"We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits: Who knows upon what soil they fed their hungry thirsty roots?" - Christina Rossetti

Kim Choong-Wilkins is an MA Fashion graduate from the Royal College of Art.
The macabre photography of Joel-Peter Witkin and the verse above by are the inspiration for Kim’s final menswear collection "BODYBOUND".
Together they inform his collection on the human condition, desire and the perverse. Referencing both the anatomical drawings of Vesalius and the eroticism of Hokusai, the collection revolves around skin, sinew, muscle, and bone.
Kim’s aim is to ‘pump sex back into a craft that has become lust-less’, prompting arousal and addiction for men's knitwear by examining the relationship between seduction and repulsion.  Fabrics are ultra luxurious knits, laminated and studded, hard and glistening.
Following graduation from Central Saint Martins in 2005 Kim gained experience in the Alexander McQueen design team and designing knitwear in Milan for Ermenegildo Zegna.  He is now seeking a design role within a high-end menswear label.

Email:
kim.choong-wilkins@network.rca.ac.uk

University:
Royal College of Art (RCA)
MA Fashion (2009)

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