Raon (Donghyeon) Kim is a South Korean fashion designer and artist based in London. Working across menswear, leathercraft and sculptural garment-making, his practice explores the relationship between clothing, bodily absence and intimacy. He is interested in how garments can retain the physical and emotional effects of contact after the body is no longer present. Kim completed an MA in Fashion at the Royal College of Art in 2026, where he developed an interdisciplinary approach combining tailoring, leather craftsmanship and experimental material processes. Leather is central to his practice for its ability to respond to heat, pressure and chemical treatment, allowing the material itself to reveal processes of tension, touch and change. His graduate collection, The Shape Warmth Leaves, considers what remains after intimacy has ended or a relationship has changed form. Through tailored leather garments, heat-shaped surfaces, moulded accessories and silver-leaf patination, the collection gives physical form to absence. Shrinkage and developing patina create surfaces that appear marked by previous contact, suggesting the presence of a body without directly representing it. Situated between fashion and sculpture, Kim’s work challenges the idea of clothing as a fixed or purely functional object. Instead, garments become structures through which private and difficult-to-articulate experiences can be encountered materially. Supported by the Logitech Diversity Scholarship in Art and Design & The Leathersellers’ Bursary.