Hanbok Kim Yu-na participated in design to be on UK fashion show

▲This photo, provided by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, shows the hanbok photo shoot of Kim Yu-na. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

SEOUL, September 27 (Yonhap) -- The hanbok design, which Kim Yu-na, the queen of figure skating, participated in designing, will be shown at a fashion show in London, UK.
 
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced that they will be holding a "Hanbok Fashion Show, Hanbok Wave" and presenting the hanbok made with Kim Yuna, in collaboration with Korea Craft & Design Foundation and Korean Cultural Center UK at Korean Cultural Center UK on September 27, at 7 p.m. (local time).
 
The fashion show is organized as part of a project to help develop overseas markets for the hanbok industry.
 
Kim Yu-na participated in designing the hanbok and the photo shoots. Ten hanbok companies designed 60 hanboks featuring Kim Yu-na's unique characteristics.
 
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will put the fashion show video on the "Hallyu! The Korean Wave" exhibition website, which is being held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in the UK. 
 
Kim Yu-na's 10 hanbok pictorials will also be released through Marie Claire, a French Paris fashion magazine.
 
Moreover, at the end of the year, a video of Kim Yu-na's hanbok photo shoot will be released on an electronic display in Times Square, New York, USA.
 
 
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Dowon Kim.)
 
 
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