Vancouver Fashion Week SS26 Interview/Update with Designer Bo-Min Kim of Blue Tamburin (Korea)

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Blue Tambrin will be presenting their latest collection on the runway at Vancouver Fashion Week SS26 on Saturday, October 18th at 7:40. Purchase tix HERE!

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BLUETAMBURIN is a social impact fashion brand and is also one of the first Korean brands in the fashion industry to be invited to all four major fashion weeks. The brand's philosophy is to “Support beauty in mind, reveal the beauty to the world,” as they aim to make a social impact on the fashion industry day by day. They launched  at VFW 2021. Since then, BLUETAMBURIN has showcased its unique design prowess and diverse social messages through fashion through eleven global fashion shows - receiving rave reviews from critics and the media for its elegant collections that blend Eastern and Western influences at New York, Paris, Milan, and London Fashion Weeks.

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Please share a bit about your journey to choose a career in fashion? Where did you choose to study or, if self taught, how did you gain your skills?

I started my professional career in a Japanese fashion company in 1997 after graduating from university in Korea. When I returned back to my home country, Korea, in 1998, I launched a brand of haute couture dresses and the Robe Couture brand. Since that time I have been honored to be invited to showcase my collections at Seoul Fashion Week three times in a row as well as Vancouver Fashion Week and New York Fashion Week.

For Vancouver Fashion Week in April 2021, I will present the first collection of Blue Tamburin, my newly launched social impact fashion brand.

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What inspired you to launch your own label and why did you decide to name it Bleu Tamburin? What has been your highest, happiest moment since launching your line?

“What if we add a social message to fashion?”

Blue Tamburin started with the question above. The team at Blue Tamburin wanted to present a kind of fashion with the message of ‘Against Every Discrimination’. They wanted to infuse the fashion design with a beautiful social mind.

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The word ‘Blue’ has a dual meaning of being bright and refreshing, and at the same time being gloomy and depressed. ‘Tamburin (tambourine)’ is a musical instrument that anyone can easily play and that can entertain anyone. Both meanings combined are chosen to best present what our company wants to inspire in the lines of collection. Blue Tamburin ambitiously intends to be the most beautiful and vibrant brand for those who wear its clothes.

I am happiest in this moment waiting for the launch of BlueTamburin through the world-class fashion festival, Vancouver Fashion Week.

How would you describe your label? What is the aesthetic? Who is the customer you design for?

Blue Tamburin will present designs for those who want a beautiful and self-presenting persona. The collection aims to attract fashion people to show themselves in a way of beautiful and cool design.

Can you share something about the new SS26 Collection you'll be showing casing at Vancouver Fashion Week? What was the inspiration? What fabrics and palette did you use?

Blue Tamburin will present a collection that incorporates personal uniqueness, self-expression, freedom and boldness that all harmonizes with social formality. SS26 VFW  is garnering significant attention as its first commercial launch show in four years.  This collection brings the military officer to the commercial market. The persona embodies honor, respect, gentleness, wit, strength, and elegance, embodying the military officer's character through everyday fashion. This collection, comprised of 17 pieces, was praised for its elegant interpretation of military style.

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Chief Creative Officer, Bomin Kim, said, "There are clothes that compel you to choose the arduous path of justice, and those that inspire you to sacrifice your life to uphold the honor and promise of that uniform. That's the military uniform." She added, '"I wanted to present clothes with that same power. The moment you wear BLUETAMBURIN, you'll feel beauty and courage.

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The brand will also offer an XR (extended reality) fashion show during VFW. This virtual fashion show offered designers and brands a way to clearly express their collection's identity without the constraints of time and space. It is also praised for providing galleries with an additional layer of enjoyment during the fashion show. 

BLUETAMBURIN has consistently challenged itself with new ways to engage with and enjoy fashion, such as by unveiling a fashion NFT trading system at New York Fashion Week for SS22. 

Where can readers find your garments? How can they purchase them?

The BlueTamburin collection will be available for purchase on the official website (www.bluetamburin.com). Any contacts regarding the collaboration or sales by global fashion partners who understand BlueTamburin’s philosophy and style are welcomed through e-mail.

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