"I left Seoul to do less, not more. One chair, one client at a time."
— Edward Kim
Edward Kim
@thegangnam_salon
Born in Gangnam, Seoul. Trained at Tony & Guy in both London and Korea.
Moved to Singapore in 2006. From 2010 to 2021, Head of Hair and Korean Ambassador at DuSol Beauty × SIDUS HQ — the first Korean salon chain franchise in Singapore, partnered with one of Korea's biggest entertainment agencies.
In 2021, closed the Raffles City chair and opened one in his own HDB flat in Telok Blangah. CNA Insider profiled the move in July 2025.
A quiet way to do hair in a loud city.
Twenty years, in five lines
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2006Seoul → Singapore.For the cleanliness, and the English.
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2010DuSol × SIDUS HQ.Korean Ambassador · Raffles City.
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2014Yahoo · Sheena Phua · Women's Weekly.Press cycle on Korean hair in SG.
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2021The Gangnam Salon.One chair · 80A Telok Blangah St 31.
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2025CNA Insider feature.On The Red Dot · Hustle In My HDB.
