FALL WINTER 2025, B for Binding

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 a single season, bears a similarity to the binding of a book.

Director Hyemee Lee was also fascinated by the worldview of conceptual artist Sooja Kim 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 all in line with her work, as the three-dimensional garments that she creates by weaving two-dimensional fabrics with thread and needle build an individual's identity. This has resulted in a series that coexists as one, such as a dress with a silhouette that resembles bookcase with layers of fabric blowing in the breeze, and an outerwear that combines a shirt and jacket into a single item.

Kim's stained glass works, knit sweaters with patterns resembling sculptural scrolls, and knotted bags reminiscent of <The Bottari Project> are a tribute to a master who revisits traditional aesthetics with a modern eye. We hope that this B for Binding will be a collection that combines EENK's philosophy and the artist's worldview into a single book.