Limited clothing dimensions in Korea present an obstacle for foreign customers—irregular labels and a narrower scope fail to accommodate different physiques.  American retailers use both lettered...

Clothing once carried unspoken rules about societal roles, especially throughout much of the 20th century. But with the recent rise of unisex fashion, the public has begun to break free from stereotypes. Traditional...

In downtown Daegu, where global retail chains tower in clusters and paper bags overflow in consumers’ hands, people express their individual charm through fashion. But Gen Z and Gen Alpha, influenced...

Readers of the August edition of Vogue magazine noticed something uncanny that stirred unease—the cover featured a digitally created model. Any trace of personality vanished as the newest faces of fashion...

Are you wearing the trend, or is the trend wearing you? While trends strip fashion of originality, small additions to basic items can represent our unique charm. Y2K, a style popular during the late...

Stroll around Dongseongro on any given day. Try to play a game of “Fashion Spot the Differences.” Impossible, right? Everyone dresses the same—clones of one another, indistinguishable in the...

In episode 1, Sophie and Bonnie dive into fashion critiques on the currently-trending aesthetics. Old money aesthetic – the timeless fashion of the elite. Sophie adored it, embracing it as her signature...

DIS hosted the Middle/High School Spring Fine Arts Festival to commemorate the end of the year. For this event, students in art and music classes prepared performances and displayed the projects that they perfected during second semester. Mr. Hutchings and Mr. Gum organized the event together, each in charge of the music and art departments respectively.

“A change-seeking robot,” “The world’s first digital supermodel,” and, “Digital character, activist, and vegan.” These are descriptions used to elaborate on the opinionated, style-savvy avatars who are now curating our news feed. 

An ambiguous fashion trend, the Gorpcore aesthetic, often leaves style aficionados confused on a starting point. “What’s good as an introduction to Arcteryx?” is currently the most reposted, hot-topic question on various online fashion communities. Becoming a mainstream trend usually takes time, but with the changing lifestyle that came with COVID-19, the trend of “gorpcore” is spreading like wildfire. 

Standing in line for a Chanel bag in an air-conditioned mall has become a way to beat the heat, instead of traveling overseas for some relaxation and summer fun. Running has increased as part of daily life for many Koreans, but not exactly for fitness reasons. A herd of people lead you to the place where you would least expect to see a large group of sprinters: a department store.  It’s common to see long lines in front of luxury brand boutiques like Chanel, Hermes, and Rolex. Given long wait times, queuing up in line can even be considered a lucrative side hustle (in Korea, at least). Part-time line-holders receive 100,000 won per session and up to a 300,000 won finder’s fee if they manage to buy the item the client wants.  South Korean consumers lined up in front of major department stores in Seoul before opening hours. The customers rushed to buy Chanel bags in the run-up to notable price hikes, in what local media outlets called an “open-run” phenomenon. 

 Trends nowadays with padded jackets show many items that change the structural or minor details of the jackets themselves, while the brand's identity or graphics remain in the intuitive visual part. It can then be inferred that the next padded jackets to be introduced to the general public will include colorful details: a pattern on the fabric itself used on the front board, a specific shape quilted in, or changes in the print or material of the jacket itself. These looks might feel less casual, but the designer touches add a certain mood to the clothing easily, while also making them the next items to be hyped up in the fashion world.