Best Startup
This article showcases our top picks for the best South Korean based Fashion companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Fashion industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top South Korean Fashion Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
CLO Virtual Fashion
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CLO Virtual Fashion develops true-to-life, 3D garment simulation technology for fashion and film/gaming industries.
ZIGZAG
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ZIGZAG is a shopping meta-service app for women.
Balaan
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A platform that allows you to get the latest luxury goods in just 3 days.
FEELWAY
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FEELWAY is the 1st largest domestic luxury products market place in korea.
Storets
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Storets was born from a desire to offer trendy, stylish, high quality fashion that doesn’t break your wallet.
E.LAND
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E.LAND provides fashion, retail, dining, construction services.
StyleShare
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StyleShare is a realtime mobile and online platform that allows users to share and receive updates on fashion and beauty.
Swatch On
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SWATCHON.COM was launched under the motive to provide a variety of unique, high-quality wholesale fabrics at a reasonable price.
Stripes
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Stripes is a Korean-based apparel company focused on designing and manufacturing men’s clothing products.
Art & Design International
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Art & Design International is a cosmetics manufacturer & distributor. Their inhouse brands include men’s cosmetics brand Swagger, premium niche perfume brand SWG Collection, and vegan active Ingredient skincare solution #OOTD
Star Vision
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Korean beauty contact lens and fashion sunglasses retailer
Tumblbug
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Tumblbug is an online Korean crowdfunding site focused on art and cultural content.
Linkshops
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April is a Dongdaemoon (Korea’s biggest fashion marketplace) based B2B clothing wholesale service.
TCE Corporation
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TCE Corporation is a textile company that produces denim fabrics.
Orgdot
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Orgdot is a sustainable fashion design and manufacture company based in Korea.
Laplace
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Laplace is provides consumer bags, products and brands.
FLEAPOP
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Fleapop provides women in their teens and 20s with an opportunity to experience the latest fashion items and online items every two days.
Piñata Labs
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Piñata Labs is a Korean online pop-up shopping experience featuring fashion-related events, details on latest accessories, and more.
Foundry
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Foundry Inc provide cooperative buisness services to drive competitiveness, network and sales expansion.
Tenqube
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A mobile app to explore global fashion items. Discover cross-border fashion items based on your styles. A virtual try-on camera with AR.
CSS99
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CSS99 is a Korean startup providing mobile application and mobile content on topics related to beauty and fashion.
Brich
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An O2O service delivering the latest Korean fashion trends online .
MUSINSA
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Online fashion platform where you can enjoy everything about fashion.
ViewReple
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ViewReple is a Korean provider of a social curation platform for product reviews in various categories.
Labelby.me
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labelby.me is a social e-commerce platform that provides its users with fashion merchandising services.
WAPA
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WAPA is a Korean designer community organizing design contests.
Gentle Monster
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Gentle Monster operates as a luxury eyewear brand.
Trenbe
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Trenbe is an e-commerce company of footwear products.
Krave Beauty
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Krave Beauty provides skincare beauty brand.
WISHUPON, Inc.
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WISHUPON is a universal shopping wishlist.
Lululemon Athletica Korea
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Lululemon Athletica Korea is an e-commerce shop for fashion items.
Hyundai Department Store Group
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Hyundai Department Store is a departmental store.
Samsung C&T Corporation
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Samsung C&T Corporation was founded in 1938 as a parent company of Samsung Group.
z-emotion
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z-emotion is a 3D garment technology company providing solutions to help fashion industry forward its digital transformation process.
Catch Fashion
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Catch Fashion is an online fashion portal.
ABLY Corporation
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ABLY Corporation is a fashion platform and application.
Lotte Mart
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Lotte Mart is an online hypermarket that sells groceries, clothing, toys, electronics and other products.
W Concept Korea
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W Concept Korea operates as an online retailer.
I LOVE J
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I LOVE J is an online children’s clothing store.
Fila Korea
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Fila Korea is an e-commerce company that provides sports apparel.
SIIIIDO
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SIIIIDO is an online shopping platform for clothing.
koreanfashionista
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Koreanfashionista is an online clothing store that offers Korean fashion, hair, and makeup products.
CHOI & SHIN’S
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CHOI & SHIN’S is a garment manufacturing company in apparel industry.
