Le Beige, a women’s clothing brand in Samsung C&T’s fashion division, will work with Yoon Kwang-..

Le Beige, a women’s clothing brand in Samsung C&T’s fashion division, will work with Yoon Kwang-jo, a master of Korean ceramics, to reinterpret Korean traditional beauty in modern fashion. The idea is to present a new possibility of Korean luxury by incorporating the free texture and natural shaping beauty unique to Buncheong ware into clothing design.

On the 13th, Samsung C&T’s fashion division announced that Le Beige will release a collection in collaboration with artist Yoon Kwang-jo, and hold a special exhibition “Time Created by Empty” at “YouthQuake,” a complex cultural space located in Hyoja-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, from the 17th to the 18th.

The collaboration is part of Le Beige’s annual culture and arts project “Salon de LEBEIGE” with domestic artists. The goal is to break down the boundaries between art and fashion based on the brand identity that unlocks Korean beauty with a modern sense.

Yoon Kwang-jo, who participated in the collaboration, is a representative Korean potter who reinterpreted Buncheong ware in the Joseon Dynasty. It has drawn attention as an original technique of stacking soil by hand, breaking away from the traditional method of making pottery using a spinning wheel. His works are in major domestic and international art galleries, including the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art and the Lium Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Chicago Museum of Art.

Le Beige melted the philosophy of “nature,” “freedom,” and “empty” through Yoon’s art world into clothing design. It is a method of removing colorful decorations and emphasizing the natural texture and understated silhouette of the material.

The collection is inspired by Yoon’s masterpieces, “Moon 印千 River,” “觀 Water,” and “Yin-Yin 音律.” The impromptu brushwork on the ceramic surface is expressed with delicate embroidery and bead decoration, and the traces of the flowing cremation soil are embodied in fabric prints. The contrast between black and white was reinterpreted as a gradation pattern that naturally changes color.

The product consists of a total of 14 types, including dresses, blouses, pants, skirts, and scarves made of high-quality wool and silk mixed materials and silk. It is characterized by extending the formative beauty of traditional ceramics to high-end clothing that can be worn in everyday life.

An exhibition commemorating the collaboration will also be held. In “Time Made by Empty”, about 18 ceramic works by Yoon and a Le Beige collection made with this motif will be presented together. It is designed to examine the process of recreating the shape and texture of ceramics into clothing.

The exhibition will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. for two days from the 17th to the 18th, and anyone can watch it for free. Collaborative products are sold at Le Beige department store stores nationwide and at SSF shops, an online shopping platform in Samsung C&T’s fashion division.

“This year’s Salon de Beige was designed to show the brand’s values through Yoon Kwang-jo’s unique art world,” said Kim Seung-hyun, head of Samsung C&T’s fashion division. “We hope to convey differentiated cultural experiences and deep resonances to customers through the meeting between clay pottery and clothes-making fashion.”