I have a tidy stack of Korean mags (after my last Vogue Girl Korea post, someone was kind enough to send me a few more issues) that I will probably keep longer than the rest just because it's actually pretty impossible to get them shipped over to the UK (if mag shipping genius RD Franks can't do it, it's pretty much a hopeless cause...). Obviously they're bursting with Korean labels that I have a hankering to check out but sadly trying to find concrete information in a flood of Hangeul characters to research online is a bit of a difficulty.
So I'm grateful that some are kind enough to email me and write in English to a non-Korean understanding oaf like me. One was Viva H, whose collection I recalled from an oldish Brook and Lyn post and I had actually folded the corner of a Vogue Girl Korea page where their dress was featured. Happy days...
Han Young Seo and Ha Jeong Lee's debut S/S 09 collection is all those things that are inoffensive to most... florals, mannish blazers, insouciance etc etc and then a little bit more. Through Brook and Lyn's upclose experience with the collection, I found that they also used interesting fabric techniques... best demonstrated in the long leather-like dress that isn't leather at all but a special blend that has been embossed. I love that they went for the ankle length too given that I've been driven to insanity with the majority of shops overrun with teeny tiny short lengths. They also have a long and sheer design which is basically a more refined version of what I've been wearing the whole summer so I'll have to send a pesky email back to cheekily ask where can one buy some Viva H...?
Such a cool brand, I love the newspaper-print lined coat.
xx
www.fashionflocks.blogspot.com
Posted by: eleanor | 20 July 2009 at 09:37
It's fascinating how there is a whole different world of brands and designers we don't know just because of language/geographic limitations... Thank you for this post Susie :-)
Posted by: alicepleasance | 20 July 2009 at 10:09
Love the shoes! :)
xx
Posted by: Brigadeiro | 20 July 2009 at 10:33
pretty pictures darl, :)
Posted by: Lilee | 20 July 2009 at 10:36
i think i'm in love with the fifth look.
bordering infatuation. bordering obsession.
want, desire, need! ah! thanks for bringing it to my attention!
www.fashionistadujour.typepad.com <3
Posted by: aindrea//fashionista du jour | 20 July 2009 at 11:12
Love foreign magazines. I can't afford to buy them, so this is the nearest I come! Thanks very much...
http://dreamingspiresandoldcartyres.blogspot.com
Posted by: MJ | 20 July 2009 at 12:05
great pics, clothes! i adore all these looks. overseas fashion mags seem more interesting than stateside ones. it's the appeal of the "exotic" or unfamiliar, i suppose!
Posted by: Style Odyssey | 20 July 2009 at 12:31
im a huge fan of vogue girl korea. even though it costs a bomb. i get my dad to get them from hongkong where its cheaper.
i believe viva.H is only available in stores at daily projects a shop in seoul. i could be wrong cause my korean is really limited. i guess you could ask them if they dont mind selling the items to you over email.
Posted by: theregoeslyla | 20 July 2009 at 14:01
Always good to see an asin model :)
Posted by: Flora | 20 July 2009 at 16:19
I love the leather dress. Although I have nerver before thought of getting a long one.
Posted by: Nicole | 20 July 2009 at 16:43
love all these pieces- and are those the bless glasses?
Posted by: amanda | 20 July 2009 at 17:07
Haha, that leather dress is crazy! I can't picture anyone really pulling it off. :)
Posted by: Isabel | 20 July 2009 at 17:10
this is bless glasses :-)
viva.h loves bless!
Posted by: hj | 20 July 2009 at 18:17
Looks like the attire of your doppelganger.
Posted by: Joy d. | 20 July 2009 at 18:19
Love the eyes and brows! But those pieces have your name all over them.
Posted by: Meream | 20 July 2009 at 18:54
Oh,Hanyoung! She is my friend, she has a great sense of fashion(of couerse), amazing personality as well! Sooooo glad to see her pieces over here. I miss her :'-(
Posted by: eunyoung | 20 July 2009 at 22:31
Love the blazer in the fourth pic! The leather dress is too amazing, the detailing makes it look like the designer battled a huge reptile and turned it into clothing!
Posted by: faddict | 21 July 2009 at 00:59
love all the big shoulders..
xx-LJ from SOS!
Posted by: SOS! | 21 July 2009 at 01:03