MUTZINE Interview #5: Kim Su Kyung: Middle School Dropout to Fashion Entrepreneur

[cotxpaxi.livejournal.com]

Hey there!

First off, thank you so much for reaching out to me with kind comments. I'm so happy that over the past two weeks Omona members have joined the MUTZINE team as writers, social media specialists and graphic designers. Even more amazing things are coming up now that it's a team project!

The fun is only starting and if you'd like to join the team contact me at gissella@mutzine.me. If you just want to talk about something relating to Korean pop-culture that excites you I'm always down to chat too!

Here's a teaser for Interview #5. It's my new favorite one!

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After her father left her family of six in a multimillion dollar debt, Kim Su Kyung dropped out of middle school to start her own business. She opened Victoria Garconne, an online shopping mall that caters to young women. The shop reached $100,000 in revenue in just five months. What's the secret to her success?

Source: MUTZINE

Comments

[love-keiko.livejournal.com]

if EVER there was a "when life gives u lemons make lemonade" story tho.

how is she only 19?! she seems so smart and business saavy, she knows her market, she knows what she can handle financially and has done an amazing job.

[hearttaek.livejournal.com]

I think part of the reason online fashion malls work so well in korea is because of their efficient delivery system too. Quick (and probably cheap? Idk.) services. I can't imagine the same economic boom for online malls in countries with unreliable postal services.

Seeing just how big an empire Style Nanda has become is kind of mindblowing. They just opened a massive cosmetics store too.

[fallingstarryuu.livejournal.com]

yes, I think their delivery is definitely relative cheaper (even with international shipping taken into account) compared to other countries. The shipping prices I pay on international shipment for albums from Korean Based Sources (like Gmarket and Mwave/Soompi when you don't hit the requirements for free shipping) are a lot cheaper than Japanese based ones (like CDJapan, which use EMS as well but I overall get charged more than Gmarket for less weight) and overall faster even though I pay less than Japan. When I ship stuff out to overseas friends here in Singapore, I get charged a lot more for 1kg than when I buy from online sites in Korea, which honestly baffled me cause I thought it would have been a fixed rate since it's an international service.

[simprov.livejournal.com]

this was a really interesting read. damn, she works so hard to take all the pictures herself and ship everything out. i also really liked what she said about loving who you are being the first thing.

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting op! This was an interesting read.

Mixxmix offering international delivery was the greatest thing that happened to me lol. Their stuff is pretty high quality (for an online clothing store) and affordable and the style is right up my alley. I hope more English version sites will pop up - especially for Rowky and Baton. I'm not a fan of stylenanda though.

[blancface.livejournal.com]

Ahhh I love Mixxmix! Do you have any other store recommendations? Any with guy clothing too? I've been so out of loop with clothes for a while I'm sure there are tons of new stores.

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

I like http://m.do-op.kr! Most of their stuff is unisex.

[cotxpaxi.livejournal.com]

Tell me more about the online shops that you like! I'm sending you a private message :O

[jrt131n.livejournal.com]

Sadly something like that could never work here in the US. FedEx or UPS would mess it up somehow.

[ah0000.livejournal.com]

Or USPS. We use the post office and fuck we lose packages left and right

[laeryn.livejournal.com]

I need this girl to give my sorry 24yo ass some lessons on how to be a functional adult. These stories always leave me impressed tbh!

And great work with Mutzine! I'd love to join but I wouldn't know what to offer so I'll just encourage and try to share on social media :)

[cotxpaxi.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Let me know what you'd like to read more about! That really helps! I'll send you a private message right now ;)

[achan123.livejournal.com]

thanks op :D

[cotxpaxi.livejournal.com]

you're welcome! :))