Co-creative director, Wooyoungmi
Katie Chung
South Korean
Daughter of designer Woo Young-mi, appointed co-creative director of Wooyoungmi in 2014. She works with her mother across the label's studios in Paris and Seoul, and the two are described as a mother-daughter design duo. The menswear brand presents its collections at Paris Fashion Week.
Houses
Their runway, measured
95 looks in 2 showsNext to every runway we track, Katie Chung's looks are lighter, more saturated, less tonal and more colour-blocked.
Colours
- Charcoal · 1.7× the average20%
- Black13%
- Grey · 1.4× the average8%
- Silver7%
- Ivory / cream7%
- White7%
- Beige / camel4%
- Chocolate brown4%
Share of garment area across their looks; × is against every runway.
Colour and surface
- Lightness44/100lighter · all runways 39/100
- Colour saturation14.6more saturated · all runways 12.6
- Neutrals61%about average · all runways 60%
- Warm hues70%about average · all runways 70%
- Tonal looks19%less tonal · all runways 33%
- Colour-blockingΔE 50more colour-blocked · all runways ΔE 35
- Surface texture4.23smoother · all runways 5.06
- Sheen0.050more matte · all runways 0.065
What sets them apart
Shapes, fabrics and details they use far more often than other designers.
Silhouettes
- Straight / tubular 65%1.6×
- High-rise 42%2.3×
- Oversized 36%
- Inverted triangle / strong shoulder 28%1.5×
- Boxy 25%2.1×
Materials
- Cotton / poplin 76%2.4×
- Wool / tailoring cloth 67%2.2×
- Silk / satin 35%1.5×
- Knit 28%1.5×
- Faux fur / shearling 20%4.1×
Details
- Belts 38%1.9×
- Tassels 29%16.9×
- Piping / contrast stitching 26%1.6×
- Pleats 23%1.4×
- Utility pockets 22%1.6×
Patterns
- Check / plaid 21%3.8×
- Geometric 19%5.5×
- Abstract print 19%4.0×
- Stripes 18%2.5×
- Colour-block 12%2.1×
Mood
- Relaxed 49%1.5×
- Nostalgic 47%3.2×
- Playful 35%2.0×
- Elegant 24%43% less
- Dramatic 17%
Era references
- 1970s 27%2.4×
- 1990s 13%1.7×
- Victorian 8%2.7×
- Edwardian 5%17.6×
- 1980s 3%45% less
From the AI tags on 95 of their looks. A designer is credited with a house's shows while they lead it; ×: how much more often than across all 25,892 measured looks.
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