Musinsa said on the 18th that it has completed selection for the sixth class of the Musinsa Next Fashion Scholarship (MNFS) and will begin full-fledged program operations to discover and nurture fashion brand founder talent.
Starting in August, Musinsa conducted an open recruitment for the MNFS sixth class and ultimately selected 15 teams (23 people). By category, they showed strong interest in brand businesses such as menswear, womenswear, women's accessories, and unisex fashion.
To systematically foster the next generation of fashion talent, Musinsa divided its selection criteria into three stages based on the level of brand founding and business concretization. Depending on criteria such as whether the business is in operation and generating actual sales, it selected scholarship recipients in a balanced way across three stages: "Growth," for brands in actual operation; "Build," for the collection planning and sample production stage; and "Seed," for the early idea development stage.
Over the next nine months, Musinsa will hold monthly practical training that allows participants to experience the entire process of brand operations, from brand planning to product production, distribution, and marketing. It will also run detailed programs in partnership with the Korea Social Investment Foundation, including branding (market positioning), production (strengthening practical capabilities), and distribution and marketing (market entry). Each selected scholar will receive a scholarship of 5 million won per team for prototype production costs.
A Musinsa official said, "Since the first MNFS selection in 2022, for four consecutive years we have discovered and nurtured more than 100 next-generation talents in total, and capable fashion founder talents have been emerging to the point that brands attracting attention not only in Korea but also overseas are coming out."