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Lee Young-hee (designer)
Lee Young-hee (, also spelled Lee Young Hee; February 24, 1936 – May 17, 2018) was a South Korean fashion designer. She worked on designing hanbok, Korean traditional clothes, to increase awareness of traditional Korean dress in the Western world since the early 1990s. She was the representative of the Miraemunhwa foundation, and operated Maison de Lee Young Hee in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. Fashion Young-hee majored in dying design at Sungshin Women's University. In 1976, she opened her own shop under the title of "Lee Young Hee Korean clothes". In 1983, she joined the international festival in Washington D.C. to celebrate the independence of the United States. In 1993, she made her debut in the Pret-a-Porter in Paris. In 1993, she became the first, along with Lee Shin Woo, to be allowed to participate in pret-a-porte while establishing a hanbok boutique in Paris the following year. She continued to introduce unique design and style of oriental clothes and Korean culture in Europe. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daegu
Daegu (, , literally 'large hill', 대구광역시), formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; it is the third-largest official metropolitan area in the nation with over 2.5 million residents; and the second-largest city after Busan in the Yeongnam region in southeastern Korean Peninsula. It was overtaken by Incheon in the 2000s, but still it is said to be the third city, according to the "Act on the Establishment of Daegu City and Incheon City" (Act No. 3424 and April 13, 1981). Daegu and surrounding North Gyeongsang Province are often referred to as Daegu-Gyeongbuk, with a total population over 5 million. Daegu is located in south-eastern Korea about from the seacoast, near the Geumho River and its mainstream, Nakdong River in Gyeongsang-do. The Daegu basin is the central plain of the Yeongnam List of regions of Korea, regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
