Artist Spotlight: C. Kyung-won

Artist Spotlight is a fashion-focused segment that takes a deep dive into the unique backstories and their creative processes. Highlighting the fashion industry's hidden gems and innovative talents.

With the Kpop scene getting increasingly popular many people are looking to Kpop idols for style inspiration. Whenever a popular idol wears an item it almost instantly sells out. The outfits Kpop idols wear are very important from mv looks to tv show appearances. 

Choi Kyung-won is one of the biggest Korean fashion stylists and is also the founder of fashion styling and consulting agency F9ISSUE. Choi was the former fashion stylist for BLACKPINK and is now currently styling rising boy group ENHYPHEN and popular girl group Red Velvet. BLACKPINK is considered Kpops most stylish girl group and that is mainly due to Choi’s styling. Aside from being a celebrity stylist, Choi also has her own handbag brand called Avam. In 2017 Choi won the Fashionista Awards and Stylists of the Year at the 7th Gaon Chart Music Awards.

Sources:

SIDELL, M. W. S. (2018, June 15). The Style Secrets Behind K-pop’s Most Fashionable Girl Group. WWD. Retrieved December 17, 2021, from https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/the-style-secrets-behind-k-pops-most-fashionable-girl-group-1202709855/