Kang Gyu-yeon, Ph.D. Student in Fashion Design, Wins Best Paper Award at the KSC 2026 Spring Conference

Kang Gyu-yeon, a Ph.D. student in Fashion Design at the Graduate School of Ewha Womans University, advised by Professor Park Sun-hee, received the Best Paper Award for her oral presentation at the Korean Society of Costume 2026 Spring Conference, held on May 9 at the Education Center of the National Museum of Korea in Yongsan-gu, Seoul.

Under the theme “Creative Reinterpretation of Traditional Costume,” this year’s Spring Conference was jointly organized by the Korean Society of Costume and the Research Institute of Human Ecology at Seoul National University. The event also commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Korean Society of Costume, offering an opportunity to reflect on five decades of scholarly achievements in Korean costume studies while exploring the contemporary value and future potential of traditional dress.

Kang presented her research titled “AI-Based Application of Historical Sources on Traditional Costume to Fashion Design: Focusing on Official Dress of the Joseon Dynasty.” The study examines how textual sources from the Korean Classics Database and artifact records from e-Museum can be connected through Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and applied to the fashion design process, with a particular focus on official dress of the Joseon Dynasty. By linking the two databases in real time, the research demonstrates the possibility of evidence-based information retrieval and design planning grounded in historical costume materials.

The award recognizes the study’s contribution to proposing a practical methodological framework for creatively reinterpreting traditional costume by integrating historical sources with AI technologies. Through this approach, Kang’s research presents a meaningful direction for expanding the academic and practical application of traditional costume studies in contemporary fashion design.

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