Fashion Trivia: The K-Pop Star Turned Fashion Star
Victoria Beckham isn't the only major designer to have had a career as a music icon before switching over to fashion.
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Test your fashion-industry knowledge with our new-old weekly series, Fashion Trivia! There’s no prize (yet) for having the right answer, but you get theoretical bonus points for not using Google.
Q: What designer worked in K-pop before cementing their place in the American fashion industry (in no small part by dressing musicians)?
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A: Mike Amiri.
Before launching his widely beloved clothing line, Amiri, and dressing some of the biggest musicians in the world (including members of BTS), the designer performed with a Korean hip-hop group.
"One of my best friends was a rapper and musician. I wrote songs with him. He ended up being considered the founder of the K-pop hip-hop movement," he told Fashionista in a 2018 interview.
Amiri is credited as a member of Drunken Tiger on the group's Wikipedia page. "It's strange, but I'm happy that's a part of my history," he said.
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