Fashion career profile
Rok Hwang
Rok Hwang is a South Korean fashion designer who founded the London-based label Rokh in 2016. Born in Seoul and raised in Austin, he studied womenswear at Central Saint Martins and built his design experience in Paris before establishing his own practice. Public profiles identify ready-to-wear work at Céline under Phoebe Philo and further experience at Chloé and Louis Vuitton; available sources do not provide reliable dates for those roles, so none are assigned here. Hwang’s approach combines precise tailoring with deconstruction, layering and an adaptable wardrobe vocabulary. Rokh received the LVMH Prize’s Special Prize in 2018 and later joined the Paris fashion calendar. His work has also reached a broader audience through a collaboration with GU. The profile separates Hwang’s verified design experience at established houses from his continuing founder role and does not present those earlier jobs as dated appointments without evidence.
- Role
- Founder and Creative Director, Rokh
- Nationality
- South Korean
- Age
- 43
- Career appointments
- 1
- Fashion houses
- 1
- Verified awards
- 1
- Education: MA Womenswear, Central Saint MartinsThe LVMH Prize profile identifies Hwang’s earlier Céline ready-to-wear work; FHCM records his CSM background and subsequent house experience. · LVMH Prize; FHCM
- Recognition: Winner of the 2018 LVMH Prize Special PrizeThe prize profile describes the award and the founding of Rokh. · LVMH Prize
- Rokh: Founded in 2016GU’s designer profile dates the launch of the label to 2016. · GU
- 2016 — Founds RokhHwang establishes the label after work in the studios of established fashion houses.
- 2018 — Wins the LVMH Prize Special PrizeThe award marks an early international milestone for the young house.
- Start not documented–End not documented — Ready-to-Wear Designer — CELINEHistorical appointment · LVMH Prize
- 2018 — Rok Hwang — Special PrizeVerified fashion award