How This Korean Designer Turns Trash Into Fashion | EVERYDAY BOSSES #59

South Korea’s love of fast fashion is creating a surplus of cheap, disposable clothes, which get thrown away after a few years, if not months. Many of those items are being dumped in landfills or burned, eventually polluting our environment. That's why designer Lee Sung-ju started to create clothing and fashion made of trash and recycled material, and she even established her own fashion brand called Darcygom that aims to prove that fashion can be sustainable, eco-friendly, and ethical while also being trendy and stylish.
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  • @marcello7781
    @marcello77813 жыл бұрын

    Very creative! Also, if someone tries to tell her "your style is trash" she still will be right.

  • @ryujinsthirdeye169

    @ryujinsthirdeye169

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lmao 🤣🤣🤣

  • @zevaulia

    @zevaulia

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hahahhaha smart comment 👍👍

  • @rosannehernandez2514

    @rosannehernandez2514

    3 жыл бұрын

    It is now a cool compliment.

  • @ouii

    @ouii

    3 жыл бұрын

    damn the intellect behind the joke🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽😂😂😂

  • @bubbletea7771

    @bubbletea7771

    3 жыл бұрын

    The hater: self destruction 100

  • @lazyrabbit
    @lazyrabbit3 жыл бұрын

    Hello everyone, I feel all mushy inside to think that there are other humans interested in the way I design! I take a little inspiration from Korean tradition and mix it with a little bit of my crazy. For those who might be interested in the sustainable outfits in this clip (mainly 4 outfits are visible) 10:08 1. Car Seat Jeogori: The grey jacket is made out of car seats. (to be specific the passenger and the driver seat) 2. Coffee Bag Durumagi: The White long coat is made with local coffee shop's coffee bags which makes it waterproof (AND fair trade yassssss!) 3. Ottogi Banner Dress: The yellow home dress with the organic cotton cream blouse is made with used banners from a food company called Ottogi. 4. Multi-Stripe Saekdong Sapok Pants: This is NOT an upcycling piece but a sustainable fashion piece. Saekdong is a multi-stripe Korean traditional fabric and currently, there is only 1 company that makes it the traditional way. When he stops making it we will lose that part of Korean fabric history forever. :-( So I had to make hanbok pants with it. Thank you to the models @jun_yoona_ @xae__xin @drock_thisd @oreziz And finally thank you Asian Boss for giving me a voice on your platform. Stay Safe sending lots of love from Seoul Korea darcygom

  • @Kat-kz4hx

    @Kat-kz4hx

    3 жыл бұрын

    we love what you do !!

  • @schuler6267

    @schuler6267

    3 жыл бұрын

    omg I love your logo!! 🐻

  • @juri7507

    @juri7507

    3 жыл бұрын

    youre so creative and amazing ty for helping our environment and being open minded keep going!! (cute logo btw🐻)

  • @bonnieshao6498

    @bonnieshao6498

    3 жыл бұрын

    Amazing!!

  • @tenzin7068

    @tenzin7068

    3 жыл бұрын

    you’re such an inspiration💕

  • @VerenaSatriani
    @VerenaSatriani3 жыл бұрын

    Endless creativity in talented hands.

  • @ionokiero5141
    @ionokiero51413 жыл бұрын

    She is so inspiring, passionate and creative. I'm so glad to see more and more young entrepreneurs generating more sustainable and environmentally cycle oriented business. I wish her the best!!

  • @hahhah9707
    @hahhah97073 жыл бұрын

    As they say, someone's trash is another one's treasure. This is really creative and inspiring, and I hope to see creativity like this flourish!

  • @mazualaparte5385

    @mazualaparte5385

    3 жыл бұрын

    You watch Dharr Man don't you 😄😃

  • @hahhah9707

    @hahhah9707

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mazualaparte5385 yep lolll 😄

  • @mazualaparte5385

    @mazualaparte5385

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@hahhah9707 bruh- yay

  • @mich6009
    @mich60093 жыл бұрын

    this is so amazing! If only big fashion brands also did this.....

