'Some people see my designs as crazy, but I just think of them as everyday clothes.'
alongside her classmate Sheryn Akiki. It was her second accolade, having won the equivalent BA prize back in 2017."I thought I’d screwed up because I couldn’t speak very well in my interview," she recalls."I found out about ten seconds before they called my name and just couldn't believe it! Now, Goom is back in her native Korea, gathering her thoughts and getting ready for her return to London.
My hometown — Jinju in South Korea — is really quiet and a lot of the people there are farmers, so there is nothing related to art. I didn’t even know how to draw, because in Korean schools you are taught to reproduce what you see in front of you; there is no creativity. Then during high school, I went to Illinois as an exchange student and took an art class which was so free, I couldn’t believe it.
The idea of dressing up for the everyday and normalising “crazy” clothes is really popular at CSM — who do you imagine wearing your clothes? It was about myself as a designer and how I wanted to change and progress. To be honest, I was really scared when I decided to take that break. All of my best friends were in my class and they would have graduated by the time I got back. Even my tutor advised me not to do it, but I just wanted to go home, go somewhere that has nothing to do with fashion.
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