[5][6] Kim designed costumes for the American Ballet Theatre as well as other dance companies, including more than 50 works for Eliot Feld.
Furthermore, in 2007 Kim was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame, making her one of only a handful of costume designers so honored.
In 2003 Kim received the 'Patricia Zipprodt Award for Innovative Costume Design' from the Fashion Institute of Technology.
[8] In 2005 she received the Distinguished Achievement Award for Costume Design from the United States Institute for Theatre Technology.
[1] In 1955, Kim married children's book illustrator and Paris Review co-founder William Pene du Bois.