All About Clara Yoo

Hi, my name is Clara Yoo. I am glad to join this blog project.

Presently I am completing my senior year in the Fashion Design Department at Parsons The New School for Design. In my time at Parsons I have been fortunate enough to learn my skills as a hang bag designer. At the foundation year, through a three dimensional design class, I found myself that I am very interested in finding new materials and adjust them to my sculpture. Through the concept development class, I found that I like to take materials out of normal context and introduce them into the realm of accessories.

There are so many hidden visual interests that people pass up everyday. During the summer, staying New York and interning at Banana Republic, I saw the stand pipe that sticks out from all buildings in New York City. I have lived New York almost 4 years, however I’ve never recognize the fine metal work, the stand pipe which is in wherever you go in New York.


The stand pipe. It is my accessory design collection’s inspiration that example of the hidden visual interest people pass up everyday. Like my inspiration, people could find materials that they see often in their daily life but not in fashion. Also my handbags are multi functional and have hidden surprises.

The New Museum which is reopened recently in NYC helped me define my collection. ‘Unmonumental’ exhibition offered a radically different experience. It introduced that “a visual art can help define the moment in which we are living.” I wish my designs can help find the value to small things we are passing up.