  • @alditahervianto9179

    @alditahervianto9179

    3 жыл бұрын

    Adidas do the same thing But the price is crazy 😄😄😄

  • @zevaulia

    @zevaulia

    3 жыл бұрын

    Fingers crossed more will do it without super high price tags. But if it's expensive and it helps increase wages/salaries of those who make it and the sources are sustainable, for those who can afford it would be worth the support. Btw feel free to visit my channel for environmental issues and empowerment themes 😀

  • @HassanKhan0987
    @HassanKhan09873 жыл бұрын

    I want to grow into a cool grandma is honestly the best world view I've heard in a while

  • @GeceSahaf
    @GeceSahaf3 жыл бұрын

    This shows that if you keep your mind open to world and possibilities 3-4 years later you can find your own passion project and be successful while helping the world! What an inspiring woman and a story. Thanks Sung-ju and Asian Boss.

  • @ian-blum

    @ian-blum

    3 жыл бұрын

    Trash passion and fashion the 3 components for success

  • @earthshuman3864
    @earthshuman38643 жыл бұрын

    This type fashion is growing day by day Which is great for our environment

  • @REALKOREA
    @REALKOREA3 жыл бұрын

    If idols started wearing her clothes I'm sure they would become very popular 😁 I wish I could try on some of these clothes for one of my youtube videos

  • @foolishhuman5259

    @foolishhuman5259

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's a really good idea!

  • @Jade-wb6fd
    @Jade-wb6fd3 жыл бұрын

    I don’t support fast fashion anymore because it’s so wasteful. I just buy vintage and secondhand clothes from thrift stores now. I think this is such a great idea! Reduce, reuse, recycle ♻️

  • @schnieti
    @schnieti3 жыл бұрын

    This is truly unique. Such a wonderful soul!

  • @LiAlcie
    @LiAlcie3 жыл бұрын

    6:41 yes, so amazing, I'm into environnemental related stuff so this last year I learnt a bit about environmental architecture in a free course and that it is also a business that contributes to a lot of waste with some materials. I've always been into fashion but never thought further than avoiding the furs bc I'm a vegan so now I'll feel better spending a bit more in good quality and sustainable clothes as I spend a bit more on my food bc if I eat wrong I'll spend what I didn't in my food in my future hospital bill.

  • @fortune_roses
    @fortune_roses3 жыл бұрын

    This is so creative and innovative..

  • @REALKOREA
    @REALKOREA3 жыл бұрын

    Her style is very fresh cool and unique! I love that she incorporates traditional Korean elements 😀

  • @joannecheng6771
    @joannecheng67713 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE that the designer focuses on culture, sustainability, and the story behind it all 🥰

  • @angeladjenughure1307
    @angeladjenughure13073 жыл бұрын

    This was very insightful, its great to see another designers perspective and methods. I'm a fashion design student and a lot of the time I think about how I can be more sustainable. It's an area I struggle with since I have to be both creative and waste-less, finding the balance is challenging but I'm overcoming it.

  • @RoxanneLavender

    @RoxanneLavender

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm a fashion designer, the first thing i made(as an adult) was out of this lovely fabric my aunt gave me, wonderful quality, beautiful fabric, i made a robe, screwed it up, it was terrible, i got so upset that i wasted that fabric, so upset. So i started making new clothes out of old clothes, i rescued the fabric from these donated clothes, cut it up, made new clothes out of it. If i screwed that up, not so upsetting, and that's how i became a sustainable fashion-designer, lol. I make some stuff out of new fabric, but i so prefer using old clothes, i'm more of a 'fix something old' type of persona than create something totally new, it's more of a challenge. It would be so easy to just make a new coat out of new fabric, especially if i were using a sewing machine, all that's boring to me. You should really try doing this, it's so fun. I started with tops, jazzing-up a boob-tube/baby doll top when i was a young teenager in the 00s. I ruched the sides of the boob-tube and pleated the satin baby-doll bottom part, i wore it a lot, i loved it, it was red and pink, kinda cringey but i still loved it, pleating satin isn't such a great thing, lol.

  • @zevaulia

    @zevaulia

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@RoxanneLavender omg you're so cool! Thanks for sharing the tips! I'm not a fashion designer but I've made a few DIY upcycling on my channel. More people should try even if we don't have the skills designers have.

