Enjoy the Highlights of the '2020 Jeonju Hanji Fashion Competition'

Untact Event Held, Opened Online

Photo by Jeonju Korean Traditional Culture Center Provided

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hong Jaehee] This year, the Hanji Fashion Competition to promote the excellence of Jeonju Hanji can be enjoyed like a movie through online.

According to Jeonju City, Jeonbuk Province, and the Jeonju Fashion Association on the 5th, the ‘2020 Jeonju Hanji Fashion Competition’ will be held on the 8th at the Jeonju Film Comprehensive Studio in an untact online format, and the entire event will be disclosed through media.

Marking its 23rd year this year, the Jeonju Hanji Fashion Competition aims to promote the excellence of Jeonju Hanji and Hanji fashion domestically and internationally through various events combining ‘Hanji’ and ‘fashion’.

This festival will be held under the theme ‘Hanji Fashion, Dreaming of the Future,’ with only a minimum number of people present, and the recorded videos will be released through media and SNS.

The Hanji Fashion Competition consists of ▲Jeonju Hanji Fashion Design Contest ▲Designer-invited Hanji Fashion Gala Show ▲Jeonju Hanji International Fashion Show ▲World Folk Costume Hanji Fashion Show.

The Jeonju Hanji Fashion Design Contest is a competition where prospective designers majoring in fashion create garments using Hanji.

Also, the Hanji Fashion Gala Show with designer Jung Hoonjong is an opportunity to introduce the practicality, high functionality, and eco-wellbeing fashion materials of Hanji fashion.

The Jeonju Hanji International Fashion Show, attended by university professors and designers majoring in fashion, and a souvenir sales event involving local calligraphers and painters will also be held.

Fifteen folk costumes from various countries around the world made of Hanji will be introduced by elementary school children through a fashion show, and an industry-academia symposium discussing the future direction of Hanji fashion will be conducted online.

The main programs of the ‘Jeonju Hanji Fashion Competition’ filmed on this day will be released through the Jeonju Fashion Association’s website and YouTube channel.

Oh Jaesoo, Director of the Traditional Cultural Heritage Division, said, “Due to the extension of social distancing measures amid the COVID-19 situation, the event will be held in an untact online format, departing from the traditional method,” and added, “We will strive to widely promote the excellence of Hanji fashion domestically and internationally and to play a leading role as the mecca of Hanji fashion.”

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