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View Larger Image and Additional Photos of Jihyun KimAbout Jihyun Kim : Jihyun Kim is a founder and creative director of S’MM, which is women’s wear brand based in New York since 2016. Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea, and moved to New York at the age of eighteen to attend Pratt Institute. While at Pratt, she was interning at Anna Sui, Jill Stuart, J.Mendel, and Melitta Baumeister that time she experienced the fashion industry in New York City. In 2016, Kim graduated B.F.A Fashion design from Pratt Institute and presented her first collection, titled “Portraits of Women.” At the stage of graduating fashion show, she won the Liz-Claiborne Concept to Product Award and $25,000 sponsorship
for the next collection from Liz Claiborne & Art Ortenberg Foundation, after then Kim launched her brand, called “S’MM.” Recently, Kim is working as a freelance fashion designer based in New York City as well as she spends most of the time to develop the new collection.
Kim pursued oversized feminine silhouette with a delicate finish and tried to corporate between fashion and fine art in a minimalistic way. Informed by broad and practical research which enclosed a historic source of costume, painting, critical theory, and contemporary art. S’MM attempts to create the new art form of fashion along with a story of contemporary art.
ORGANIZATION:
SMM New York, LLC
NON-DESIGN OCCUPATION:
Fashion designer Media, graphic, printing, culture, design
EDUCATION:
2016, Fashion Design, BFA, Pratt Institute, NEW YORK/USA.
EXPERIENCE:
2018-2019, Freelance Bag and Branding Designer, J Marck Holdings, NEW YORK/USA
2018-2019, Fashion Design Instructor, New York Arts Studio, NEW YORK/USA
2016-2018, Freelance Assistant Designer, Vivienne Tam, NEW YORK/USA.
2017-2019, Freelance Associate Designer, Gray Matters, NEW YORK/USA.
2016, Freelance Design Administration, Aeropostale, NEW YORK/USA.
2016, Freelance Assistant Designer, Cole Hann, NEW YORK/USA.
PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS:
2017, Emerging Designer Fashion Show, Fashion Gallery New York Fashion Week, NEW YORK/USA.
MIXED EXHIBITIONS:
2019 CURATE International Collections, NEW YORK/USA
2019 First Salon Show of 2019, Greenpoint Gallery, NEW YORK/USA
2018 INDOG, Lazy Susan Gallery, NEW YORK/USA
2018 Utopia International Design Exhibition, HUNAN PROVINCE/CHINA
2017 Shenzen International Industrial Design Fair, CHINA
2017 40 x 40 Exhibition Budapest, BUDAPEST/HUNGARY
2017 Festival Architecture and Interior Designing Conference, MUMBAI/INDIA
2017 “Award winning design Exhibition”, Mood Museum of Design, COMO/ITALY.
2016 Chelsea Fashion & Film Festival, The Set NYC, NEW YORK/USA.
2016 Annual Dark and Scary Halloween Group Show, Greenpoint Gallery, NEW YORK/USA.
2016 Pratt Design Show, Pratt Institute, NEW YORK/USA.
2016, Pratt Institute 117th runway show, Pratt Institute, NEW YORK/USA.
2015, NASAD Exhibition, Pratt Institute and The National Association of Schools of Art and Design, NEW YORK/USA.
2015, Cotton Inc, Competition Finalists Exhibition, Pratt Institute, NEW YORK/USA.
2015, Fashion Knows Fashion : Materiality Finalists Exhibition, Pratt Institute Juliana Curran Terian Design Center, NEW YORK/USA.
2014 "ORGANIC MATTER woven art-wear", Neiman Marcus Dallas Flagship Window Display, TEXAS/USA.
2015 "ORGANIC MATTER woven art-wear", NYFW Macy's Herald Square Window Display, NEW YORK/USA.
2014, "ORGANIC MATTER woven art-wear", Ralph Pucci International Gallery Nine, NEW YORK/USA.
AWARDS:
2017, Iron Award, A’Design Award in Fashion, Apparel and Garment Design Category, NEW YORK/USA.
2016, 1st Place, Liz Claiborne Award - Concept to Product, NEW YORK/USA.
PRESS APPEARANCES:
2018 "INDOG", N0thing Editions III, September, NEW YORK/USA.
2018 "Fashion", Cool Korea, September Issue, September, NEW YORK/USA.
2018 “Diversity - We’re Real”, SPECTR, Issue 23, pages 119, NEW YORK/USA.
2018 “S’MM Draws Inspiration from 18th Century”, The Cool Hour, https://www.thecoolhour.com/2018/02/smm-fw18-rococ
o-collection, February, NEW YORK/USA.
2017 “Model of the Week”, Models.com, https://models.com/newfaces/modeloftheweek/58964, December, NEW YORK/USA
2017, "White Patent Trouser", Ladygunn, Issue DigitalxS/S'17 page 41-42, March, NEW YORK/USA.
2017, "Get Feminine Minimalist with S'MM", The Cool Hour, http://www.thecoolhour.com/2017/02/get-feminine-mi
nimalist-smm/#.WLeWKQZy60A.tumblr, February, CALIFORNIA/USA.
2017, "S/S 2017 jacket, coat, pants, and blouse", GLASSbook Magazine, https://glass-book.com/kaleidoscope/, January, NEW YORK/USA.
2016, "Portrait of Women Collection", Create! Magazine, https://create-magazine.com/blog/2016/12/jihyun-ki
m?rq=Jihyun, December, PENNSYLVANIA/USA.
