Date Posted: Thursday 13th December 2018
Yuni Ahn has been appointed Creative Director at luxury fashion label Maison Kitsuné. Yuni was most recently Design Director for French fashion brand, Céline.
Born in South Korea, Yuni was scouted for Stella McCartney’s first team while studying at Central Saint Martins. She has acquired a range of experience working on ready-to-wear, accessories, as well as interior projects for various companies including Chloé, Céline, Miu Miu and Paul Smith. Most recently, she worked on the core designs of bags, jewellery and sunglasses for Céline under the helm of Phoebe Philo, later becoming Design Director of the pre and show collections.
Created in 2002 by Gildas Loaëc and Masaya Kuroki, Maison Kitsuné offers a Art de Vivre blending a fashion brand (Maison Kitsuné), music label (Kitsuné Musique) and coffee shops (Café Kitsuné)