80% matchBrand profile
IISE Seoul
Seoul label by brothers Terrence and Kevin Kim, reworking Korean craft traditions like nubi quilting and hand-dyeing into technical contemporary menswear and bags.
SeoulOrigin
MenswearFocus
StreetwearStyle
$$Price
What to know about IISE Seoul
Korean references, rebuilt in technical fabric
Hanbok layering, nubi quilting and hand-dyeing get translated into unisex outerwear and bags, often in technical materials including GORE-TEX.
Two brothers, two cultures
Korean-American siblings Terrence and Kevin Kim moved to Seoul in 2011; the name means "second generation" in Korean, which is the whole design premise.
Outerwear and bags carry it
Jackets and utility bags are the core of the range, with footwear alongside, and architectural detailing rather than logo-driven streetwear.
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Brand facts
IISE, meaning "second generation" in Korean, is designed by Korean-American brothers Terrence and Kevin Kim, who moved to Seoul in 2011 and now work from a studio and showroom on Itaewon-ro. The label reinterprets Korean references — hanbok-derived layering, nubi quilting, traditional hand-dyeing and architectural detailing — as unisex outerwear, utility bags and footwear, frequently in technical fabrics including GORE-TEX. In October 2023 it rebranded with a new logo and website and opened its Itaewon showroom, designed with local studio Refynd, alongside the "VOL. 1 / NO. 1" collection.
- Founded
- 2014
- Origin
- Seoul, South Korea
- Made in
- South Korea
- Price
- $$
- Focus
- Menswear
- Facts checked
- August 2026
- Styles
- Streetwear, Minimalist / Contemporary, Techwear