Lee Hye-young is as busy as a bee in spring.
Apart from her primary job as an actress, she attends business meetings, settles accounts and appears on home-shopping television channels to promote fashion products.
Lee, 37, launched her own fashion brand, Missing Dorothy, in 2004 because of her interest in fashion.
The line reached 40 billion won ($42.3 million) in sales last year.
Lee is just one of many celebrities who have a side job.
Numberous well-known actors have their own fashion labels, including Uhm Jung-hwa "Zuhm in New York", Hwang Sin-hye "Elypry", Byeon Jeong-soo "Ella Hoya Secret", Hyeon Yeong "Vivacella", So Yoo-jin "Silver Apple" and Chae Yeon "Cycloset".
"Professionally, entertainers have lots of contact with the fashion industry", said Baek Eun-sook, a public relations official of Missing Dorothy.
Lee first launched a clothing line in 2004 and it quickly became popular.
She launched a lingerie brand with the same name in 2007.
That year, Missing Dorothy...|
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