[업데이트/UPDATE: 한국어 곧 나온다!]

양희득의 화려하고 행복한 황홀한 세계에 환영합니다! 양디자이너의 쇼와 옷이 정말 매력적이고 서울패션위크에 갈 때마나 많이 기대하는 디자이너이예요. 밑에 말이 서울패션위크에 나누어준 “Esquisse”이란 홍보팸플릿에 나온 거예요:

2000년 론칭한’아이섹스(Eye Sex)’의 디자이너 양희득. 일본에서 의상을 공부하고 홍콩과 대만에서 주로 활동하고 있다. 2003년 홍콩패션위크부터 시작한 개인컬렉션은 작년서울패션위크에 이어 올해가 두 번째. 양희득은 ‘크루즈(Cruise)’라는 테마로 화려한 보헤미안 룩을 선보인다.

Welcome to the world of Yang Hee Deuk, where color and giddiness reign. His shows and clothes are continuously enthralling, and I look forward to them each Seoul Fashion Week. Here is a profile of Yang Hee Deuk from the Esquisse pamphlet handed at at SFW:

Heedeuk Yang launched Eye Sex in 2000. His work in centered in Hong Kong and Taiwan He began working there after he majored in the ’study of clothes’ in Japan. He participated in Hong Kong Fashion Week in 2003 and then Seoul Fashion Week last year. Heedeuk shows splendid Bohemian style under the theme “Cruise.”

Here’s the entire S/S 2009 show itself, in order. This is the first complete show we’re covering, and we’ve got many more to collate. So keep coming back, since like good food, it takes time to cook. And remember — even if a show’s not already written up, the pictures might be in our photo stream already (for example, Denise’s Song Jain photos are already up). All of our photos, including the ones below, are linked to a VERY high-resolution version, and are probably the highest-resolution, highest-quality photos related to Korean fashion or Seoul Fashion Week that you can get on the web. Our magazine cares about quality, which is why photos take a while to process, but if you wait, you won’t be disappointed.

Love the 60’s haircut and overdone eyelashes, and giddy, Austin Powers feel of the entire affair, a mood that the Abba soundtrack helped define, especially as the colors got brighter and the patterns wilder.

“Yeah, baby, YEAH!”

It’s getting ethnic up in here!

The party on the dance floor — set to Abba’s “Dancing Queen” — was truly nice. I liked the celebratory atmosphere, along with the way designer Yang really gave the audience a small slice of his personality and ended the show with the same flair that characterized it in the first place. Truly well-done.

[27.10.08] 버전/Version II.

지금 양희득의 쇼의 사진을 정리중인데 조금 보여드리고 싶어서 2장을 올렸어요. 많은 쇼들 중에는 이 모델은 개인적으로 많이 좋아하는 거예요. 물론 예쁜데 또 표정은 밝고 멋진 포즈도 잘 잡는 거고 Madonna의 “보그”이란 동서의 의미를 카메한테 딱 전하는 파워가 있는 거예요. “Go, go, you go, girl!”

We’re still collating and processing the pics from this show, but we wanted to give you an appetizer. She’s one of my favorite models from the shows, and really knows how to vogue it, show it, work it!

개인적으로 양희득은 아주 좋아하는데. 쇼는 화려하고 진짜 연기적인 엔터테인멘트성도 있어요. 물론 옷도 이쁘지만 양희득디자이너는 정말 자기 일을 즐거워하시는 것같기도고 어떻게 보면 그 분한테 일도 같지 않은 것같네요. 관객으로써는 너무 깊은 재미를 느껴지니까 그 생각을 드네요. 노는 것 같다고요!

And Yang Hee Deuk is one of my favorite designers. He’s always very colorful, puts on a great show, and shows clothes that are truly interesting. And he seems to have retained a sense of fun that is just infectious. Go, Hee Deuk!

[23.10.08] 버전/Version I.

생블로그: 양희득디자이너의 쇼를 방금 봤는데 평가는? 대박! 옷은? 대박! 모델들도…대박! 디자이너부터 모델까지 진짜 흥행적 수완 최고! ㅋㅋㅋ 있다가 사진을 올려줄께요!

Live Blogging: Just watched Yang Hee Deuk’s show. It was AWESOME. The clothes were awesome. The models were AWESOME. That whole show was full of flair. AWESOME pictures later!

옛옛날에, 1995년도에, 무슨 ‘한류’이란 개념도 상상도 불가능했을 때. 여름에도 스노보딩 옷을 입는 게 유행했을 때. 그 때 서태지와 아이들의 ‘컴백홈’이란 노래가 애국가보다 들릴 수 있었고 영국의 비틀즈가 미국국민한테 락을 보여주는 것처럼 마찬가지로 한국한테 ‘갱스타랩’을 가지고 준 거잖아요.

