Irene Kim


Irene Kim is an American-born Korean-American model, beauty and fashion blogger, and television personality. She is most known by her social media moniker, Ireneisgood.

Early life

Irene Kim was born in Seattle, Washington to South Korean parents and moved to South Korea in middle school. Irene attended New York's Fashion Institute of Technology and studied textile design. Irene credits her sense of style from her grandmother.

Career

Modeling

Kim's first runway show was for Jardin de Chouette and SJYP in 2012. Irene walked for J Koo, KYE, Youser, Supercomma B, and S=YZ. She has worked with designers such as Mulberry, Ferragamo, MATCHESFASHION, MaxMara, Calvin Klein, Charles & Keith, and Chanel. In 2015, Kim was appointed as Estée Lauder's Global Beauty Contributor with Kendall Jenner. Kim is a brand ambassador for Chanel.
She appeared on magazine covers for Cosmopolitan Korea, Marie Claire Taiwan, W Korea, Harper's Bazaar Korea, Elle Thailand, and Grazia Magazine China.

Television

In 2015, Kim became a co-host for Mnet's original programming, "K-Style", a show introducing Korean trends in fashion, beauty, and lifestyle. A few years later, she became co-host of CJ E&M's channel Onstyle on a program called, "Style Live". Her segment was titled, "Irene Live". In 2019, Irene became one of the hosts for CJ E&M's "Get It Beauty" program, a show that shares beauty tips and trends.
In 2019, Irene met with E News' E Social Studies Club to discuss the meaning of Ireneisgood.
With Eva Chen, the head of fashion partnerships at Instagram, Irene was one of the influencers who appeared on The Today Show to introduce spring trends of the 2019 season.

Launch of label

In June 2018, Irene released her brand, IRENEISGOOD LABEL. The Label had pop-ups in Shanghai and Seoul, South Korea. In March 2019, IRENEISGOOD Label released its first sneaker collaboration and pop-up with JOSHUAS in Taiwan.

Appearances

Awards

In 2017, Kim won the "Style Influencer" award at the ELLE Style Awards.