Way Back Wednesday: Fashion Flashback

Old school K-pop had a number of elements that made it so darn fun. There was the catchy music, cool dances (which I covered at length here, here, and here), and the bubbly personalities of the groups and their members that everyone loved. But there was also one other very important element that helped K-pop gain legions of fans; the fashion. In all the writing I’ve done on the subject of Korean music, I always try to include fashion where I can because it was an absolutely integral part of the entire K-pop experience. Even those of us in America watching our VHS tapes would take fashion cues from our favorite singers and imitate them because it was probably the one thing that fans could do to outwardly show their allegiance to their favorite singers and groups.

On today’s Way Back Wednesday, we’ll walk down the runway with some of the most memorable fashion statements from K-poppers of the past. I’m no fashionista but even I was able discern some of the best and craziest fashions from back in the day. Don’t worry people; this list isn’t nearly complete and we’ll have round 2 another time.

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H.O.T – Furry Overalls

So why are the fantastic five on yet another list? It’s because they are the originators of the whole idol, cute overalls, jersey numbers, paint under eye, each one has a color, look at my out place sports accessories, trend. It was their performances for “Candy” when they were wrapped up in furry overalls, swim goggles, plush bucket hats and were immensely popular with fans all over the world. That formula would be the blueprint for all the idols and while styles have changed today, you can still see that influence on modern K-pop groups. When they morphed into brooding bad boys with doo rags, eye make-up, and crazy dyed hair, they sparked another trend as nerds like me tried to copy that look too but alas, not all could pull off the look. I have at least four or five bandanas back home from when I tried to copy Moon Hee Jun’s bandana over the ears and eyes look. My head was too big for it to work but, I tried my best.

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