
H&M 2013 DESIGN WINNER MINJU KIM IS A HORROR-MANGA-LOVING MONSTER DESIGNER. KAWA-KOWAI!!!
きゃわコワい!!!H&M 2013年度デザインアワードを優勝したKIM MINJUはホラー漫画好きなモンスターガール!この意外なコレクションは秋冬発売することに!
A designer friend of mine Niels Peeraer posted a plea on Facebook, “Please vote for Minju Kim to win the H&M Designer 2013 award! We need some fresh and inspirational fashion out there!” So I clickety click through…. and I am faced with a plethora of rather casual, minimalistic styles, and then there was Minju with over exaggerated shapes and fuzzy creature-like designs. VOTED! Then forgotten.
Until yesterday, when the winner was announced by a panel of experts… girlfriend took home the BIG prize, becoming the winner of the 2013 H&M Design Award!! I actually thought when I saw it, “Sadly, there’s no way she will win.” How little faith I have in the industry. Minju is still a student, studying at the Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts and is in her last year. The prize for winning this award is a capsule collection produced with H&M that will go on sale this Autumn 2013 (but ONLY in Europe. DAMMITALL! F&&%$#!”).
そうしてそこからどれだけか経って、昨日今年のH&
Her collection looks bright and happy and all warm and fuzzy but it’s actually quite sinister. Titled “Dear My Friend”, it came about when Minju started observing her friends and others around her, determining who (and what) they really are. In other words, she concluded there is a darker, less appealing side to everyone….and they are deformed creatures that look like a mix of Where the Wild Things Are and Care Bears.
彼女が今回発表した“Dear My Friend”コレクションは、
That’s no surprise because the South Korea native is a huge fan of the averse and horror… this collection was actually directly inspired by Junji Ito who is a famous Japanese horror manga artist. I have read his work and seen his movies in the past and it will give you nightmares. “Uzumaki” is a good place to start for movies, although Tomie is probably his most famous. If you dare take a peek at his manga, The Enigma of Amigara Fault (阿弥殻断層の怪) will stick with you for a lifetime (that last scene! Gah!).
その他に、
Minju herself, according to those who know her, is apparently actually a really happy and freewheeling girl– sounds like she’s got the perfect double-sided personality to become the next “IT”-ingenue!
ちなみに、
Model: Amy Post @ IMM Bruxelles
Photographer: Quentin De Wispelaere
Editor: Kristopher Arden-Houser
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