Top designer Andre Kim dies at 74
By Chung Ah-young
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Korea’s iconic fashion designer Andre Kim, known for his bold and elegant evening and wedding gown collections, died Thursday evening at a hospital in Seoul. He was 74.
Kim, who had been battling colon cancer, was hospitalized at Seoul National University Hospital last month after he developed pneumonia. He failed to recover and died at 7:20 p.m. Thursday, 20 days after hospitalization.
Although his health worsened from earlier this year, he took part in various events and activities.
In March, he unveiled his 2011 spring-summer collection at this year’s CHIC, Asian’s largest annual fashion exhibition held in Beijing, but rarely made public appearances since then.
Despite his weak health, he was known to have been preparing for a fashion show in China in October.
Kim always featured the nation’s top stars in his shows and received respect from the public for his frequent donations of profits to the underprivileged.
The designer held fashion shows in high-profile venues such as Angkor Wat, Cambodia and with the Egyptian pyramids as a backdrop.
At his last fashion show in China, he said that he wanted to hold a show at the Forbidden City in Beijing one day.
Renowned for his signature white, he preferred to exhibit glittering and romantic dresses in the color at his shows.
Kim garnered popularity not only from the fashion circle but also from the general public. His eccentric style — wearing heavy black eyeliner and all-white outfits — and his unique tone of speaking were often parodied by many comedians.
Born to a humble family in 1935, Kim, whose birth name was Kim Bong-nam, held his first fashion show in 1962 before opening “Salon Andre” in central Seoul. He was the first male designer and the first Korean to hold a fashion show in Paris in 1966.
Kim is survived by his son, Jung-do, 30, who he adopted in 1982, and two grandchildren.
chungay@koreatimes.co.kr
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...says the man wearing a tiara.
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Eriku wrote:...says the man wearing a tiara.
I've explained before: It was forced upon me. Peer pressure. Sorta.At least I don't draw hair on my head with a Sharpie.
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"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
Re: Nature un-weirds the world a few levels of magnitude...
Eriku wrote:...says the man wearing a tiara.
Good Point.
"Their two is not the real two, their four is not the real four"
"Reason is the Devil's whore"
"Reason is the Devil's whore"
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"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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FBM wrote:
Good Point also
"Their two is not the real two, their four is not the real four"
"Reason is the Devil's whore"
"Reason is the Devil's whore"
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So THAT'S why his hair looks so weird...FBM wrote:Eriku wrote:...says the man wearing a tiara.
At least I don't draw hair on my head with a Sharpie.
and did they force you to use it as an avatar as well? ;P
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Hush. Reasoning is forbidden in this thread.
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Stop coercing me, I've read the forum rules!FBM wrote:Hush. Reasoning is forbidden in this thread.
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It's my thread and I say no logic allowed! If you want to make sense, you'll have to start your own thread.Eriku wrote:Stop coercing me, I've read the forum rules!FBM wrote:Hush. Reasoning is forbidden in this thread.
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
Re: Nature un-weirds the world a few levels of magnitude...
FBM wrote:It's my thread and I say no logic allowed! If you want to make sense, you'll have to start your own thread.Eriku wrote:Stop coercing me, I've read the forum rules!FBM wrote:Hush. Reasoning is forbidden in this thread.
A = B
B = C
therefore,
A = F
How's that?
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That makes NO sense...Jay G wrote:FBM wrote:It's my thread and I say no logic allowed! If you want to make sense, you'll have to start your own thread.Eriku wrote:Stop coercing me, I've read the forum rules!FBM wrote:Hush. Reasoning is forbidden in this thread.
A = B
B = C
therefore,
A = F
How's that?
I say that because according to the rules of this place, it should make sense, but it would make sense to point out that it makes sense, so I opted for a different approach, therefore; hippopotomonstrosesquepedaliaphobia.
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Baked beans. 
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Re: Nature un-weirds the world a few levels of magnitude...
Next I'm going to impose a syllable limit. I'm afraid of multi-syllabic words. (Yes, I know. It's one of my favorite words.)Eriku wrote:That makes NO sense...Jay G wrote:FBM wrote:It's my thread and I say no logic allowed! If you want to make sense, you'll have to start your own thread.Eriku wrote:Stop coercing me, I've read the forum rules!FBM wrote:Hush. Reasoning is forbidden in this thread.
A = B
B = C
therefore,
A = F
How's that?
I say that because according to the rules of this place, it should make sense, but it would make sense to point out that it makes sense, so I opted for a different approach, therefore; hippopotomonstrosesquepedaliaphobia.
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
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Re: Nature un-weirds the world a few levels of magnitude...
That would cause me to floccinaucinihilipilificate this thread :\FBM wrote:Next I'm going to impose a syllable limit. I'm afraid of multi-syllabic words. (Yes, I know. It's one of my favorite words.)Eriku wrote: That makes NO sense...
I say that because according to the rules of this place, it should make sense, but it would make sense to point out that it makes sense, so I opted for a different approach, therefore; hippopotomonstrosesquepedaliaphobia.
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