A Touch of Ease: Nora Noh’s Style and the Roots of Korean Cool

A Touch of Ease: Nora Noh’s Style and the Roots of Korean Cool

Pioneering Korean Fashion in the 1950s In 1956, Nora Noh hosted South Korea’s first fashion show at Seoul’s Bando Hotel, introducing modern styles for Korean women in a society still recovering from war. In an era when “fashion” itself was a novel concept in Korea, Nora Noh boldly stepped forward as the nation’s first fashion…