Designer of the Week

DESIGNER OF THE WEEK: EUGENIA KIM

Eugenia Kim didn’t react as most girls would after a bad haircut…. most girls would cry or head right back to the salon to try and have the damage repaired…. Eugenia on the other hand opted to simply shave her head! With this new ‘do’, Eugenia got the idea to make a feathery cloche in her millinery class at Parson’s with the hopes of it resembling hair for her new bald head. One day soon after, when out on a shopping trip in Soho, two store owners inquired about the headpiece and asked if they could set up appointments to see the “line”. She quickly headed home and designed two styles in a ton of color ways and within a week, her cloches were featured in the front windows of Bond 07 and Selima Optique in Soho and by the end of the month, Barneys had placed their first order. One year later Eugenia opened her own store in the east Village where she expanded her collection to include women’s and men’s hats, cloches, and bridal headwear. Now her line has expanded to include a variety of headbands and scarves, fashionable hats and fedoras, and belts! Eugenia Kim’s pieces are gorgeous and without fail are the perfect outfit completers! This spring with headbands and boho-chic being all the rage, we know that her headwear will be a huge hit in our Owl’s Lab store!