Fetish
It’s painfully obvious now, but I was none the wiser about how far Taeseok Kang took his sexual concept when designing his MA artefact collection, I was in awe of his gold buttons which he attached to his business card which I continuously ran my fingers over, only to realise they were actual nipples ( kindly donated by his class members actual gold casts of their own nipples, true friends) The designer (who seemed quite shy) revealed his love of hair, the feel and texture of it, and combining the eroticism of the female form, he created a selection of accessories not for the faint hearted. At first I thought the gold accents were studs but again stood back to see more nipples, the leather protruding emanating the cup of the breast the design repeated, taking on a surreal feel, but actually practical as behind the flap was adjacent gold zip compartments with gilded nipple pulls. I admire his attention to detail the opening clasp of his vast suitcase which can be utilised as a luxury case for professional make-up artists (or the die-hard accessories fans like myself) has a gilded indent of his own fingerprint. Taeseok is already an entrepreneur designing the brown crock style bag with studs independent of the exhibition as a diffusion line complete with hair intertwined though the chain handle, I really expect nothing less than seeing this designer stocked at Harrods ( just putting it out into the univsere).


















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