Interview with Wooyoungmi
Photo: Courtesy of Wooyoungmi
Q: How did growing up in Korea influence your designs?
Growing up in Korea means growing up under the influence of Buddhism, and Confucianism. Self-restraint or moral cultivation is one of the virtues they value the most. Maybe that is the reason why I think beauty is about concealing rather than revealing, and I think of design as a way of harmonizing. The clothes are not to alienate the wearers but to harmonize and balance the wearers with their surroundings.