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New York Fashion Week 2012: PARKCHOONMOO Captures the Essence of Zen, Beauty of Nature

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On the second day of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York, PARKCHOONMOO unveiled her Fall 2012 collection which she derived from the aesthetic of Korean art. Drawing inspiration from Korean Zen Art, namely Yeo Baek or The Void, Park captured Zen, roughly defined as a “meditative state” of being, in its entirety on Friday. Park extracted the material and spiritual through residual energy with pieces mainly in Alpaca fur, lightweight organic cotton, flowy silk and wintry wool.
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