Frida Kahlo through eyes of Lie Sang-bong

Fashion designer Lie Sang-bong has spent four decades bringing Korean cultural motifs to audiences overseas. For his 40th anniversary collection, however, he began somewhere else — with a Mexican artist whose work confronted pain head-on. Frida Kahlo became the muse for Lie’s latest collection, shown Tuesday evening at Dongdaemun Design Plaza on the opening day of 2027 spring-summer Seoul Fashion Week. Behind the choice was a question that has stayed with him amid years of war and conflict: How