Clothing In Korea

One thing that I have noticed about Korea is the lack of up to date styles. I think that the Korea style is stuck in the '70s and '80s. There is a distinct style here for wearing clothing. First, let's start with the hair styles. Most Korean girls and women have bangs and sometimes they wear their heir in a sideways pony tail.

Next is the tops. Most tops that I find Koreans wearing are decorated with some sequins or are very frilly. They also have what I call a half shirt. It's a shirt that is cut so that you only have the top half of the shirt. They wear them as a kind of cover over their shirt that they are wearing. The other thing about aobut tops is that they sometimes are quite bright and florecent at times.

After tops comes bottoms. Pants, especially jeans, are always in style as there is such a variety of them here and in Canada. Skirts, tend to be jean and short. I don't think that I have found a jean skirt that is knee length.

Last is shoes. Now this is an interesting one because women will buy their heeled sandels and then they don't wear the heel strap on their heel. Instead of wearing it they just have it done up and they walk on it all day. How uncomforatble that is. Then there is the style of people wearing sports sandels and socks in summer. It's not as if it's cold out but people will still wear their sandels and socks. Last there is the style of wearing running shoes and no socks. How smelly, especially on days when it's really hot here! Another thing about shoes in Korea is the fact that they are made so narrow that you can't fit your foot into the shoe unless you buy it 2 sizes bigger and then your feet look so long. It is very strange that the shoe manufacturers would make the shoes so narrow that most Koreans can't wear them without buying bigger sizes.

Oh, let me not forget to mention that most Koreans won't just wear any clothing. Most Koreans you find are wearing designer clothing, pretty expensive stuff. I don't know how the teenagers do it when they don't have the money for this. I guess it helps that every Korean child has to wear a uniform to class. Right from the start, Korean children wear a uniform and it's not until university or college that they don't have to wear it any more.

One last comment before I end my talk on clothing is the fact that there are a lot of brave guys here in Korea. I mean this to say that I find a lot more men and boys wearing pink shirts. Not only do they get pink shirts I find that some of the style is to buy a plunging V neckline. I find this very strange.