South Korean designer Sohee Park debuted at Paris Couture Week, showcasing a collection of dramatic, voluminous creations that drew inspiration from her heritage and sparked a frenzy on the runway.
If the Miss Sohee show in Paris were a runway challenge, Coco Rocha would still have emerged as the winner — but with some serious competition now snapping at her heels. Lest we forget that she runs her own Model Camp, Rocha vamped down the runway, throwing poses for photographers and apparently inciting a fash-off with her fellow models that recalled those heady days in the 1980s when Pat Cleveland et al competed to be the queen of the Mugler runway.
Who wouldn’t want to preen, when dressed in these over-the-top creations? South Korean designer Sohee Park, marking her first show on the official calendar at Paris Couture Week, specializes in the sort of dramatic volumes that have made her a red-carpet favorite with celebrities including Cardi B, Sharon Stone and Anya Taylor-Joy, who wore one of her designs to the last Vanity Fair Oscar Party. There was the knotted pink satin column gown, with a giant fan-shaped panel that framed the entire torso; a lilac taffeta skirt with a train so vast it should come with its own turn signal, and a silver petal-shaped hood that would come in handy as a paparazzi shield. A Central Saint Martins graduate, Park said she was becoming more confident leaning into her South Korean heritage, pointing out the peony embroidery on a shawl, and the wisteria flowers adorning capes. Najeonchilgi, a technique for inlaying mother-of-pearl, was used to create a trompe-l’oeil crocodile pattern on a shimmering bustier gown. Elaborate headpieces, developed with milliner Edwina Abbotson, nodded to the historic costumes of Korean empresses. “I feel more comfortable being myself and really looking into myself,” the soft-spoken designer said. But make no mistake about it: Park is a powerhouse in the making. In just five years, she has built a couture workshop that now employs 37 people, is preparing to launch her first line of handbags, and has inked a partnership with South Korean industrial conglomerate Hyosung Group to develop innovative materials for future collections.
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