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Brand profile
J.Kim
Moscow-based womenswear label by Jenia Kim, reinterpreting traditional Korean and Asian dress in modern silhouettes.
MoscowOrigin
WomenswearFocus
Minimalist / ContemporaryStyle
$$$Price
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What to know about J.Kim
Korean dress, rebuilt as separates
Wrap closures, wide sleeves, cropped jackets and layered silhouettes from traditional Asian and Korean dress are reworked into modern trousers, dresses and outerwear.
A designer with two lineages
Jenia Kim grew up in Tashkent in a Korean family that emigrated to Uzbekistan, trained at Moscow's Carl Fabergé College and interned with couturier Slava Zaitsev.
Womenswear, tailoring-led, sold abroad
The line is womenswear built around tailoring and trousers, priced in the upper-middle range and stocked by international retailers including SSENSE.
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70% matchBrand facts
J.Kim is a contemporary womenswear label founded by designer Jenia Kim and based in Moscow. Kim comes from a Korean family that emigrated to Uzbekistan; she grew up in Tashkent, trained at Moscow's Carl Fabergé College of Applied Arts and interned with Russian couturier Slava Zaitsev. Her collections rework elements of traditional Asian and specifically Korean dress — wrap closures, wide sleeves, layered silhouettes and cropped jackets — into modern separates, dresses and outerwear. The brand sells through international retailers including SSENSE.
- Founded
- 2013
- Origin
- Moscow, Russia
- Made in
- Russia, South Korea
- Price
- $$$
- Focus
- Womenswear
- Facts checked
- August 2026
- Styles
- Minimalist / Contemporary, Avant-garde, Quiet luxury