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  Designs for living (I)

  Five emerging talents with uncommon backgrounds tel l us —through their fashions —exactly where they're com ing from.

  Maybe it's the basic human instinct to create. Or j ust the desire to keep khakis and T-shirts from taking over the world. Lately, a handful of up-and-coming desi gners who started off in related fields —from retail to modeling —have channeled their passions into clothing.

  "I wanted to pursue creative endeavors. I pushed as ide ten years of my professional life to take a risk," says Jimin Lee.

  Jimin Lee, a Korean-born, thirty-four-year-old desi gner, only recently left a high-powered job as fashion director and general merchandise manager of Joyce Bouti ques in Hong Kong to design her own signature clothing line. "I wanted to pursue more creative endeavors, and I pushed aside the last ten years of my professional li fe to take a personal risk," explains Lee, who is now i n her third season of business with clients like Barney s New York and browns of London. "It's paid off because I'm happy and the results are there as well."

  Her newly opened TriBeCa store, though minimal in f urnishings, is a barrage of color and varied cultural r eferences. Her clothes, which are manufactured in Korea , are a tribute to all of the lands she's visited. She pays homage to traditional Asian garments with stately, monk-inspired coats and obi sashes, and adds modern, Eu ropean touches like silver leather motocross jackets th at recall Evel Knieval. Besides the geographical refere nces, Lee (who graduated from Brown University, studied at the Sorbonne Nouvelle, and majored in semiotics) pro bes some philosophical issues, too. Take one of her met iculously hand-quilted silk coats for fall, dyed a cool gray on the outside and lined in a deep saffron. An une xpected camouflage pattern peeks from the underside of the collar because, Lee explains, "I wanted to combine colors and textures signifying both the warrior and the monk. So there's the pale soot-dyed grays of the Korean Buddhist holy men, the spice colors of the Southeast As ian ascetics, and the protective gear of the military." Lee, who is fond of oppositions, adds, "Clothes are int imate and personal. Through fashion, women are able to express both their sensuality and intelligence." She is n't the only one intrigued by the contradictions evoked by fashion.

  to be continued

 
 

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