Style Sophomore On Instagram... Seoul

A look back at some of my favorite instagram photos from our last 2 and a bit weeks in Seoul. Have a happy Monday everyone!

Green tea & red bean affogato - the best combination ever!

My first Korean novel that I'm giving myself 5 months to get through.

Fresh fruit and granola cereal from the buffet breakfast at Conrad Hotel during Seoul Fashion Week.

The La Mode Outre x Tomboy trench coat collaboration is exhibited in many of their 39 stores throughout Korea. So weird but cool to see myself and our friends from Taipei in shops in Korea!

 Up in the business lounge during Seoul Fashion Week enjoying a grapefruit mojito at the end of the day.

During fashion week doing a quick edit of photos on the shuttle bus ride between the IFC and Blue Square venues.

The view of the Han River from the 54th floor of IFC at Seoul Fashion Week.

This fashion week, we decided to take up front row seats instead of having to fight for a space in the photographer's pit.

James photographing outside Seoul Fashion Week shows.

These awesome Anine Bing pieces were waiting for me when I arrived in Seoul. Check out one of my new favourite brands at aninebing.com :)

 I love cooking, especially in Korea - this is fried pork belly with rice, perilla leaves and a whole lot of Sunchang Ssamjung sauce.

 Went on a sticker sticking mission since I got a box of 500 of them printed while we were in Taipei. I still have so many to stick in Tokyo!

I decided that for the Cres. E Dim. shoot in the park, I wanted deep red lips so I went out and bought this beautiful "diva" shade lipstick from MAC. First time EVER wearing lipstick like this (or actually any lipstick at all!).

We are pretty familiar with the Seoul subway now and don't we fit right in with the locals? haha.

Korean BBQ! Love this stuff so much!

 On the road again! All our worldly possession combined into about 70kg!

Tired eyes on our way to Tokyo... But after about 12 hours traveling (for only a 2.5hr flight!) we are finally settle into our place in Tokyo! Going to spend the spring here and will share lots more photos so watch this space :)

Style Sophomore x James Bent x CRES. E DIM. FW 2013

Before we even arrived in Seoul we saw the press release for CRES. E DIM.'s FW13 collection, and decided that we wanted to get our hands on a few pieces and do a mini shoot of some sort. So a few days after Cres. E Dim. showed at Seoul Fashion Week, we met up with Kim Hongbum (the designer) and his team, tried on a few pieces, and put together 3 looks. 

I'm right into prints at the moment, so naturally gravitated towards these beautiful printed sweatshirts with images of ice and crystals, inspired by Japanese artist and designer Tokujin Yoshioka. The thing I particularly love about the pieces and accessories we chose (and in fact the whole of Hongbum's collection) is the play on textures and fabrics. He uses a mix of materials in his designs to create wonderfully textured pieces that have an interesting look and feel. For example, wool skirts with lamb and eel leather details, polyester sweatshirts with lamb leather and polyurethane details, wool and lamb leather jackets, cow leather and polyurethane clutches, and acrylic necklaces.

So at about 10:30pm at night and in about 4 degree celcius temperatures, we ventured up a massive hill to a park behind our place in Nakseongdae. I quickly found out just how hard it is to stand still in the shivering cold (wearing heels that I don't usually wear) and trying to take photographs and all at the same time! I don't know how I managed to shake it off and despite losing all feeling in fingers and toes by the end of it, we were pretty happy with the shots we came away with. 

Here are the three looks we put together featuring all CRES. E DIM. clothing and accessories and my beloved 3.1 Phillip Lim boots...

Photography by James Bent

Park Ji Ye, Seoul Fashion Week

Seoul Fashion Week Street Style on STYLE.IT!

A huge(ish) 40 image slideshow featuring photos from outside the shows at Seoul Fashion Week! Check out the slideshow here :)

YANG'S BY HEE DEUK FW 2013, Seoul Fashion Week

Style Sophomore x James Bent x MOONYOUNGHEE

I'm so gutted that I missed the MOONYOUNGHEE show at Seoul Fashion Week, but then so excited to get my hands on one of their pieces the very next day and do these shots back at our hotel room. I love the structure of this jacket, it's 90% wool blend and the fit was just perfect! 

    MOONYOUNGHEE jacket | Cameo The Label skirt | Shana 8th Avenue
   clutch | Society Of Golden J. cuffs and rings | 3.1 Phillip Lim boots

Seoul Fashion Week Street Style FW 2013 on ELLEgirl JAPAN

Some photos that I shot outside the shows are now up on ELLEgirl JAPAN! Check out the images here :)

Hee Jung Park, Seoul Fashion Week

Lee Mingu & Oh Song Jae, Seoul Fashion Week

JOHNNY HATES JAZZ FW 2013, Seoul Fashion Week

Johnny Hates Jazz was right up there with my top favorite shows this Seoul Fashion Week. Everything was just perfect - simple yet sophisticated tailored coats, smart tuxedo shirts, quality wool fabrics, the combination of wool-on-fur-on-vinyl, the mostly grey palette with pops of color here and there, and the overall contemporary chic looks... this is definitely a designer to catch next season. Not to mention the perfect lighting for runway photography which allowed me to capture the beautiful silhouette shadows as they moved down the runway. Here are my favourite looks... 

Clutches, Seoul Fashion Week FW 2013

StyleSophomore x James Bent, At Conrad Seoul Hotel

Made the most of our hotel room during Seoul Fashion Week, got out the lights, rearranged the furniture, and managed to fit in a couple of quick shots in between editing way too many photos from the day! This outfit is totally my kind of style, perfect-fit Anine Bing jeans, super cozy knits and great for the spring weather that we're about to experience in Tokyo.

                 Anine Bing top and jeans | Croche muffler | Society Of Golden J. bracelets | 3.1 Phillip Lim bag and boots | Michael Kors watch