Andre+Kim

ANDRE KIM <3
=FAMOUS SOUTH KOREA FASHION DESIGNER =

BACKGROUND

 * Name : Andre KIM (KIM Bong Nam) (앙드레 김, 김봉남)
 * Born : Go Yang, Kyeong Gi, Korea.
 * Lived from : 1935/8/24~2010/8/12 (pneumonia and colorectal cancer)
 * Family members : An adopted son (KIM Jung Do)
 * Academic Background : Hanyeong High School, International Fashion Design Institute

AWARDS

 * Chief designer of the 1981 Miss Universe beauty pageant
 * Italy's Cultural Merit Award, 1982
 * Presidential Culture & Art Medal, 1997
 * France's Art and Literature medal, 2000
 * MBC Honorary Award, 2000
 * UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, 2003
 * Honorable Ambassador at GwanGju, 2004
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Plaque of Appreciation from the Honolulu, Hawaii's Gov. Linda Lingle, 2006
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Official fashion designer of Manhunt International, 2007
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Mentioned in H20, a manhwa by Hwang Sook Ji

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">HIS BACKGROUND
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">He has been a fashion designer since 1962. In 1963, he opened a private salon called 'Salon Andre' at Central Seoul. Since then, he was the first male fashion designer in South Korea. He was also the first Korean fashion designer to have held a fashion show at Paris, France. He held a lot of fashion shows all over the world from then in places like New York, Washington DC, Barcelona, Cairo, Sydney, and Beijing.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">In 1981, he became the Chief Designer of 1981 Miss Universe beauty pageant. Also, in 1988, he designed the South Korean athelete's uniforms for the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. Also in 1997, he presented South Korea’s Presidential Culture and Art Medal for his contributions to the fashion industry. In 2006 he opened a fashion show called "Fashion Fantasia in Hawaii".

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">HIS ACHIEVEMENTS
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">There were a lot of places where KIM's fashion shows were held. There were places like Angkor Wat Temple, Kyeong Bok Palace, Korea, Shangai, China, and in Koriyama in Japan.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">In his shows, he used a lot of celebrities like actors, sports stars and singers. For example he used KIM Min Jung, JUNG Jun Ho, KIM Hee Sun, CHOI Si Won and more. His shows were hosted in Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom, and the money raised from that fashion show were donated to the University of Hawaii in Manoa

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=<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Why he/she is considered to be a groundbreaker and whether or not they fit the definition =

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">﻿He is considered a groundbreaker because he gave hope to many male designers in Korea. He opened the path to the world clothes designing industry to male designers. Also he is one of the best designers in Korea, and all the Koreans know that he is the best in Korea. Because of these reasons, he is considered a groundbreaker.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">PART 3 (100 - 500 words)

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">What is success? <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Success is doing the job or work that you consider best suits you. If you are doing something that you dont like, then you cant consider that a success because you are not having a happy life because of that job. Therefore, I think that sucess is doing what you prefer and like.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">What personal qualities are needed for success?

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">The personal qualities that are needed for success are first, patience. You need to wait for the right time to plan things and act. Second, is to try as hard as possible to get the best results that your potentials can give.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Find a dictionary definition of success. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Success is the achievement of something that you have been trying to do. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Form your own definition of success (Ms Rogge's Workshop). <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">My definition of success is to do what you want to do.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">What did you learn during Ms Rogge's workshop?

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">I've learned that success is not only about money and the job that you are working. It is important to do what you want to do.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Why do people fall short of achieving their potential?

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">The people fall short of achieving their potentials because they are just satisfying of what they have achieved shortly and recently.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Why does God want us to achieve our full potential? <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">God wants us to achieve our full potential so that we can live our lives the way that we satisfy with. Also, so that we can live happily.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">What do you think about this WIKI project - compared to a written assignment? What do you like and dislike? <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">I think that the WIKI project is good for students to learn about different people around the world. What I like about this project is that I got to learn about the person I was researching on. What I disliked about this project is that there are too much information to summarize into one page.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">BIBLIOGRAPHY <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">[]