성긴 니트가 만드는 불완전한 아름다움 — Cover

The Imperfect Beauty of Loose-Knit Wabi-Sabi

성긴 니트가 만드는 불완전한 아름다움

The idea that beauty means flawlessness now feels tired. Clean perfection is no longer an absolute standard. For knitwear artist Kim Seunghyun (@sh.ke.em), ideal beauty borders on misjudgment. Loose knits scatter with intention, and the drape feels both pure and slightly worn. The fragility of wool meets asymmetrical cuts, swelling into something rough yet decorative.

This is where the wabi-sabi aesthetic comes into focus. Knowing what to remove, and when to stop, completes the structure. By stripping away the unnecessary and moving closer to what is essential, Kim has attracted the attention of Tokyo's fashion scene following her collaboration with Kiko Mizuhara's brand OfficeKiko.

This look encapsulates the philosophy she pursues. The loose texture mixing cotton and wool is intentionally unstable, and the cobweb-thin material wraps the body to create an amorphous silhouette. This rejection of perfection proposes a new standard of beauty in contemporary fashion.
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