Angelo Mitakos

It’s hard to break the cycle. And so when fashion moves through its twice-yearly circuit – London, Milan, Paris and New York – brands all over the world fall over themselves to get involved. But when a national fashion scene is in ascendance, its own fashion week accumulates its own currency – and no other fashion scene is more on than money than in South Korea. Seoul Fashion Week has given rise to some of the freshest brands on the planet that feel legitimately new. And as a country that’s birt…