Global Textile | Market: Korea'S Guangzang Market

Textile and clothing industry is one of the pillar industries in South Korea, especially the clothing designed by Korean designers and designers, which has been leading the international fashion trend. Its young avant-garde, bold and innovative Korean wave fashion is catering to the leading lifestyle of young consumers, and the world's fashion focus has gradually shifted from Europe and the United States to South Korea. To this end, the report team of global textile network specially plans "global textile market". This issue will take you into the Korean Tibetan market (광장시장장장장), and jointly explore the industrial secrets of fashion highland.

Seoul, South Korea

The Republic of Korea (Korean: 대한민국; English: Republic of Korea, South Korea), referred to as "Korea". South Korea is located in the south of the Korean Peninsula in East Asia, with a total area of about 100000 square kilometers (accounting for 45% of the total area of the Korean Peninsula). The main ethnic group is the Korean nationality, which is widely spoken in Korean, with a total population of about 51.64 million. The capital is Seoul.

Seoul is located in the Han River Basin in the northwest of South Korea, in the middle of the Korean Peninsula. In 1394, King Li Chenggui of Korea moved his capital to Hanyang and changed it into Seoul. Since 1948, it was renamed as "서울울서울울", which is the only city on the Korean Peninsula without a Chinese character name. In January 2005, the Korean government announced that the Chinese translation name of "서울" was officially changed to "Seoul". At present, Seoul is the tenth largest city in the world, the largest city on the Korean Peninsula, one of the major financial cities in Asia, and the political, economic, technological, educational and cultural center of South Korea.

Analysis of South Korea's textile and garment industry

As one of the developed countries in Asia, South Korea has a rapid economic development and broad prospects for development. In the 1960s, South Korea's textile industry developed rapidly with its low-cost advantage to meet domestic demand. Since 1955, South Korea's textile and clothing industry began to export, which effectively promoted the economy of South Korea. In the early 1970s, the export volume reached 40% of the total national export volume, which once led the economic growth of South Korea. However, with the rise of China's textile industry, the textile supply chain system such as design, R & D, production, marketing and service has become increasingly large. More and more overseas countries are looking to the Chinese textile market with great market prospects. This also includes South Korea. In particular, China's textile industry will gradually transfer its advantages to China. In 2018, China has become its largest source of imports. According to statistics, in 2018, South Korea's import to China accounted for 37%, an increase of 6.91% year-on-year. In order to realize the second industrial revival, in recent years, based on unique design and cutting-edge technology, Korean textile and garment industry mainly focuses on producing high-quality differentiated textile and garment products, and carries out a small number of diversified production of high-grade and high-value-added popular ready-made clothing, which is favored by European and American markets.

At present, Korean fashion industry is in the stage of vigorous development, especially in the "Trinity" Korean TV series, Korean clothing and Korean makeup. Its innovation, high added value and private brand products have been recognized by many countries. At the same time, it also guides the trend of Chinese fashion. "Most Korean clothing brands customize fabrics according to their clothing styles, and the effect of this development is very good." A textile city fabric manufacturer who has long cooperated with South Korea said that the local fabrics produced in South Korea have many kinds of fabrics, fast renovation of patterns and colors, and fast innovation of patterns and colors. The key quality is very stable. The quality of large samples and large goods is basically the same, but high cost performance also means high cost. Therefore, many Korean fashion designers and brand companies come to the Chinese market to seek cooperation. According to the fabric manufacturer, such as cotton and hemp, woolen, embroidery, chiffon fabrics, the South Korean side will put forward some special specifications according to the design requirements, so the quality of some fabrics exported to South Korea on the market is very excellent.

Korea's first permanent market

Map positioning of Guangzhou Tibetan Market

Guangzang market, the earliest private commercial street in South Korea, has a splendid history of more than 100 years. As the most representative traditional market in South Korea, the current area of guangzang market is about eight football fields, which is one of the three most representative comprehensive markets in Seoul. The market sells a wide variety of goods, from Hanfu, cloth, silk and satin to vegetables, fruits, meat and seafood. Many famous Korean media have been looking for the famous treasure in the market. At present, the Tibetan market has been designated by the South Korean government as a world tourist destination, so many foreign tourists visit here.