OKMALL
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OKMALL is an e-commerce shop for fashion goods and consumer goods.
Dear Dahlia
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Dear Dahlia is an e-commerce platform that provides beauty, cosmetic, skincare and personal care products.
N.CODE
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Providing luxury goods of diverse brands through affiliation with European luxury boutiques.
enspire
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enspire offers brand communication and design to inspires people and ideas through integrated consulting services.
Style Seller
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Style Seller creating a zero-marketing through linking brands and buyers.
Platform Factory
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Platform Factory offers fashion curation services to its customers.
LG Fashion
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LG Fashion is a Korean fashion clothing industry.
blank.
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blank. is an operator of a media commerce platform intended to sell its beauty products.
Branded
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Branded is a clothing brand specializes in the sales of garments and jeans.
Sounds Good Store
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Sounds Good Store is an online store for clothing and music accessories.
PNG Corporation
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PNG Corporation provides manufacturing and exporting hats and clothing products.
FruitsFamily
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FruitsFamily is a second-hand fashion trading app for men’s designers.
Urbanic Labs
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Urbanic Labs is an e-commerce company that provides store management, consulting operations, and social media advertising services.
Shinsung Tongsang
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Shinsung Tongsang designs, manufactures, and sells ladies’ and men’s garments.
Lookpin
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Lookpin is an e-commerce platform that offers men’s & women’s clothes, jewelry, fashion accessories, and grooming products.
JS Corp
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JS Corp engaged in the manufacture and distribution of fashion products.
I’M3
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I’M3 is an e-commerce company that offers women’s clothing and accessories.
Fumi
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Fumi is a fashion e-commerce that offers fashion products to customers.
Fashionbiz
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Fashionbiz is a fashion business magazine in Korea.
Yakjin Trading
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Yakjin Trading is an apparel manufacturer.
mixxmix
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mixxmix is an online platform for Korean fashion clothes.
10X10
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10X10 is an online shopping mall that provides design accessories, idea products, unique interior and fashion products.
Nanda
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Nanda is the South Korean make-up and fashion firm.
Bonchon International
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Bonchon International operates as a fried chicken restaurant brand.
Blackup
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Blackup is an online store for fashion accessories.
High Cut
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High Cut is a fashion and beauty content magazine publishing company.
MULAWEAR
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MULAWEAR is an e-commerce site that offers clothes for men and women.
OCO
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OCO is an e-commerce shop for fashion and lifestyle goods.
SG Corporation
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SG Corporation is an apparel and fashion company.
Youngone
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Youngone is a manufacturer of outerwear, shoes and bags.
Handsome
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Handsome is an online marketplace that offers men’s and women’s apparel and accessories.
Staping Co., Ltd.
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AI Mobile Fashion Tech Shopping App with CBIR Image search & AI Product recommendation service, SNS, for over 3,000 shopping malls
FAAI
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FAAI is an online B2B clothing production platform.
DFD Group
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DFD Group is an e-commerce store for shoe, fashion and lifestyle and culture sectors.
Doosan Magazine
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Doosan Magazine is a media company that publishes fashion, beauty, and lifestyle content.
WESTWOOD
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WESTWOOD is an online shop that provides outdoor sports clothes.
Koodon
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Koodon is a marketplace for second-hand brand item in Korea.
Brandazine
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Brandazine is an influencer media commerce linking fashion influencers with designer brands.
Helikon-Tex
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Helikon-Tex is a manufacturer of military clothing, bags, and accessories.
efluvi
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efluvi is a fashion and beauty e-commerce platform for middle-aged people.
Lotte Duty Free
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Lotte Duty Free is a chain of domestic duty-free shops in Korea.
Kolping Mall
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Kolping Mall is a Korean outdoor sports brand.
Pan-Pacific
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Pan-Pacific provides clothing manufacturing services.
ClosetShare
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ClosetShare is an online platform where women can rent, share, and resell fashion and accessories.
Hansae Dreams
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Hansae Dreams is the manufacturer of clothing accessories.
Rolling Square
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Rolling Square is the creator of Pink Pouch, an app that works as a mobile marketing platform for beauty and fashion products.
Jindo
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Jindo is engaged in the manufacturing and distribution of garments products
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