  • @angeladjenughure1307

    @angeladjenughure1307

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@RoxanneLavender Wow, that sounds amazing. I'll definitely try that out, thank you 😊

  • @sarahkaveh7739
    @sarahkaveh77393 жыл бұрын

    I mean every region had their own beautiful traditional clothes even in the same region there was so many variety of beautiful cultural clothes but I think globalization is demanding everyone to wear the same .And it's stupid how people can be made fun of because of what they find beautiful to wear.🥺🌸💗🌈

  • @yoonjisugassister2583
    @yoonjisugassister25833 жыл бұрын

    I hope every clothing store goes 100% recycled within the next 5 years, and people keep their clothes longer🙏 it's a win for both parties pockets (they both save money)

  • @marilynmoy3860
    @marilynmoy38603 жыл бұрын

    Are any of the viewers here working in the fashion industry? I and I'm sure many other people would love to hear about your experiences and perspective~

  • @fin_hm287
    @fin_hm2873 жыл бұрын

    This is what we call innovation

  • @zevaulia
    @zevaulia3 жыл бұрын

    Im so so happy to see this!! I'm an environmentalist content creator on YT and whenever I see people pushing fwds sustainability it makes me so happy 👍🎉❤️

  • @kamstuff2588
    @kamstuff25883 жыл бұрын

    There should be more people like her!!! I absolutely admire her and I’m really amazed by her work 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤️ I’ve always dreamed of doing something like this and thanks to this incredible woman I know I can do it 💪🏼 Thank you Asian Boss for this video 🥰

  • @harshithsadhana7475
    @harshithsadhana74753 жыл бұрын

    amazing we need more companies like these to dominate the fashion industry

  • @positivelyopal8415
    @positivelyopal84153 жыл бұрын

    This video is like my cup of tea in the morning-refreshing😁 Asian Boss has done a great job throughout this past year👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Here's to more insightful interviews and videos in the new year!

  • @monicanavarro8185
    @monicanavarro81853 жыл бұрын

    Forget problematic Alexander Wang😌we only stan this designer

  • @pembalama3843

    @pembalama3843

    3 жыл бұрын

    wow...new vedio ✌

  • @f3rfra

    @f3rfra

    3 жыл бұрын

    What's stan?

  • @ppjskh

    @ppjskh

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@f3rfra to be a fan of

  • @tenzin7068

    @tenzin7068

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Elegant Oprah actually it came from “stalker fan” but many kpop fans use it

  • @pembalama3843

    @pembalama3843

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@f3rfra something like support

  • @sarakurien1644
    @sarakurien16443 жыл бұрын

    I love the CEO❤️❤️❤️ She's so talented and hard working. Please be my boss😭

  • @jin4293
    @jin42933 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for featuring this! Sustainable brands need so much more support and exposure. This is beautiful

  • @tenzin7068
    @tenzin70683 жыл бұрын

    wow she’s such a role model :,( I have her same goals and paths i want to take in life

  • @soulofocean4709
    @soulofocean47093 жыл бұрын

    I wish some celebrities starts wearing these and save the earth

  • @dayzoflot2022
    @dayzoflot20223 жыл бұрын

    As the old saying goes : "one man's (woman's) trash is another man's (woman's) treasure."

  • @Mgdr2011

    @Mgdr2011

    3 жыл бұрын

    (wo)man's

  • @ryujinsthirdeye169

    @ryujinsthirdeye169

    3 жыл бұрын

    Or you could say person! 😊

  • @sambatra6162

    @sambatra6162

    3 жыл бұрын

    You can simply say person intead of writing like this.

  • @hel2727

    @hel2727

    3 жыл бұрын

    man also means human so you didn't have to write in brackets

  • @blurryface_1589
    @blurryface_15893 жыл бұрын

    Wow this is actually a great idea!!! Hope this is the future of fashion, why not reuse material, why just put this material in landfills when you can use it!

  • @S2creatorr
    @S2creatorr3 жыл бұрын

    How admirable!!! Thank you for featuring someone like her, AB!!!

  • @casper6429
    @casper64293 жыл бұрын

    Jihoon is amazing! Such a great photographer, love his work!

  • @secrepesmon7275
    @secrepesmon72753 жыл бұрын

    I'd wear this honestly, all of it look very fashionable and the colors my God ❤️

  • @1211jinx
    @1211jinx3 жыл бұрын

    She's so creative...🙌🙌🙌👏

  • @designpainter3193
    @designpainter31933 жыл бұрын

    An inspiration to designers everywhere. This was a wonderful Asian Boss episode. Thank you!

  • @skywatcher651
    @skywatcher6513 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful designs. Cool young lady

  • @prettylady438
    @prettylady4383 жыл бұрын

    Wow it's so creative, colourful and beautiful I've fallen in love....

  • @JanineAnita
    @JanineAnita3 жыл бұрын

    I love everything about this. The designs, the ethos, the cultural references but most of all the energy and creativity of the designer.

