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{{short description|American fashion designer}}

{{Infobox person
| name = Jean Yu
| birth_place = South Korea
| alma_mater = Fashion Institute of Technology<br>Metro Academic and Classical High School
| occupation = fashion designer
}}

'''Jean Yu''' is a South Korean born fashion designer operating in [[New York City]]. She is a member of [[Council of Fashion Designers of America]] (CFDA) since 2007, and was one of the top ten finalists for the CFDA/Vogue fashion fund in 2005.

==Early life==
Yu was born in [[South Korea]] but her family eventually moved to the United States and lived in California.<ref>{{cite web |title=Contemporary New York fashion |url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/c/contemporary-new-york-fashion/ |website=vam.ac.uk |date=4 April 2011 |accessdate=October 11, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816130726/http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/c/contemporary-new-york-fashion/ |archivedate=August 16, 2018}}</ref> Jean Yu attended Metro Academic and Classical high school in Saint Louis, MO where she was class of 99 valedictorian at the age of 16

==Career==

Yu eventually moved in New York to study at the [[Fashion Institute of Technology]]. While there, she designed and produced her first dresses for a school project.<ref name = "x">{{cite web |last1=Chan |first1=Victoria |title=Fashionably Early: Riding the coattails of Jean Yu and Derek Lam |url=https://international.ucla.edu/institute/article/32713 |website=international.ucla.edu |accessdate=October 11, 2019 |date=November 3, 2005}}</ref> She took the dress to shops in [[Soho]], where they were picked up and sold.<ref name = "cut.com">{{cite web |last1=Xu |first1=Bifen |title=Jean Yu Appreciates a Nice Pair of Sheer Knickers |url=https://www.thecut.com/2010/11/jean_yu_appreciates_a_nice_pai.html |website=thecut.com |accessdate=October 11, 2019 |date=November 23, 2010}}</ref> This inspired her to design a line of dresses that eventually earned her the Innovator Design Award from Cotton Incorporated.<ref name = "x"/> After 9/11, Yu opened up her own boutique in December 2001.<ref name = "cut.com"/>

In 2005, she was named a finalist for the second annual Fashion Fund Award, created by the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) and Vogue Magazine.<ref name = "x"/> In 2007, she was a featured designer at the New York Fashion Exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.<ref>{{cite web |title=New York Fashion Now |url=http://media.vam.ac.uk/media/documents/legacy_documents/press_release/32350_press_release.pdf |website=media.vam.ac.uk |accessdate=October 11, 2019 |date=2007}}</ref> As well, she was the recipient of Avenuel Designer award as Designer of the Year.<ref>{{cite news |title=She made it there, how about here? |url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2875776 |accessdate=October 11, 2010 |publisher=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]] |date=May 22, 2007}}</ref>

In 2014, she stepped away from lingerie and designed a wardrobe inspired by folk art for the show “Folk Couture: Fashion and Folk Art,” at the American Folk Art Museum.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Lamar |title=Where Folk Art Meets High Fashion |url=http://www.artnews.com/2014/01/13/folk-art-museum-inspires-high-fashion/ |website=artnews.com |accessdate=October 11, 2019 |date=January 13, 2014}}</ref>

== Style ==
Jean Yu is known for her architectural approach and seamless technique. Her lingerie have been described as "reinterpreting Old Hollywood glamour with a few innovative design twists."<ref>{{cite web |author1=Catherine Blair Pfander |title=Know Right Now: Lingerie by Jean Yu |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/threadny/THREAD-Know-Right-Now-Lingerie-by-Jean-yu-82378612.html |website=nbcnewyork.com |accessdate=October 11, 2019 |date=January 22, 2010}}</ref>

Her dresses have been featured in many fashion publications such as ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' (American and many international), ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[W (magazine)|W]]''. [[Gwen Stefani]] was wearing her dress on the cover of the June 2004 edition of the American Vogue.

==References==
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*[http://jeanyu.com Jean Yu's official site]
*[https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/05/fashion/05JEAN.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/L/Lingerie%20and%20Underwear New York Times article]

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[[Category:21st-century American women]]

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