Jimin Lee
JIMINLEE
Jimin Lee
JIMINLEE
Based in
Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Seniority
3 - 5 years experience
Resume
About

Ji Min Lee is a menswear designer from South Korea. She graduated Parsons MFA Fashion design & Society 2019 and her thesis collection selected to present during New York Fashion Week Runway Show. Her collection title is “Female Gaze”. She is interested in eroticism, sexuality and the naked human fo

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rm. Hand drawing is where her work begins and how she expresses what she sees and how she feels, revealing her imagination.

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Finalist
ITS 2020
2020
Trieste, Italy

International Talent Support
THE FASHION FINALIST

Intern
3.1 Phillip Lim Sep. 2, 2019 - Mar. 20, 2020
New York, United States

Assist FW 20 Collection.
Used Sewing and Pattern Making skill to develop Samples.
Used Adobe Photoshop and illustrater to draw Flat drawing.
Web browsing to research images for next collection.

New York Fashion Week: The Shows SS20
New York Fashion Week Sep. 1, 2019 - Sep. 2, 2019
New York, United States

Debut with Parsons MFA 8th Generation Runway Show
JIMINLEE "Female Gaze" S/S 2020

Master of Arts
Parsons The New School for Design (New York) Aug. 1, 2017 - May. 1, 2019
NewYork, United States

MFA Fashion Design and Society

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Intern
Victor Li Oct. 1, 2018 - Dec. 31, 2018
New York, United States

Menswear Intern
Assist FW 19 Collection.
Used Adobe Photoshop and illustrator to develop the FW 19 collection's textile design.
Web browsing to research images for next collection.

Intern
Luar Sep. 1, 2018 - Oct. 1, 2018
New York, United States

Unisex
Assist design team with Pattern making, cutting and sewing skill to develop collection pieces.

Part time
Sisun international - it MICHAA Jun. 1, 2018 - Aug. 30, 2018
Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Women’s wear design studio
Assist design team with fitting to develop samples.
Organized the documents of flat drawings and trend research images.

Pre-Master
Central Saint Martins (London) Oct. 1, 2016 - Jun. 1, 2017
London, United Kingdom

Graduate Diploma in Fashion

Bachelor of Arts
Seoul Women's University Mar. 1, 2010 - Feb. 1, 2014
Seoul, Korea, Republic of

BA in Ceramic and Fiber arts / Clothing Science (a double major)

Intern
ELLE Jan. 1, 2013 - Mar. 30, 2013
Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Swimsuit Design Studio
Assist design team with market research for concept developing.
Used pattern cutting skill for develop samples.

Industry sectors

Fashion

Skills

Pattern making

Sewing

Flat Drawing

Image Research

beading

Video editing

Photoshoot

DRAWING

Software skills

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Languages

English

Fluent

Korean

Native language

Personal details

Potentially open to relocate

WHAT'S IT LIKE STUDYING AT THE TOP FASHION SCHOOL IN THE WORLD? PT. 2

Meet the 'Parsons MFA Generation 8 2019', off the back of their Fashion & Design Society exhibit at Future of Fashion Gallery, in the Chelsea Arts Tower.

On view for the duration of fashion week, until the 11th of September, this year's graduate exhibition showcases installations by Bugs Garson, E

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vian Li, Hualei Yu, ji Min Lee, Jue Liu, Meg Calloway, Meredith Bullen, Natalie Vladimiroff, Sho Konishi, Tara Babylon, Yong Guo and Zille-e-Huma.

LOVE spoke to the graduates about their collections, influences, and what's next, below, as well as asking them to share the 3 images that first featured on their moodboard for this project.

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Parsons Designer, Ji Min Lee Shows A Boundary Pushing Collection

New York Fashion Week can feel stale with the humdrum of usual suspects walking precisely marketed, otherwise safe collections. That is why Parsons School of Design is here to bring us new perspectives from savvy and daring students. Parsons MFA designer Ji Min Lee’s “Female Gaze” collection stood ou

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t prominently to our editors. Although only seven looks, the collection proposed more new ideas than many hundred look collections we’ve seen.

Bold subversive cuts, sharp tailoring, and decorated sheer underpinnings sustain the structure of the men’s silhouette and proposes to strip it of power. Men’s suiting through the female lens. Pant legs walk as decorative pieces, the two piece suit is reimagined as a single mended coat.

Ji Min Lee has found a delicate, unique sensibility in suiting where there has long been associations with power, masculinity, and conformity. Explore the collection below. Images courtesy of Ji Min Lee.

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parsons’s mfa class of 2019 shows us the future of fashion

Ji Min Lee

What is the inspiration behind this collection?
I am fascinated with the idea of male beauty, so I used this collection to showcase that through exoticism, sexuality, and the naked truth.

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How has your culture impacted your passion for your work?
I come from a conse

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rvative Korean culture where women’s sexual desires are repressed however when I moved to NY, I found the freedom to express myself and my deepest desires, which led me to manifest my desires through the male gaze.

What’s next for you after graduation?
I want to continue my work in exploring the beauty of males with different subjects. I’m a bit under pressure to find work, but I want to stay in NYC and continue working with different brands and people.

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The Parsons MFA Spring 2020 Runway Show Was All About Experimental Tailoring

Then there was the Ji Min Lee, who sent deconstructed men’s suits down the runway, with jackets and pants that had random arms and legs missing, revealing the models’ fleshy body parts, with mesh fabrics that had dangly trim pieces in their place. It seemed like a commentary on the state of manhood a

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nd the rigidity of men’s traditional dressing, and perhaps their emotions, too. Interestingly, the collection was inspired by the “female gaze” according to the university.

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