“The Hallyu wave storming the word” as said by BBC, with the ever growing popularity of K-Pop, K-Dramas and their collection of stunning idols and actors. With the coming storm, the fashion trends of korean youths are also fascinating adolescences and fashionistas around the world. Thru their mishmash of clothing, youth try to style their own unique and individual identity through clothes and fashion. With a widely eclectic fashion, the one thing for sure to describe korean fashion, is it's pushing the boundaries.
Breaking down the variety of style, we bring to you the top three trends that are going to make it big in 2020.
OVERSIZED TOPS:
And yes, whilst oversized clothing have been in for a long time now, South Koreans have mastered the way to correctly proportion oversized clothing, or more specifically oversized tops.
The best way to style the oversized look is pairing an oversized top with tight bottoms or statement shoes. A french tuck can also go a long way in making the outfit look effortless and stylish.
This trend is often seen on idols, from their comfy airport fashion to their amazing stage outfits. Idols such as Blackpink’s Rosé can often be spotted wearing oversized jumpers tucked into leggings, and BTS’s Suga and Ateez’s Yunho + Mingi can often be sporting oversized knits and shirts tucked into jeans.
ACCESSORISE:
If there’s one things korean’s know how to do, and that accessorising. More is better, and the more out there and clever the accessory is the better. Whether you’re accessories with many belts, harnesses, or stacks of delicate jewellery, accessories can add so much to a look, and create a new level of individuality.
Whether they are female or male, this doesn’t stop kpop stylist from adding copious amounts of jewellery into their look, for example, GOT7’s Jinyoung in
their comeback Not By The Moon, who wore many rigs, earrings, bracelets, and even had wore chain accessories over his shirt, as seen to the left, or totally random things such as Mamamoo’s Hwasa in recent comeback Hip, supporting knee pads, a chain belt and a fanny pack.
MIX AND MATCH:
The best way to pull of this look, is to ignore everything you know about fashion, and go with your mood. Mixing patterns and plaids, colours and fabrics, you cannot go wrong with this trend. Youth in Korea have an effortless way of throwing everything together and making it look fabulous.
Idols like Big Bang’s G-Dragon and Seventeen’s Vernon, can often be seen in some very questionable looks, yet somehow pulling them off effortlessly.
Wearing items like tie dye jumpers, black blazer, a striped beanie and red sunnies, or blue suits, black mesh tops, pink socks, black sneakers and a pale pink turtle neck, there’s always something interesting to look at when these guys are in the picture.
Which of these trends will you be giving a shot this winter??
