technical description
4-button denim tuxedo jacket with basketball shorts featuring recycled selvedge denim composed of 50% Refibra™ (recycled cellulose fibres) and 50% recycled cotton donated by Candiani’s mill; soft tailoring, a refined navy silk lapel and raw-edge selvedge detailing across each seam. Worn over a pair of denim shorts with reverse side seam selvedge detailing and a 12-inch inseam inspired by basketball shorts from the early 2000s.
Size 1300x640x135mm, 2021
concept
This project is based around the cultural legacy of Seoul - where Tae grew up - a society that appears homogeneous, but has elements of foreign cultural influence. Among this cultural mix, the focus is on the unique localisation of Korean American Tailoring, which was created by the tailor shops around US Army bases after the Korean War. Through his work, Taesoon provides a unique perspective on this relationship by tracing the evolution of iconic garments within his cultural context. He reconstructed the imported cultural influences that arrived in Seoul from the US in different time periods, among which the most prominent were hip-hop culture and aesthetics and the sartorial codes of American basketball players’ suits. His menswear collection puts historic trends into a contemporary context, wisely mixing and weaving in these features.