Hwa Kim was born in South Korea and moved to London to study fashion. During her studies at the London College of Fashion she discovered her passion for menswear and it is in this area that she prefers to design. Hwa’s designs fuse menswear’s traditional and classic element with commercial awareness and a creative and experimental factor. She has been employed by a number of different menswear labels in London and worked at J.W. Anderson as a head pattern cutter in 2008. Her collections have been successful in competitions, for example she won first prize in the “Nina de York Prize for Fashion Illustration” this year, and recently ASOS named her one of the menswear winners of the “ASOS LTD 100 Competition". Selected garments she has designed will be sold through the company’s website from the 3rd of July.
