We can never deny the fact that our world currently revolves around Korean entertainment industry for its peak entertainment and visuals that are overflowing with such mind-boggling results, almost getting your jaw dropped.
THE RISE OF K-POP
K-Pop is the newest category to join the list in every corner of the fashion world. But what is K-Pop, and why do we hear about it more often than ever?
K-Pop or Korean Pop is a popular genre of music that originated in the depths of South Korea’s music industry. Is Suga or Jin from BTS your new fashion inspo?
With its roots firmly fixed in the 1990s, this genre of music showcases a stunning medley of music genres from across the world. Be it rock, gospel, jazz, R&B, hip hop, reggae, folk, electronic, country, classical or experimental, every style is beautifully blended in with the roots of traditional Korean music.
Pop Culture continues to evolve and the outside influences including K-pop is one of the sole reasons it continues to rise.
THE K-POP FASHION
K-Pop gave birth to Korean fashion, a trend that is conquering the fashion industry globally. A striking combination of bold colors, statement prints, and OTT silhouettes, Korean outfits bring together all the fashion world’s latest trends, albeit with a twist. Young fans of the K-Pop music genre worship their idols and the bands with undeterred passion, instantly influencing their personal style trends and looks.
Every K-Pop star and band embraced unique personal styles to set them apart from their competitors and as a medium of expression. Korean fashion brought the idea of aesthetic precision, continuously showcasing new looks that reinvented classics in the most K-Pop way ever. Fun isn’t it?
These K-Pop-inspired Korean outfits defined an era of escapism and experimentation, dabbling in sportswear and streetwear – with color-blocked clothes, baggy silhouettes, puffed-up vests, anoraks, and leather. It merged goth concepts with futuristic styling vision, breathing life into a world of metallic and galactic engineering.
The Korean fashion also found an audience with the most prominent luxury fashion brands of all time.
Like Givenchy, Balmain and Moschino quickly climbed onto this bandwagon and created high-fashion looks inspired by the essence of rebellion and independence that K-Pop usually promotes. Retailers like Adidas created merchandise influenced by the personal wardrobes of famous K-Pop stars to cater to the vastly growing market of K-Pop worshipers.
So, if anyone of you who sees their K-idols wearing a particular garment or piece of cloth that can be easily replicated into local, people grab them. People adopt them, it’s just so visually good and trendy.
With K-idols continuing to dress to express, people who patronize will be forever drawn to the idea of their fashion expression anywhere they go.
