There’s a new pandemic going around and it’s called K-Drama Fever. Korean Soap Operas, if you will, filled with rich guy loves poor girl cliches that admittedly somehow never get old. Many victims have been reported to hole themselves up at home, risking dark eye bags the next day, just to stay up to watch the next episode of their favorite drama. Investigating into the nature of K-Drama fever, it seems that no nationality, no ethnicity, and no country is immune. There are forums and fans from all around the world, speaking all types of languages, and virtually every ethnicity and age you can think of.
As I immersed myself into this world, what struck me as most remarkable in these dramas, aside from somehow being manipulated to cry and laugh at the same time, was their impeccable sense of men’s styling. It was unexpectedly fresh, transcended the boundaries of just suit and tie, and brought a sense of creativity traditionally only left for women’s fashion. In a fashion show’esque manner, the men parade around in their flawless complexions (thanks to men’s makeup) and constant changes of outfits, sometimes two or three times within the same scene. Think men’s fashion is boring? Think again. The Korean fashion scene may just well be the next frontier.