Korean clothing stores in Guangzhou Tibetan market are very famous. They sell all kinds of gorgeous and exquisite children's Hanfu, improved Korean clothing, Korean wear silk ribbon and embroidered shoes matching with Hanfu, attracting many Korean clothing enthusiasts to shop here. The head of Yalin Hanfu, located on the second floor of guangzang market, said that today's young people in South Korea pay more and more attention to tradition, and Korean clothing has become a fashion in the boom of revival, and more and more young customers come to the store to buy. In addition to the sales of finished products, the stores also provide customized services. Due to the high price of Korean clothes made of real silk, some customers prefer imitation silk fabrics. Most of these fabrics are purchased from Keqiao market in China, with good quality and reasonable price. From the merchant's household registration, the reporter also learned that making a suit of Korean clothing requires a lot of cloth, from silk, yarn to accessories, every year from China Keqiao and other large Asian textile markets.

Overview of Korea's Tibetan Market

Textile City enterprises go deep into fashion Highland

In recent years, with the help of the new opportunities brought by the "belt and road" initiative to the textile industry, China Textile City has vigorously implemented the "Silk Road Keqiao · full of the world" exhibition, implemented the mode of "government enterprise linkage, group exhibition", organized enterprises to participate in overseas exhibitions, encouraged enterprises to "go out", helped enterprises to open up international market, expand international vision, and explore multi-border trade Easy potential, enhance the international influence of textile city.

On January 10, 2019, the first stop of the 2019 China Textile City global tour exhibition was held in the east gate of Seoul, South Korea, which opened a new round of overseas action of "Silk Road Keqiao · covering the world". The event is jointly sponsored by the Construction Management Committee of China Light and Textile City in Keqiao District, Shaoxing, Zhejiang China Light and Textile City Group Co., Ltd., and Korea dongmenmen Special Zone Association. It is jointly organized by the global textile network and online Textile City of China Light and textile city group, and co organized by Korea fashion design center. During the activity, more than 20 Keqiao Textile enterprises carried all kinds of high-quality fabrics such as cotton, hemp, wool, silk and other high-quality fabrics to connect with the South Korean side, including field visits to Seoul's local clothing enterprises and the market, and achieved remarkable results. The success of the first overseas docking activity not only builds a bridge of friendly exchanges, but also shows the vigorous posture and brand-new image of China Textile City textile industry.

In order to enhance the cooperation and exchange between China and South Korea, at the beginning of this year, Xu Yongjiu, director of the Korea China Fashion Talent Development Institute, led 14 winners of the Lee sang Fong Cup Fashion Design Competition in Korea to visit the online Textile City and the fabric market of Keqiao China Textile City. The event is sponsored by Zhejiang China Light and Textile City Group Co., Ltd., South Korea China Fashion Talent Development Institute, and jointly organized by global textile network, online Textile City, Shanghai Fashion Designers Association and malangeni Shanghai school. During the field visit, Korean designers showed high recognition and interest in the autumn and winter fabric products of Shaoxing coarse wool textile Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Jindian Textile Co., Ltd. and China Light Textile City market. Korean textile designers can not only gain more business opportunities in Korean textile market, but also gain a better understanding of China's textile market.

South Korean designers visit China Textile City and textile enterprises

From the perspective of development, clothing and other advantageous products in the Korean market have strong competitiveness in Global trade. As the largest textile market in Asia, China Textile City can give full play to the advantages of textile industry, complement each other and develop together with South Korea. At the same time, "going out" and other overseas exchange activities can also give Textile City Enterprises substantial inspiration and inspiration in experiencing the real "fashion korea".

China Textile City organized global tour exhibition, Seoul Station, South Korea

（ By Zhang Yan ; FIG/ Global textile web gallery Https://500px.com.cn/qfctnc (if the link cannot be opened, please copy the website address and use the browser to visit) ）