YU start-up club ‘Partz Studio’ proposes new occupation to win ‘gold medal’ at the Job Creation Awards
Finding new value by recycling old clothes with many memories
Produced prototypes showing its potential as a new occupation
[January 30, 2019]
<YU Start-up Club Partz Studio>
(front row left to right, Seo Gi-tae, Yoo Gwang-jin, Jung Gyeong-min, back row left to right, Kang Ryang-gwan, Park Sung-min)
The unique idea of YU students is drawing attention as it gave birth to a new profession.
It is a new job called ‘Fashion Reminder’ and it was proposed by Part Studio, a start-up club comprised of Yoo Gwang-jin (25, senior) and Kang Ryang-gwan of the YU Department of Psychology (23, junior), and Park Sung-min (23, junior), Seo Gi-tae (22, sophomore), and Jung Gyeong-min (21, freshman) of the Department of Clothing and Fashion.
They explain that Fashion Reminder is a profession of creating new value by recycling clothes filled with memories. Some examples are recycling middle or high school uniforms to make diary book covers or using college varsity jackets to make briefcases or laptop pouches so that professionals can recycle their items and remember their memories from school, or also recycling maternity dresses into children’s clothes so that mothers can share memories with their children. It goes beyond simply recycling clothes no longer worn, but adding the value of memories to fashion design.
Fashion Reminder won the gold medal at the ‘2018 National Youth Employment Academy Project Job Creation Awards’ opened last month.
Yoo Gwang-jin explained, “We made samples such as taking a maternity address that was worn by a mother when she was pregnant to make a new children’s clothes, and we also put together a brochure. I think ‘Fashion Reminder’ received good evaluations as it went beyond being simply ideas, but also visibly showed possibilities as a new profession.”
Their idea was the result of the ‘Youth Employment Academy (Job Creation Course) YU_Golden Lane Project’ operated by the YU LINC+ Project Team’s Start-up Education Center. This project fosters young start-up entrepreneurs by providing support for start-up items and employment/startups. While engaging in job creation activities, Partz Studio also launched their own fashion design brand ‘Partz Studio’ to design and sell their clothes. The YU LINC+ Project Team Start-up Education Center is planning to pursue the ‘2019 Youth Employment Academy (Job Creation Course) Youth Employment Academy’ from April.
