Kang Dong Jun, born in Seoul and trained at Parsons in New York, launched D.Gnak with a debut at Seoul Fashion Week for autumn 2008; the name is his own, Kang D., mirrored. The menswear pairs Western tailoring with the looser proportions of Korean dress, in a disciplined black-and-white palette given shape by sculptural draping and layering, a mix Kang calls 'popular avant-garde'.
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