  • @mayora7734
    @mayora77343 жыл бұрын

    I love the color combination, the prints.. So vibrant. 😍

  • @rudevalve
    @rudevalve3 жыл бұрын

    Certified Gold!!!!!

  • @rafabvc
    @rafabvc3 жыл бұрын

    What an amazing person!

  • @mashitta5969
    @mashitta59693 жыл бұрын

    Amazing idea! I also want to buy that and save the environment at the same time.

  • @fourleafclover2377
    @fourleafclover23773 жыл бұрын

    Love whenever a video comes out !

  • @RoxanneLavender
    @RoxanneLavender3 жыл бұрын

    I've been making new clothes out of old clothes, mine, and ones donated to me for over 10 years. I really love it. It's very rewarding 'work', though i hand-sew everything. My next project is a coat, it's a wool 'style', not real wool(i'm allergic), maternity pea coat, i'm gonna sew a faux-fur scarf from the 90s that i found, that is like new, onto the collar, and make a hood from scratch to sew onto it too, idk what else i'm gonna do with it yet, but that's my next big exciting thing. I've got some trousers and tops to design and make too, and some unique sport's bra/corset designs out of new fabrics though, those aren't used, lol. I like making cardigans though, that's my thing, especially ugly ones.

  • @MiuMiuG
    @MiuMiuG3 жыл бұрын

    Love your content! Keep up the excellent work.

  • @Sippingteasince
    @Sippingteasince3 жыл бұрын

    Omg it's so amazing ♡

  • @sam_evy
    @sam_evy3 жыл бұрын

    sung-ju here is just incredible. her pursuit and her sense of exploration is so inspiring!

  • @dogie1070
    @dogie10703 жыл бұрын

    I love this! 💕

  • @longwhitemane
    @longwhitemane3 жыл бұрын

    I hope she remains relevant & an inspiration for other designers for decades to come. 😌

  • @TheKpopProf
    @TheKpopProf3 жыл бұрын

    Another great interview. Thank you to Asian Boss for becoming a more and more educational channel with really good content like this.

  • @nanduschka
    @nanduschka3 жыл бұрын

    Her products are amazing!! I hope, I can buy from her one day💛

  • @evelinecarolinelienhuaming1184
    @evelinecarolinelienhuaming11843 жыл бұрын

    Woaw so Fashionable Outfit & Extravagant!!! 😍😍😍

  • @erikad0511
    @erikad05113 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE this kinda video! Love her ideas and wish more people all over would do similarly! I wish alotta luck to her brand!

  • @fazilatjoraeva6470
    @fazilatjoraeva64703 жыл бұрын

    Smart Koreans !! Bravo!!

  • @HangukHapa
    @HangukHapa3 жыл бұрын

    WOW this is so cool I hope they do an online shop cos I'd buy everything!!!!

  • @J_Gamble
    @J_Gamble3 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful.

  • @riyaashah2063
    @riyaashah20633 жыл бұрын

    Highly inspiring ❤️✨

  • @YukikoOdair
    @YukikoOdair3 жыл бұрын

    i'm watching this as i remake an old pair of leggings into a top lol but this insprired me to make things from things i'd throw away- not sure i'd have the confidence to wear it out though!!

  • @jungjiallie5255
    @jungjiallie52553 жыл бұрын

    Great work and the fashion is wonderful too. I am not Korean but I've lived there for some time and I really like that she incorporated the Korean tradition in her designs. I really love the hanbok fusion fashion.

  • @TheBoredKoreansChannel
    @TheBoredKoreansChannel3 жыл бұрын

    Whoa this is crazyy creative 🥰🥺

  • @mikefitchNYC1971
    @mikefitchNYC19713 жыл бұрын

    She is so creative!

  • @shamidrees3628
    @shamidrees36283 жыл бұрын

    Man this is amazing

  • @zeliaronel3794
    @zeliaronel37943 жыл бұрын

    Her sense of fashion designs remind me of manga PARADISE KISS..

  • @rei__tv
    @rei__tv3 жыл бұрын

    WOW. So inspiring! So creative.

  • @ProjectPlatinum
    @ProjectPlatinum3 жыл бұрын

    WOW! THATS WHY WE LOVE KOREAN FASHION

  • @nytiger
    @nytiger3 жыл бұрын

    Impressive!!

  • @PinoyNinjaChef
    @PinoyNinjaChef3 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Amazing 😻 KZread recommended your video haha 😂 and I love it! Stay safe and Stay healthy guys.

