Manufacturing, sensors, AI — under one roof.
From fabric to finished garment, made in our own smart factory. Forty years of sewing expertise paired with digital production — OEM and ODM.
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From the moment it is made to the moment it is sold, a garment records its own journey. An apparel-grade semiconductor sensor that survives washing, finishing and ironing — turning clothing into an IoT device.
Styling and retail analytics built on fashion data. +82FAI is a fashion AI engine for business.
Explore Fashion AIPatents filed and registered by Korean Friends, and certifications obtained through third-party audits. The patentee of every patent listed below is Koreanfriends Co., Ltd.
Patentee · Koreanfriends Co., Ltd. (Korean Intellectual Property Office) · as of March 2026
Licensed merchandise is the most demanding order a factory can take. Colour tolerance, print durability and label specification all have to match what the brand has written down. +82FACTORY has been producing orders that clear that bar.
Under an apparel supply contract with The Met in New York, we produced the Van Gogh, Hokusai, Michelangelo and Renaissance “M” hoodies and tees. The neck label carries The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York alongside Made in Korea.
See them at The Met Store
These are items +82FACTORY manufactured. All brand rights remain with their respective owners.
The sewing floor, the print room, the warehouse and the research lab sit in the same complex. Nothing is subcontracted out and trucked between steps, so samples turn around quickly and problems surface the same day.
A knit-specialist sewing floor with automated cutting and an overhead hanger line. Cutting, sewing and packing all finish on the same floor.
DTF transfer printing and heat presses, run in-house. Print artwork is checked as a physical sample in the same building and corrected on the spot.
Urban fulfilment. Finished goods move into storage without leaving the site, then ship domestically or overseas.
The Smart Fashion Tech Center — our corporate R&D centre accredited by the Ministry of Science and ICT, where RFID-X antenna measurement and apparel IoT work happens.
468 Seobusaet-gil, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul · Buildings A, B and C
Korean Friends is a Korean fashion-tech company founded in 2014. What sets it apart is that apparel manufacturing (via a smart factory), its own fashion brands, garment RFID sensors and a fashion AI engine all sit inside one company. It is headquartered in Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, and led by its founder, Jang Jun-sung.
+82 Season is a fashion and lifestyle group made up of +82 Gallery (apparel brand), +82 Factory (smart garment manufacturing), +82 House (logistics and fulfilment), +82 Design (custom printing) and +82 Global (digital trade). X³ (X³cubic) is the garment-IoT technology brand, and Fashion AI Engine (+82FAI) is an AI smart-fashion service. In 2023 the company launched WHATEVER82, a trend-led uniform brand.
X³ is Korean Friends' fashion-tech brand, built on the idea of turning clothes into IoT devices. It comprises three technologies: RFID-X, a garment-grade semiconductor sensor that is waterproof, dustproof and heat-resistant; FAI-X, an AI engine that learns from garment lifecycle data to provide styling recommendations and retail analytics; and GALLERY-X, premium tech wear with an "invisible computer" embedded in it.
Yes. +82 Factory is a smart factory with over 40 years of accumulated garment-making expertise, and has produced for major retailers. Beyond manufacturing, orders can be connected to +82 House for logistics and fulfilment and +82 Design for custom printing. To enquire, contact kf@koreanfriends.co.kr or +82-70-4452-5942.
Yes. In 2024 the company signed a 3-year exclusive supply contract with Saudi Arabia worth USD 15 million. Its international presence began with a Japan subsidiary in 2010 and has since expanded through Korean-wave marketing and digital trade.
+82FAI is Korean Friends' AI smart-fashion service. It provides fashion-data-driven services for B2B customers and connects to the +82 Gallery B2B mall.
Email kf@koreanfriends.co.kr or call +82-70-4452-5942. The head office is at 1F, Building B, 468 Seobusaet-gil, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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