this custom @afrasia piece carries my two worlds🇰🇷🇿🇦
Our Korean heritage (Hanbok) and South African (@mohairsouthafrica ) craft, brought together in one piece🪷
I’m so deeply grateful to YunYoung for creating something this intentional, this beautiful❤️
This was for us, Koreans living in South Africa, growing, becoming, and blossoming like a lotus 🪷❤️
이 커스텀 드레스에는 내 두 세계가 담겨 있어요🇰🇷🇿🇦
한국적인 뿌리(한복) 와 남아프리카(모헤어)의 감성이 하나로 어우러진 옷이에요❤️
이렇게 의미 있고 아름다운 작업을 만들어준 윤영언니에게 정말 고마워🥹
이 순간은 남아공에서 살아가는 우리 한국인들,
자라고, 변하고, 연꽃처럼 피어나는 우리를 위한 거예요 🪷🤍
@netflixsa@bridgertonnetflix@shondaland@afrasia
#bridgerton #bridgertonpremiere #capetown #southafrica #넷플릭스
My second moodboard about self, my roots and aspirations as a fashion designer 🤍
“Blossoming” (2024) 🌺
Ouf im living my dream!! Grateful to the Most High, Jesus Christ 🦋 this is just the beginning 🌱
(This song for me isn’t addressing “haters”/“toxic people”, we all have traits of toxicity. It’s to the parts of me/ voices in my head that don’t help me serve God’s purpose in my life. The enemy wants to divide & destroy whether it’s between people or people and their dreams, but that is not my portion. & although seemingly paradoxical, it’s also a reminder to befriend the shadow self as it is not my enemy. It’s the vulnerable self that the devil aims to attack the most. The parts kept hidden, through expression I ask them come to light so that they may guide me. Closer to God, closer to God’s divine vision for my life. For my shadow self has been one of my greatest teachers and pivoting point. & at times when that is all too much? Keep it simple. Just focus on God. )
✨Soul Structure✨
Concept Colour palette: ochre & amber & hints of lush greens, symbolizing earth, ancestry, space for masculine softness.
Designed for those who move alongside heritage, these pieces are an homage to men of diaspora & immigrants who work hard to be where they are. These pieces symbolise a clothing place of rest & presence. Tailoring that breathes. A stepping into a season of light and of ease.
When designing I aimed for the ‘Soul’ section of Fields which are pieces worn in slower, more intimate settings-Sunday lunch with family or loved ones & could overlap with the ‘Art’ section of the brand.
Thank you @design_academy_of_fashion & @thefieldsstore for this wonderful opportunity! 💛
Models: @orealaba & @ryanhing011
Runway photograph: @kimvanzylphotography
최전 (ChoiJuhn) 섬유 (SuhmYu-Textile) 박물관 (BakMulGwan- Museum)
📍 66 Toegye-ro 18-gil, Jung District, MyeongDong, Seoul
보자기 BoJaGi is a popular korean textile making technique. I was delighted to know that not only is it a master craft that represents Korean culture but it also is an innovation that made history by women who did not have much back then. Across the globe, up-cycling/recycling has always been a part of peoples language before the terms modern popularisation. What distinguishes 보자기 BoJaGi from quilting, is that there is no pattern and is a purely intuitive art and craft form, piecing together one fabric shape at a time.
• The first BoJaGi piece is a winter one due to the heavy silks used (silks were used more for royalty. Fabrics used included(s) ramie, hemp, cotton, light & heavy silks)
• Colour schemes also depended on the season and occasion
• North Korea currently has more modern techniques and styles including natural dyeing
The heart of Soul Structure:
기도하고 약속해 a prayer & a promise
Designed for those who move alongside heritage, this piece is a dedication to men of diaspora & immigrants who work hard to be where they are.
It symbolises a clothing place of rest & presence.
Tailoring that breathes.
A stepping into a season of light and of ease.
A moodboard I collaged for the FieldsxDAF module but ended up changing. Will post the other one soon!
Disclaimer: None of the photos are mine and were found on pinterest, shared for reference purposes. The one original creator I could find was the man in the pond by @yangjihoon_
Fashion Accounts
Curated by Wanda Lephoto, Alison Moloney, Erica de Greef
📍Museum Africa (Johannesburg)
Works by
• Wanda Lephoto
• Thebe Magugu
• Sindiso Khumalo
Learning fashion illustration has been challenging but so worth it. Excited to see how much I grow from here ✍🏻🎨
Materials used:
• markers for the body, face & blazer
• water colour for the dress
• colour pencils & white gel pen for details & highlights
Model: @ntsimedi 💕
Styled by: @iimnohippie 👡
Guidance from: Craig Fraser (fashion illustration lecturer at @design_academy_of_fashion )
#fashionillustration #designprocess
Hello to a gentle shift into a new chapter 🌱
@afrasia is blossoming into a project space for art, heritage & fashion design while @yunyoung.ahn will hold space for the everyday beauty in life, food & creating belonging.
More in my ‘thank you’ journal entry at the end of this post 💌
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BTS from my first shoot with @nondumisoshangee for my first garment design. So excited to share with you!!
Thank you @itsmilarose for these lovely bts moments 🥹🦋
