It’s been five years since Ashlynn Park started her own label. What began as a few pieces the first season has flourished into a full collection of conceptual, easy-to-wear separates, dresses and outerwear in soft-to-the-skin fabrics like silk jersey and cotton sateen.

While the CFDA finalist’s pattern making and tailoring prowess can be attributed to her years working for Yohji Yamamoto, Issey Miyake and Raf Simons at Calvin Klein, what was evident this season is that the South Korean native has fully come into her own, with a clear sense of vision and self.

But it took time.

From South Korea, to Japan and then Stateside to New York, the designer lived through moments that shaped and expanded her creative vocabulary. Calling upon these times, she came up with the idea of a vessel as he

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