kAoRi Shop – View from outside

kAoRi Shop – View from inside

There are really so many more artists who wore his designed hats and caps that it is impossible for me to name them all out. You can check out the website to find out more.

Goo Hye Sun with kAoRi

Hyun Bin with kAoRi

The hat shop name is ‘kAoRi’ 카오리 . The name ‘kAoRi’ means ‘scent’ in Japanese and this brand name is created by Mr Lee Hyung Ryul who is the designer of all these hats and caps displayed in his shop.

Kim Seon Ah with kAoRi

He named his shop name ‘kAoRi’ as he is always looking for ‘Scent of urban life’ which could be made by the harmony of fashion, street life and his creative hats and caps.

Lee Byung Hun with kAoRi

So Ji Sub with kAoRi

The shop was established in December 3rd, 2004. The owner and the designer Mr Lee Hyung Ryul was crazy about hats. He graduated from Chung Ang University College of Clothing and Textile Design in Year 1998. In Year 2002, he went to Tokyo Bunka Fashion College of Arts & Crafts to study hat design.

K.Will with kAoRi

Ju Ji Hoon with kAoRi

From there, he realized how important hats can helps modify a person looks and appearance. He started to design many different styles of hats and created his own brand.

Han Ga In with kAoRi

Choi Ji Woo with kAoRi

All his hats in the shop are hand made and manually sewed. He only produced 10 to 15 each for every different designs. His designs are mostly neutral and pragmatic. The designs consisted of Hunting, Cap, Hat, Casquette and many more.

BoA with kAoRi

Jun Jin with kAoRi

You can randomly match your clothes with your hat. You can have one of his designed hat and have different ways of wearing it.

Therefore, be sure to visit this shop if you intend to buy a stylish hat from Korea.

Address:

• 서울시 강남구 신사동 646-5 (Korean)
• 646-5 Shinsadong Kangnamku seoul Korea (English)

Opening Hours:

• Monday – Saturday: 11:00 ~ 21:00
• Sunday: 13:00 ~ 20:00
• Closed: New Year and Chuseok

Website: www.kaori.co.kr

Tel: 02-515-7996

Price Range : From 65,000 ~ 400,000 Won

Direction:

• Take Subway Line 3 to Apgujeong Station
• Exit from exit number 2
• Walk about 20 minutes to reach

Map:

Photos From: kAoRi

Photos From: Vogue

Korean actor Lee Byung Hun & Director Stephen Sommers

The first stop for promoting the movie is Japan. An interview was conducted first with Lee Byung Hun and Director Stephen Sommers in the morning on 27th July while the other actors would be arrived in Japan in the afternoon.

Stephen Sommers has not stop praising Lee Byung Hun in front of the Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and any other Asian newspaper interviews. He expressed: “In the preliminary, when a photo of Lee Byung Hun was passed to me, my thought was ‘this is the person’. I felt that he is the suitable candidate.”

He went on saying: “After the shooting of the filming was finished, I can’t help but exclaimed each time when I edited the movie. By watching the replayed scenes in the editing room, I saw Lee Byung Hun’s great acting skills that I couldn’t see during the shooting. I found out that he is a profound actor who has a strong comprehensive power in understanding the script.”

He continued: “Lee Byung Hun is a very professional actor with serious attitudes and efforts. Even if I do not shoot ‘GI Joe 2′, I would like to work with him again in my next movie.”

‘GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra’ would be showing on 6th August in the cinema. The story was about this special elite corps which they have never failed in any impossible missions and their greatest threat, ‘Cobra’ the strong terrorist.

Source From: Joins.com

Lee Byung Hun said: “The Hollywood side has offer me the role in the first place, but I’m a bit hesitated. As we all know that GI Joe are well known collections series of Marvel comics and now it has been adapted into a film, which consider quite pressurize if I would to act in this film. Besides this role is very different from my previous performed role, GI Joe fans may have negative reaction on me.

GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra Poster – Korean Version

However when I come to think of the movie I like – ‘Transformers’ which was also adapted from Marvel comics, I feel confident that GI Joe would also bring everyone joy and regain their childhood memory when they watch the movie.”

Lee Byung Hun expressed that it was an exciting physical challenges when filming his first Hollywood movie. After the completion of filming a movie in South Korea, he has to fly immediately to the United States to prepare and accept a series of shooting, fighting and fencing training.

Lee Byung Hun said: “I cannot keep up the filming progress at the beginning because I was very unfamiliar with the whole environment. I am not very close to the Director – Stephen Sommers and other actors which included British actress Sienna Miller. In normal times, I am very quiet and love being alone. They gave me a nickname – ‘The Arrogant Asian’ which make me feel that I may have make the wrong decision of filming this Hollywood movie. Of course later on when everyone was quite familiar and close to one another, they know that I’m not that kind of person and we went out to play together every day.”

Finally, Lee Byung Hun ensure that Asian fans would see a brand new him in the GI Joe movie. He continue: “I recommend the stunts and actions in the movie, there are many actual shoots from places like Prague, Paris, Norway even Arctic. I would follow the group to tour all over and publicize the movie end of this July.”

The movie will be showing on 6th August.

Source From: Tungstar