foundation is the skin-colored makeup that renders your skintone even and complexio
Feb. 16, 2016
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Pharrell Williams becomes co-owner of G-Star Raw jeans
NEW YORK (AFP) - Pharrell Williams, the pop culture renaissance man who is a designer, performer and hit songwriter, was named Tuesday as co-owner of jeans brand G-Star Raw. The company, based in Amsterdam and Los Angeles, said that Williams would be involved in design but also in decisions on business strategy and advertising. “G-Star is an independently minded and forward-thinking company. I believe they will be the definitive jeans brand of the 21st century,” Williams said in a statement. Wil
Feb. 10, 2016
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Los Angeles is new icon of menswear cool
NEW YORK (AFP) - Long derided for flashiness or faded grunge, Los Angeles and a new generation of designers are bringing a new brand of chic to American menswear. It's only the second edition of New York Men’s Fashion Week, which kicked off Monday and ends Thursday. But already the capital of American fashion is recognizing that innovations on its runways often come from the West Coast. Models present creations during the Duckie Brown show at the Fall/Winter 2016 New York Men‘s Fashion Week, in
Feb. 4, 2016
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Concept Korea shows menswear at NYFW
Two Korean fashion designers presented their menswear collection at Pier 59 Studios in New York on Monday, the first day of New York Fashion Week: Men’s. Kang Dong-jun of DBYD and Jang Hyung-chul of Ordinary People were presented by Concept Korea, a project promoting Korean culture sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency.Kang presented a collection that employed modern silhouettes in trench coats and patterned long cardigans, reflecting the
Feb. 2, 2016
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'Concept Korea' fashion show held in New York
The "Concept Korea" fashion show, a biannual event organized by South Korea's government to promote Korean culture, was held in New York on Monday, featuring menswear collections by two Korean designers.The show, which was held at Pier 59 Studios, marked the 13th such event since South Korea's Culture Ministry launched the program in 2010 in tandem with New York Fashion Week in an effort to help promote collections of local fashion designers. About 400 fashion industry leaders in New York attend
Feb. 2, 2016
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Dior creates millionaire skateboarders‘ perfect wardrobe
PARIS (AFP) - When Kris Van Assche was designing the new Dior menswear collection, he had a very specific person in mind, he told AFP Saturday as it debuted on the Paris catwalk.“It‘s a young Parisian who creates a skate park in the 800-square-meter apartment he lives in a (historic) Haussmannian building,” the Belgian designer said. Models wear creations as part of Dior men‘s Fall-Winter 2016-2017 fashion collection, presented in Paris, Saturday. (AP-Yonhap) Mere mortals may wonder if such a pe
Jan. 24, 2016
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Tonymoly opens shops in Saudi Arabia
South Korean cosmetics maker Tonymoly said Thursday it has opened two shops in Saudi Arabia, tapping into the Middle Eastern market for the first time. In December, Tonymoly opened its first shop in Andalus Mall in Jeddah, and launched a second one in the capital city of Riyadh. Tonymoly said it will open 5-6 more shops in the first half of this year to grab a bigger chunk of the fast-growing beauty market in the oil-rich nation. The firm expected sales to take off this month as more local consu
Jan. 21, 2016