EENK presented its sixth standalone runway show at Saut du Loup, located within Palais de Tokyo in Paris.
Longtime collaborators—stylist Malina Joseph Gilchrist and sound designer PILOOSKI—once again lent their expertise to elevate the FW 2025 collection. The show’s finale left a lasting impression as the venue resonated with a special remix of Shin Joong-hyun’s He Is Leaving, reworked by PILOOSKI.
EENK’s keyword for the 2025 F/W season is B for Binding. The starting point for EENK is a book. We paid attention to the process and result of how words come together to form sentences, how sentences are connected to form a story, and how sheets of paper are bound together to form a book. The EENK collection, which is dedicated to harmoniously combining multiple cultures, eras, stories, and genders within a single garment and season, bears a resemblance to the binding of a book.
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Director Hyemee Lee was also fascinated by the worldview of conceptual artist Kimsooja this season. After seeing Kim’s exhibition To Breathe – Constellation at the Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection in Paris, she fell in love with the modernization of traditional Korean aesthetics and the way Kim embraces and connects multiple concepts. She also found common ground with EENK’s philosophy in this approach. Kim’s choice of thread and needle as a tool for painting, expanding the canvas into infinite space, and exploring the connection to the universe are in line with her work, as the three-dimensional garments she creates by weaving two-dimensional fabrics with thread and needle help build an individual’s identity.
This has resulted in a series that coexists as one, such as a dress with a silhouette resembling a bookcase with layers of fabric blowing in the breeze and an outerwear piece that combines a shirt and jacket into a single item. Echoing the cosmic essence of Kimsooja’s installation To Breathe, one dress adorned with celestial-inspired prints, along with another featuring a structured silhouette crafted from knotted fabric, and a knotted bag, pays homage to the visionary artist—reinterpreting traditional aesthetics through a contemporary lens. We hope that B for Binding will be a collection that combines EENK’s philosophy and the artist’s worldview into a single book.
This runway show was supported by Concept Korea, an initiative hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism and organized by the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), which supports the international expansion of Korean fashion brands. Among the distinguished guests at the show were actress Lee Si-young and actress Ki Eun-se, along with notable cast members from Single’s Inferno and Transit Love, as well as various international influencers, press, and key buyers—each of whom added to the event’s prestige with their presence.
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