Back in 1995, before there was any “Korean Wave” or anyone other than Korean people listening to Korean music, and snowboarding gear was worn in the summer, there was Seo Taiji’s “Come Back Home.” This cultural moment was like the Beatles arrival in the US, except they brought “gangster” rap, not rock, to the Korean masses.

근데 이 방송국의 대회에서 누가 1등을 잡는 건가? JYP! ㅋㅋㅋ 아무리 그때 중고등학생들이 서태지 예배했더라도 역시 박진영이 이긴 거네요. 정말 가득 찬 오래 가는 재능이 있으니까요. 12년 후…’텔미, 텔미, ㅌ-ㅌ-ㅌ-ㅌ-ㅌ-텔미…” 역시 진짜 재능이 어떤 유행보다 오래 가네요.

But guess who wins the contest at the end? Pak Jin Young! He was always the true talent. Even then, with screaming middle school girls ready to sell their kidneys for Seo Taiji and the Boys, JYP was still in full effect. Fast forward 12 years…

“Tell Me, Tell Me, T-t-t-t-t-tell me…”

I guess real talent really doesn’t go out of style.

어제 서울패션위크에서 서울의 시장과 한국을 방문하는 세계패션리더들이랑 과 한국패션, 서울패션위크에 대해서 이야기를 나누었어요. 특히 서울패션위크를 솔직하게 평가도 하고, 또 한국이 어떻게 세계 패션 강국이 될 수 있는지 대화했어요. 이 재밌는 대화의 오디오 파일을 있어요.여기서 다운받을 수 있어요.

Yesterday, the mayor of Seoul and visiting fashion dignitaries from around the world had a sit-down talk to discuss how Seoul Fashion Week could be improved and how Seoul can best make itself into a “world fashion capital” and a “hub of Asian fashion” in the near future. Download the audio of the conversation here.

알다시피 내가 KBS1의 ‘러브인아시아’이란 쇼에 나왔는데 AncientGoose 덕분에 이젠 드디어 유투브로 볼 수 있어요. 10분씩만 올릴 수 있으니까 2가지 부분으로 나누었어요.

As you know, I was on KBS1’s “Love in Asia”, where they talked about my photography and this site (even though they didn’t display the site on air — doh!) We finally got it on YouTube, where you get to see the show without hassle. Thanks to AncientGoose, who put this up. Since YouTube won’t let you squeeze more then 10 minutes on at a time, here it is in 2 parts:

에에엥. 배가 너무 많이 나왔잖아요…

In Korean: “Hug Me.”

진짜 재밌네요. 이 유명한 “Free Hugs”이란 YouTube 비디오를 알죠?

It was really funny to see this in Hongdae. You’ve seen the “Free Hugs” video campaign, right?

이 것 나오고 한국의 버전도 생겼어요. 원래 잘 안 안아주는 한국인들도 하니까 나름대로 다른 식으로 감동적이죠?

After that video, Korea got one of its own. And watching a people not really used to hugging or public displays of affection giving it out freely in the street was moving in its own way, I must say.

한국에서는 너무 따라하는 걸 누구나 아는 거잖아요. 그래서 이 순수한 캠페인이 한국에 오고 상업화가 됐을 때는 좀 실망스러웠어요. 길거리에서 무슨 도우미들이 “Free Hugs”를 주는 것. 너무 성적인 느낌이 있는 거니까. 아니면 CGV에서 무슨 홍보 캠페인을 하면서 “Free Hugs”이라고 기계적으로 인쇠된 간판을 들고 다니면서 하는 것도 봤어요. 사무실 직원의 유니폼을 입으면서. 그 사람들한테 가는 사람들이 한명도 못 봤더라고요. 너무 어색해서.

Everyone knows that people copy each other quite a bit here in Korea. So I was pretty disappointed to see this come to Korea and become commercialized. When you have scantily-clad “narrator-models” giving out “Free Hugs” to mostly old men who really, really enjoyed them, the sexual vibe just didn’t seem cool. Or the CGV employees I saw holding up neatly-printed “Free Hugs” signs in the lobby of theaters for their own advertising. I never saw anyone actually go up to get one, thank goodness. It was just too awkward and fake. Corporate suits sure know how to ruin a pure-hearted idea.

근데 어색해도 중학생들이 열정적으로 하는 걸 보고 기분에 좋았네요.

But despite the inherent awkwardness, seeing these middle school kids giving it a shot sure warmed the heart.

귀엽죠? 완전한 “Free Hugs 부대”잖아요. ㅋㅋㅋ 근데 위험성을 하나도 안 느꼈죠. 따뜻한 의도만 느껴진 거죠. 그런 군대가 있었으면 좋겠죠? 그런 군대를 어디로나 보파견하고 싶네요.

They’re cute, right? They’re like a “Free Hugs” brigade, no? But without being scary or threatening, of course. A love “brigade.” Too bad we don’t have any of those, like an “army of good intentions.” Now, that’s an army I wouldn’t mind sending anywhere in the world.