Hideki Seo (born 1974 JAPAN)

HIDEKI SEO

A love affair with culture and travel serves as inspiration for innovative designer Hideki Seo, and his dedication to his craft is limitless. By day he works as design assistant for fashion great Azzedine Alaïa, but night belongs only to Seo-who has a habit of producing museum-worthy pieces into the wee hours. With clear artistic aspirations, Seo’s whimsical and wildly creative pieces are a testament to many things, including his studies at Antwerp Academy of Fashion, extensive world travels and, of course, his own mind blowing aesthetic. Seo, a man of great humility and graciousness, attributes much of his success to his seven years with Alaïa, whom he refers to as the ‘legend of mode’.

Jeniffer Wells ALIVE MAGAZINE 2013

Education / Work experience

2006 -
Assistant designer of Azzedine Alaïa (Paris)
2005 - 2006
Internship at Walter Van Beirendonck (Belgium)
2001 - 2005
Antwerp royal academy Fashion department (Belgium)
1998 - 2001
Graphic designer (Kyoto, Japon)
1994 - 1998
Kyoto University of Art, Visuel Design (Kyoto, Japan)

Exhibiton / Awards :

2016
Fairy Tale Fashion, The Museum at FIT (New York City, USA)
2015
‘Utopian Bodies - Fashion Looks Forward’ (Liljevalchs museum, Stockholm)
Performance "Tribs" for Prague Quadrennial 2015 (Prague)
Solo exhibition Hideki Seo - On My Way, projects+gallery (Saint Louis, USA)
2013
Exhibition “A queen within” at World chess hall of fame (Saint-Louise, USA)
Launch of “A queen within” at Christy’s New York
Exhibition at Rooms 27 (Tokyo)
Exhibition “50 years birthday of Antwerp fashion” at Mode museum (Antwerp)
Exhibition “ARRRGH! Monsters in Fashion” at Centraal Museum (Netherland)
Exhibition “ARRRGH! Monstres de Mode” at La Gaîté Lyrique (Paris)
2012
Exhibition “Hideki Seo” at Galerie Papelart (Paris)
2011
Exhibition “ARRRGH! Monsters in Fashion” by Vasilis Zidianakis of ATOPOS
at Benaki Museum (Athens)
2004
Exhibition at Usage Externe deux, Collaboration with Kart Stallaert (Brussels)
Laureate Prize of Magazine ‘Week-end knack’
Laureate Grand Prize of ‘Perfume project IFF New York’
Laureate Fashion week Brussels, Grand Prize by Magasine “Le Vif/L’Express”

HIDEKI SEO

HIDEKI SEO

HIDEKI SEO born 1974 JAPAN

A love affair with culture and travel serves as inspiration for innovative designer Hideki Seo, and his dedication to his craft is limitless. By day he works as design assistant for fashion great Azzedine Alaïa, but night belongs only to Seo-who has a habit of producing museum-worthy pieces into the wee hours. With clear artistic aspirations, Seo’s whimsical and wildly creative pieces are a testament to many things, including his studies at Antwerp Academy of Fashion, extensive world travels and, of course, his own mind blowing aesthetic. Seo, a man of great humility and graciousness, attributes much of his success to his seven years with Alaïa, whom he refers to as the ‘legend of mode’.
[Jeniffer Wells ALIVE MAGAZINE 2013]