Fashion Presentation
CREATIVE PROJECT SHOWCASE
Seoul 365
Fashion Show at the National Hangeul Museum
The National Hangeul Museum hosted the 'Seoul 365 Fashion Show' under the theme 'Hangeul Written in Fashion.'
Designer RICK RHE brought his distinctive approach to the runway, reinterpreting Hangeul as a living, wearable art form. His designs seamlessly merged typographic elements with modern silhouettes, transforming the written language into bold visual statements. The result was a dynamic interplay of culture, identity, and design celebrating both tradition and innovation.
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​This special fashion show coincided with the museum’s new exhibition, which explores diverse Hangeul-inspired designs and honors the aesthetic and linguistic beauty of the script. RICK RHE's work reflected the spirit of the exhibition, offering a fresh, forward-thinking vision of how fashion can serve as a medium for cultural storytelling.
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Project Date: 2019
Collaborator: Korea Fashion & Culture Association
Location: Seoul
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Hangeul Lace Dress
This dress symbolized the theme “Hangeul Written in Fashion,” a key highlight of the Seoul 365 show held just before Hangeul Day. Through this piece, RICK RHE spotlighted how Korea’s native script can transcend mere communication and blossom into a wearable form of art, bridging tradition and contemporary couture.
'Connecting Borders:
Hangeul × Fashion Art'
As part of the “Connecting Borders: Hangeul × Fashion Art” exhibition organized by the Korea Fashion & Culture Association, RICK RHE presented a Hangeul lace dress that reimagined the beauty of Hangeul through delicate craftsmanship.
The piece fused traditional Korean aesthetics with contemporary fashion, using lace as a metaphor for interwoven cultural identities subtly echoing the exhibition’s theme of bridging borders through design and art.
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Project Date: 2019
Collaborator: Korea Fashion & Culture Association
Location: Palazzo Morando Italy
3D Digital
Fashion Show:
Artistic Fashion Laboratory
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Seoul hosted a groundbreaking event titled “3D Digital Fashion Show: Artistic Fashion Laboratory,” featuring the visionary work of designer Rick Rhe.
Presented within the museum’s Infinite Imagination Room Art Fab Lab, this special showcase brought together art, fashion, and digital technology in an experimental cultural space dedicated to innovation and interdisciplinary creativity.
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The event was a virtual fashion show that seamlessly integrated IT technology with fashion design, pushing the boundaries of how we experience and engage with clothing. RICK RHE's work transformed traditional fashion presentation into a futuristic, interactive spectacle, blurring the lines between the physical and the virtual.
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Project Date: 2015
Collaborator: ​MMCA Seoul ​
Location: Seoul
3D Digital
Fashion Show
Designer RICK RHE collaborated with leading 3D fashion design software company CLO to digitally visualize his Spring/Summer collection as part of the K-Fashion Project in Milan a special initiative showcasing the future of Korean fashion on the global stage.
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​This forward-thinking project marked a pioneering fusion of fashion and technology, combining South Korea’s cutting-edge IT innovation with its dynamic and evolving fashion industry.
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The collaboration presented a new direction for the fashion industry, highlighting the possibilities of digital craftsmanship, sustainable production, and global collaboration. It not only demonstrated the aesthetic strength of K-fashion but also positioned Korean designers at the forefront of fashion-tech innovation.
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Project Date: 2015
Collaborator: ​CLO Virtual Fashion ​- Korea
Location: Milan
