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Andre Kim
(August 24, 1935 ? August 12, 2010) was a South Korean
fashion designer
based in
Seoul, South Korea
. He is known mainly for his evening and wedding gown collections.
Kim, whose real name is Kim Bong Nam, is one of
fashion
designers in
South Korea
. He has achievements in
Korean
fashion
, and International
fashion
.
New York Times
and
Herald Tribune
in
London
described him as 'A pioneer in
Korean
fashion' and 'Alive fashion hero'.
Kim became the
Korea
’s first
male
fashion
designer as he opened his
fashion
shop in 1962 and since that time he attracted public attention by designing a
wedding
dress of
Um Aeng Ran
, who was a top star at that time, and designing many clothes like uniforms of the
Korean
athletes for the
1988 Summer Olympics
in Seoul. Furthermore, not only did he hold a
fashion
show in
Paris
as the first
South Korean
in 1966 but also he held a lot of
fashion
shows in many places such as
New York
[
disambiguation needed
]
,
Washington DC
,
Beijing
and
Sydney
. Also, he was in the spotlight of the world because he became the world's first
fashion
designer to hold a
fashion
show in front of
pyramids
and
Angkor Wat
temple.
Since 2002 Kim has expanded his business into not only design fields such as children's wear and
golf
coat but also various fields like
cosmetics
and
jewelry
. He was active in his work even before he died on August 12, 2010, because of the
pneumonia
and
colorectal cancer
at age 74.
There are many characteristics that Andre Kim has in his
fashion
shows and styles. One of them is
wedding
finale
, which is representative symbol as a
bride
and
groom
wearing
wedding
gowns confront each other. Kim sticks to a design that emphasizes
woman
's elegance and tries to apply
Korean
traditional pattern. Moreover, he always emphasizes white color. To be specific, the clothes that he designed are white as well as the things that he uses, such as
furniture
and
cars
, are also white. Moreover, he wears only white clothes regardless of the situation, even when he sleeps and takes a rest.