The lingering nature of the 1998 incident continues to affect her life, leading to proactive legal and social stances:
Oh Hyun is not a fashion designer in the traditional sense; he is a sociologist of cloth. A man in his late 40s with calloused hands and eyes that seem to remember the shape of every garment he has ever touched. He does not appear in magazines. He does not bow to trends. He is a ghost in his own gallery, observing the visitors who come seeking something they cannot name.
South Korea’s fashion scene is bifurcated: there is K-Pop maximalism (bright colors, logos, synth-wave patterns) and then there is the . Oh Hyun represents the latter. He has dressed actors like Lee Dong-wook and Gong Yoo for press tours, and his pieces appear in K-Dramas where characters are wealthy, introverted architects or gallery owners.