From Balmain to Ramie: A Fashion Life, Rewoven in Korea

From Balmain to Ramie: A Fashion Life, Rewoven in Korea

How a London-trained designer left high fashion behind to weave culture, teaching, and tradition into a new kind of garment. I didn’t meet the designer by accident. In December last year, I drove down to Keimyung University in Daegu to meet Ali Ruth, who teaches fashion design there. That visit became the basis for a…