It’s the same old, same old for Andre Kim in Bali
Fashion designer Andre Kim must be feeling secure in his “veteran” status as an old eccentric, because he keeps trotting out the exact same show, year after year. He may swap out his main models but not his actual clothing.
Each show has his leading lady (this time “Barbie Doll” Han Chae-young) dressed up in voluminous dresses of similar silhouette and varying shades of color, with a teardrop-headdress reminiscent of nothing so much as a Bedazzled hairnet. The male (Park Shi-hoo) is decked out in stiff multilayers in a cross between a business suit and a suit of armor, except for the purple outfit where he looks like a woodland fairy nymph. Both look like they come from a Star Wars acid dream.
And you can’t forget the piece de resistance: In the middle of the stage, there’s always a pose with the lady running — with anguish! and emotion! — into her man’s arms, and the man dropping a kiss on her forehead.
Yup. Sums it up for the “new” Andre Kim Fashion Art Collection which showed in Bali on August 25 for the International Bali Fashion Week ‘08.
Pretty much the same thing in any Andre Kim show: Pretty models, familiar everything else.
Tags: fashion, Han Chae-young, Park Shi-hoo
why buy a mattress when your pajamas can become your bed for you?
lol the shoes he’s wearing when he’s in the white outfit is so hideous it’s funny haha
what shoes? they look like flip flops…and the other are kim jong il elevator shoes.
does he have multiple white puff outfits? ugh
ugh…too much fabrics…
ooh, lovely descriptions of such monstrosity. andre turns out to be more than a glass ceiling of his “creative” line of work - he’s the iron door!
So why are these actors and actresses modelling such atrocities? I don’t understand. They are usually pretty popular and they don’t really need this sort of publicity, right? I just don’t understand this man’s popularity and fashion sense. Esp. as an actor, I wouldn’t think I want to be caught dead in one of those outfits….eeeww!
Those shoes are ugly. lol thank you for pointing that out… And the purple thing he was wearing,, all I can say is ewww! Seriously, he’s just showing off his upper body it looks like he’s wearing a dress or something.. I like the white suit he was wearing though, he should’n't have worn those shoes.. lol
He is just wasting all those fabrics.What is wrong with this designer’s fashion sense.I won’t buy it even if it’s buy one get one free.
Sometimes I wonder. He’s one of the most well known designers in korea, and yet he can’t afford to buy himself a wig? Doesn’t the spray pant bother Andre Kim at all? Han chae young definitely has better pictures, but glad to see her back. Hope she picks up a romantic comedy soon. Too bad her partner in crime - jaehee- is in the military.
yep he pretty much does the same stuff, just the models are different. it is funny when the couple does that dramatic staring face touching thing.
You summed it up perfectly. He has become lazy
this is not fashion. wow. its costume design, and some would maybe look good in, say, a fantasy novel. i’m astounded that this is allowed on a runway.
yay two of my favorite celebs posing together!
totally agree- these outfits aren’t very much different from his other collections
Although he doesn’t look as wonderful as he usually does, my total focus is on Park Shi-hoo and nothing else. Drool :D, thank you very much!
ok, i’ve read many times before that Andre Kim is one of the most famous designers in korea but WHY????? this is a joke, right? he must design some pretty nice, “normal” pieces for everyday wear, right? and the outfits shown at these shows are his avant-garde, couture pieces? cuz, who the HELL wears this sh*t?!?!
ohh…wth are they wearing???
the models are turned into monsters/weird ugly creatures.
in the last pic, PSH must be crying in silent
“uh…oh….i’m Andre KIm jr, just look at my outfit!!!”
I don’t understand how year after year all these different (A-list/B-list) celebrities continue to agree to model Andre’s “fashion”. Thank you for pointing out that he’s put out the same stuff year after year, I’ve been noticing that and have been getting annoyed with it, but not too many people mention it. I could believe that last year’s (or some previous year) Ms. Korea pageant actually had all the contestants wear his designs. It’s eye barf and Andre Kim needs to seriously consider retiring like 5 years ago. Plus he’s one scary lookin dude.
i hope and pray with all my heart that he’ll switch from this boring drama scenario,
every year the same outfits ,same forehead kiss, same alien shoes , nothing change in Andre Kim shows and he’s still popular , for what? i don’t know !!
well every fashion designer has some crazy creativity but not “THE SAME” crazy creativity during several years ,the unique change is the actors and actresses and i have no clue why are all korean stars so devoted to Andre Kim?!!!!!!!
How does he make money again? Do people actually buy his clothes? It’s just way too out there.
i actually appreciate what he’s trying to do, it ain’t pretty, on the other hand that purple synthetic fabric vomit monstrosity is so sexually appealing- it would have been an improvement if the models just walk out naked
just curious - anyone buys or wears his clothes?
Some of the comments here are so brutally honest and waaaaaaaaaaay too funny and I agree with all of you 100%! I’m laughing my a** off!
I guess if you look at the design as a whole it puts alot of strain on the eyes, trying to figure out what he designer is thinking!!
But as i look at the little details he put here and there…i guess i can see SOME sort of fashion worthy of note. I mean I can sort of see the beauty of some of the lovely stitchework and embroideries done to cloths….takes talent?? haha
And i think all of these costumes are ment to be in a certain era….not modern i dont think….so of course no one would be caught dead wearing them to work….haha.
I give this old guy some credit….poor guy…haha.
Okey O.O….
park shi hoo is in bali?? gosh if i knew abt this i’ll fly right away, its pretty close,
the question is will they let me in, XD
im getting sick of his gold thread “royal” costume. it might be fantastic if we saw that for the 1st time. this is…. how many show did andre kim done in a year?
his fantasy concept only works for movie’s costume, *cough* queen amidala *cough*
lol at comment #1 above
I don’t have much a fashion sense, but really, I don’t get why people are raving about Andre Kim. No groom in their right mind would do a see through in their wedding. Plus, I think I’ve seen that see through on SSH the last Andre Kim show if I’m not mistaken. These kinds of clothing remind me of the villain roles in Kamen Raider series from the 90s.
I dont like Andre Kim and he´s “fashion” is no sence plus is ugly and have too much of everything XD!!! Poor Actors and actress tsk tsk tsk
I wonder, does he make any profits from his designs ?? does anyone really bought those over the top clothes he make ?