Expertise

Interests: Fashion design, fashion history, dress aesthetics, fashion and culture, fashion exhibitions, design research

She has explored diverse areas in the fashion field (e.g., the concept of beauty, contemporary fashion phenomena, multi-cultural perspectives on the physicality and symbolism of dress) as a designer, fashion historian, researcher, and educator.

Degrees
PhD, Seoul National University, Aesthetics in Dress, 2007
MA, Fashion Institute of Technology, Museum Studies: Costume and Textiles, 2000
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Apparel Design, 1996
BHE, Ewha Womans University, Home Economics, 1993