Funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy the Korea Fashion Association and magazine Fashion Insight held the opening ceremony for 2018 Indie-Brand Fair at Setec in Seoul. It provided a chance for young indie fashion brands to expand their trade networks. The Indie-Brand Fair is the largest get-together for Korean indie fashion brands, where they get a chance to show their designs with buyers, put their works on the runway and listen to experts share their thoughts on the fashion industry at seminars held on site. The fair defines indie brands as those that have been active for less than seven years and lack the ability to promote themselves despite their potential.

The fair features a total of 200 indie brands 87 women’s clothing brands, 31 menswear brands and 82 accessories, shoes and bags brands. In order to include the largest number of brands designers from 36 brands will stage a runway show.