2016, "S/S 2017 jacket, dress, and silver top", Designscene Magazine, http://www.designscene.net/2016/11/young-fashion-d
esigner.html, Pages 18-21, November, REPUBLIC OF SERBIA.
2016, "S/S 2017 Collection", Dreamingless Magazine, Cover page and pages 4-14, November, LONDON/UNITED KINGDOM.
2016, "S'MM", Korea Town, http://njktown.net/news/article.html?no=29645, November, NEW JERSEY/USA.
2016, "S/S 2017 Dress, Bullett Magazine, http://bullettmedia.com/editorial/see-her-out/, October, CALIFORNIA/USA.
2016, "S/S 2017 Jacket", Teen Eye Magazine, https://issuu.com/teeneye/docs/icons_-_autumn_2016
, pages 158-159, October, NEW YORK/USA.
2016, "S/S 2017 Coat", Prattfolio, Pratt Institute, https://issuu.com/prattinstitute/docs/prattfolio_f
a16_issuu, page 39, October, NEW YORK/USA.
2016, "S/S 2017 White Pants", Jute Fashion Magazine, http://www.jutefashionmagazine.com/webitorial/stan
d-alone-by-alessandro-russino/, September, Prague/Czech Republic.
2016, "Jihyun Kim", College Fashionista, http://www.collegefashionista.com/straight-out-of-
college-three-up-and-coming-designers-you-need-to-
know-about/, September, NEW YORK/USA.
2016, "Jihyun Kim's collection", Pratt Institute, https://www.pratt.edu/news/view/pratt-institutes-2
016-fashion-show-captivates-crowd-and-attracts-nat
ional-m, May, NEW YORK/USA.
2016, "Jihyun Kim's Collection", Vogue, http://www.vogue.com/13435022/pratt-institute-stud
ent-fashion-show-2016-harold-koda/, May, NEW YORK/USA.
2016, "Jihyun Kim", WWD, http://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/pratt
-institute-graduate-runway-student-show-harold-kod
a-10425959/, May, NEW YORK/USA.
2016, "Masterpiece dress and 80s glass doll accessory", InStlye, http://www.instyle.com/news/harold-koda-award-prat
t-institute-annual-fashion-show, May, NEW YORK/USA.
2016, "Masterpiece dress", Trend Prive Magazine, http://trendprivemagazine.com/pratt-institute-annu
al-student-fashion-show-2016/, May, NEW YORK/USA.
2016, "Jihyun Kim's Dress", Yahoo, https://www.yahoo.com/style/meet-future-fashion-50
-stunning-215824948/photo-pratt-graduate-jihyun-ki
m-s-1464736684711.html, May, NEW YORK/USA.
2016, "Jihyun Kim's Collection," Fashion Unfiltered, https://fashionunfiltered.com/news/2016/pratt-inst
itute-annual-benefit-harold-koda, May, NEW YORK/USA.
2016, "Kim's Collection", Fashionista, http://fashionista.com/2016/05/pratt-student-show-
2016, May, NEW YORK/USA.
2016, "S/S 2017", Pratt Institute, https://issuu.com/prattinstitute/docs/2016_fashion
_show_lookbook, Pages 6, 18, and 40, May, NEW YORK/USA.
BOOKS:
2017, "Fashion Design Workshop: Five Steps to Start Fashion Design", 32 Pages, NEW YORK/USA, ISBN 1973223821
2017, "Textiles Workshop: Five Ways to Create Your Textile", 46 Pages, NEW YORK/USA, ASINB078W1Y2DC
2017, "Fashion Illustration Techniques: Seven Steps to Fashion Illustration", 37 Pages, NEW YORK/USA, ISBN1549766686
2017, "S'MM Coloring Book Vol. 1", 41 Pages, NEW YORK/USA, ISBN1520901585
ACCOLADES:
2016, Outstanding Merit Award, Pratt Institute, NEW YORK/USA.
2016, Pratt Circle Award, Pratt Institute, NEW YORK/USA.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Korean (Native).
English (Advanced).
Japanese (Beginner)
COMPUTER LITERACY:
Adobe Photoshop, Expert.
Adobe Illustrator, Expert.
Adobe In design, Advanced.
Microsoft Power Point, Advanced.
Microsoft Excel, Advanced.
Microsoft Word, Expert.
iWork, Expert.
HOBBIES:
Chilling with my dog.
CLIENTELE:
2018-2019, J Marc Holdings, Managed new bag line and styles and developed all branding assets.
2017-2018, Gray Matters, Designed new shoe collections and concept design for the lookbook, campaign, and brand content shootings.
2016-2018, Vivienne Tam, Developed NYFW collection and assisted fashion show as a design team.
2016, Aeropostale, Worked for 2018 season color trend.
2016, Cole Hann, Finished 2018 season color story and built up the material and fabric sample archive.
WEB SITE:
http://www.smmnyc.com/
PORTFOLIO URL:
http://www.smmnyc.com/
RSS URL:
http://www.smmnyc.com/
REGISTRATION DATE:
2016-09-18 23:55:50
COUNTRY/REGION:
United States of America
ACCOUNT TYPE:
Young
Awards received by Jihyun Kim
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Wardrobe Fall/Winter 2017 Collection A' Design Award Winner for Fashion, Apparel and Garment Design Category in 2016 Jihyun Kim for S'mm |
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Rococo in Materiality Collection Iii Bronze A' Design Award Winner for Fashion, Apparel and Garment Design Category in 2018 Jihyun Kim for S'mm |
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