Are you going to the pre-Seoul Fashion Week, preview fashion show of famous Korean designer IMSEONOC (임선옥/Lim Seon-ok)!

Create Your Funeral
<Dinner Party by Dinner Party>

“Although we fear death, consciousness is splendid and delightful.”

Although every human being came through the “door of birth,” we must all pass through the “door of finality” someday. Perhaps this is the reason we humans consider so-called “death” the saddest, most painful moment of all. However, designer Im Seon Oc counters with the question “Why does the funeral have to be so heartbreakingly sad?” She also says, “Although we fear death, consciousness is splendid and delightful,” and invokes a theme of a funeral without solemn clothing, and filled with humorous episodes and beauty. If the last time that both the departed and those left behind will spend together is filled with laughter and beauty, this means that there is enough to create a culture of enjoying a “celebration” or a “show,” in the same way that director Dakita Yojiro’s film did in “Goodbye” or Lee is found in Cheong-jun’s novel “The Festival.” Both Yojiro’s film and Lee’s novel share the common element of the unfolding of somewhat paradoxical situations in the face of the recently departed’s death. The fifteen pieces of funeral wear designed by Im Seon Oc are similar to these situations. Although both black and white clothing symbolize the darkness of death, the flip side of this coin can be expressed through humorous masks, flowers, and lace, as well as episodes and laughter from the departed’s life.

Im Seon Oc compares life to “passion in broad daylight” or simply “being busy.” She speaks of all these things being part of the course in the enjoyment of a final, grand “dinner party.” Im Seon Oc extends you a formal invitation to this dinner party, filled with good food and drink, as well as a fashion performance to remember.

Are we gonna see you there? For us foreigner types, the translated address information is:

Date: October 8 @ 5PM
Place: Musée Shuim
Contact: 02-396-9277 | www.shuim.org

IMSEONOC
EGO Design Studio
www.imseonoc.com
[Email address: egods #AT# hanmail.net - replace #AT# with @ ]