KIMMY J’s Spring/Summer 2017 collection titled “7696 KARMA”, says it all. Her collection delivers the idea of “Karma”, that fate is decided on by the previous state of your existence, and “7696”, which combines her and her parents’ birth years. Through old school hip-hop, and “retro vintage” patterns inspired by East Asian culture, Kim combines futuristic synthetic material to interlock the two time periods, portraying her story of “Karma”.
Designer Heejin Kim, majored in integrated design in Yonsei University. Originally expressing her creativity through furniture design, Kim felt her artistic imagination was stifled, and 2013 launched KIMMY J. Kim aims to develop a witty collection for urban lifestyle using her structural design aesthetic. KIMMY J has previously showed during Seoul and Paris Fashion Week.