@hymleigh
@hymski_official

Fashion Designer

Milan, Italy / Seoul, South Korea

How are you living the quarantine: fears and dreams?

When all this covid-19 outbreak started I was in Milan at that time honestly I wasn’t very conscious about what was happening because I felt safe in Milan since it was happening mostly in Asia. Then I got worried about my parents when the case number in South Korea started rising. However in March the cases in Italy especially Milan went going up way too fast, they got worried and told me to come back to Korea immediately. I came back to Korea and of course, I put myself in self-quarantine for two weeks away from my parents, as I was told by the quarantine team at Incheon airport. They also asked everyone coming from European countries to download this app with GPS that can track my position while 2 weeks self-quarantined and is to check my health conditions every day as well.  It sounded really weird at first but it made me feel like I was responsible and helped me to stay at home for 2 weeks really well. The app is not tracking you all the time but when you go away from your home too far it can detect it and the police contacts you by a phone call to warn you... I was impressed by this system and made me feel safe by the fact that I am protected by my country and that I can understand my health state. Also, they provide the routes of the people infected and spread the virus so I can understand where is safe or not. Even though Seoul is not in lockdown I avoid contact with people unless it is necessary since I don't want to give a burden to my family. This pandemic gave everyone a big impact to our life but I am taking this positively to think over myself. I started the hobbies that I couldn't do before, like knitting, jewellery making, drawing, and I’m preparing new collections of my brand for September. I hope everything will come back to normal.

What is your soundtrack?

Free Hifi Internet by Emmanuelle.