  • @victoria-ss8sz
    @victoria-ss8sz3 жыл бұрын

    That’s such a good idea!

  • @chocolattae9718
    @chocolattae97183 жыл бұрын

    Trash to Treasure 😁✨

  • @yoonglie
    @yoonglie3 жыл бұрын

    there should definitely be more well-known brands that do things like this. very cool and unique

  • @elangbam3115
    @elangbam31153 жыл бұрын

    Keep up the good work girl

  • @kuwait85
    @kuwait853 жыл бұрын

    Admirable

  • @user-vz1so5dt2t
    @user-vz1so5dt2t3 жыл бұрын

    Viva Pit Señor!💕

  • @aditi1101
    @aditi11013 жыл бұрын

    Atleast she turns trash to fashion...some out there just call trash as fashion

  • @markmankoo
    @markmankoo3 жыл бұрын

    넘 멋져요♡

  • @brandonkim76
    @brandonkim763 жыл бұрын

    Incredible and amazing

  • @khust2993
    @khust29933 жыл бұрын

    0:11 me hanging out with my bros

  • @chihiro.631.

    @chihiro.631.

    3 жыл бұрын

    U mean u are in the video ??

  • @NyxGamingAU
    @NyxGamingAU3 жыл бұрын

    Amazing

  • @jamesprovost2602
    @jamesprovost26023 жыл бұрын

    Now this is worth sharing I hope her imagination sets trends alll over!!!

  • @maksymtt
    @maksymtt3 жыл бұрын

    Haven't watched everything yet but this title reminded me of the portuguese company "Garbags" which also turns trash into products by 'upcycling' them

  • @RoxanneLavender

    @RoxanneLavender

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think the title of this video is misleading. She's not making clothes out of actual 'trash', she's making clothes out of people's thrown away clothing. 'Trash' gives off the impression that it's like, soda cans and plastic-wrap. And i know of a few brands that actually make accessories out of that kind of real actual trash.

  • @narihanaASMR
    @narihanaASMR3 жыл бұрын

    YES MORE OF THIS QUEENS KFKSKDKALKS. THIS IS SO COOL NO MORE FAST FASHOON FRRR

  • @fogernelion1949
    @fogernelion19493 жыл бұрын

    Yesss queen of up cycling

  • @nandinimenon7633
    @nandinimenon76333 жыл бұрын

    This takes a genius to do considering the designs, fashion trends, materials

  • @alicebelga
    @alicebelga3 жыл бұрын

    I wish their website had more information, like target audience, their statistics, consumer insights, etc. This could be a very famous brand if well advertised,, I love the concept!

  • @user-fs4xf3dh4b
    @user-fs4xf3dh4b3 жыл бұрын

    멋진 디자이너네용 응원 합니다

  • @Seiferboi
    @Seiferboi3 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE those striped pants and sneakers! 😍

  • @vicky21094
    @vicky210943 жыл бұрын

    Me encanta!

  • @LoveHyoBaby
    @LoveHyoBaby3 жыл бұрын

    Iconic

  • @shamidrees3628
    @shamidrees36283 жыл бұрын

    Seol!♥️

  • @smridelouvre
    @smridelouvre3 жыл бұрын

    The clothes are so dope

  • @ayuhrdynti7890
    @ayuhrdynti78903 жыл бұрын

    Talented

  • @wiwiktiwul
    @wiwiktiwul3 жыл бұрын

    wow keren, sangat inspirasi bangeet.

  • @febrianhandan3906
    @febrianhandan39063 жыл бұрын

    This is cool

  • @poulomidey7543
    @poulomidey75433 жыл бұрын

    We r here to support Asian Boss❤️

  • @lizzieeee3945
    @lizzieeee39453 жыл бұрын

    no because this might actually become trendy someday. clothes that have food brands and such on them.. idk how it'll work out but i didnt even know that we'd be wearing chains on our pants and collars under our sweaters then so !!

  • @sabaok4090
    @sabaok40903 жыл бұрын

    2:00 they are so jolly

  • @adwaith1774
    @adwaith17743 жыл бұрын

    Wow ! Did she design costumes for Korean Tourism add👏👏👏👌😃

  • @three_o_two

    @three_o_two

    3 жыл бұрын

    I don't think that's the case. But the same dance team worked for both projects.

  • @fuzugabriel9566
    @fuzugabriel95663 жыл бұрын

    asante sana kwakuthamini tamaduni Etu (thank you for respecting our culture in Tanzania)