ABOUT
REALIST BUT DREAMER
VANDALIST provides edgy men's fashion and unique style and sophisticated minimalism under the direction of designer YANG, HEEMIN (VANDAL) to help your journey to weaving your better daily life towards dreams.
VANDALIST FEATHER
The symbol of the VANDALIST by VANDAL, the Feather, symbolizes freedom, ideals, and dreams.
" It's hard to get insight into a person through their clothes. It's also hard to learn to ignore them properly.
It takes seriousness to be passionate about clothes.
But making clothes isn't just a challenge; it's a joy.
When my ideas meld and I imagine someone wearing something that has been touched by me, everything becomes clear. "
- YANG HEEMIN, Sep. 2006, launching VANDALIST by VANDAL
VANDAL, who dreamed of fashion and music while pursuing his studies with an underground band, launched VANDALIST in the fall of 2006 while studying apparel and environmental studies at Yonsei University.
He made his debut at Seoul Collection in 2009 and has been actively working with domestic and international collections since then, but in 2019, he decided to take a sabbatical.
After going through the corona period, he quietly starts the second chapter of Vandalist in the fall of 2023.
He is a musician who has created runway music for each of his collections, and he also designs spaces,
he is still exploring new possibilities, crossing the boundaries between culture and art, design and industry, fashion and music.
VANDALIST, which borrows from VANDALISM as CREATIVE DESTRUCTION, and VANDAL, Yang's English name, are his commitment to newness.
DESIGNER PROFILE
2021-Current) Member of board of Directors of Seoul Design Foundation
2022 K-FESTIVAL exhibition in Paris
2021 Collaborated exhibition for the 120th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and Belgium
2021 Elcanto DEPP Shoes Collaboration
2020 KOTA YAMAJI Collaboration
2019 SEOUL & FASHION Invited Runway in Paris
2018-2020 Member of board of Directors of Council of Fashion Designer of Korea
2016 10th Anniversary runway & music concert (DENIS SUNGHO/MOT)
2016 Seoul Fashion Festival (SFF/in Olympic Main Stadium)
2014-2015 Creative director of Jill by JillStuart
2014 SBS Fashion King Korea2
2013 Andre Kim Blue label Collaboration
2013-2016 Exclusive runway show
2012 Bruno Magli Shoes Collaboration
2012 Men's Fashion Week invited Runway show in Singapore
2012 mini music album "1" released
2011 New rising Men's Fashion designer in Newyork & Tokyo (GAP PRESS MEN)
2010 Campaign with Yoji Yamamoto (SOMETHINGS/PARIS)
2010 Next Global leader (Fashion biz in Korea)
2010 VANS global campaign & collaboration
2009-2013 Seoul Fashion Week
2009 Fashion Magazine "JUST KEEP GOING" Producer
2009 invited Runway show in Tokyo
2009 men's fashion designer in World elite model
2008 Fashion Magazine "edge for men" Producer
2007 1st Runway show, Vandalist
2007 Art director in gallery KKOOMM
2007 Graduated Yonsei Univ. textiles and clothes.
2006 Launched VANDALIST
HISTORY
2023
2022
K-FESTIVAL IN PARIS
2019
RUNWAY SHOW IN PARIS
2018
S/S VANDALIST
2017
S/S HEAR
F/W VIBE
2016
SEOUL FASHION FESTIVAL
2015
CREATIVE DIRECTOR, JILL BY JILLSTUART
2015
F/W EXTROPY
2015
S/S JAZZ UNDERGROUND
2014
F/W MUSICIAN
2014
S/S FREQUENCY
2013
F/W PREQUEL
2013
S/S GRID
2012
F/W POETIC UNDERGROUND
2012
S/S DARK DREAM
2011
S/S-F/W ZERO
2010
S/S MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
F/W ANDROGYNY
INVITATION RUNWAY SHOW AT TOKYO
2009
DEBUT AT SEOUL FASHION WEEK
2009
S/S JUST KEEP GOING
F/W DECADENT CHIC
2008
Creation and distribution of the fashion & culture magazine "EDGE FOR MEN"
2008
S/S VARIATIONS
F/W EDGE
2007
1ST SHOWCASE WITH LIVE MUSIC
2007
F/W PSYCHEDELIC ROCK STAR
2007
S/S SILENT SPRING
2006
F/W BEGINNER'S LUCK
LAUNCHING VANDALIST IN SEOUL, 2006 A/W
