Devil in the Details

Yes, as they say, “the Devil is in the details.”

I noticed this pair of pretty young college students strolling down the road in Hyehwa and decided to snap a few. Now, when you see a woman in a short skirt, you don’t always catch the details that make you want to look. Sometimes, a woman in a short skirt is just…a woman in a short skirt. Nothing special.

But you really haveta look. Girls who make you turn your head often have the nice shape and what length of leg to make your imagination start going, but honestly, many Korean girls aren’t really “shapely” in the sense of other women in the world. Think the country of Brazil, the boodie of Beyoncé, “crunk in the trunk.” Korean women generally have fairly unremarkable legs.

So why does it seem like girls are shaking and showing it in a way that never tends to cross my mind in the States? I see a nice view or two walking down the street in the US, but in Korea, there’s always something to look at. It’s in the details, man, and the details are what separates a UCSD SoCal girl wearing short shorts and thong beach sandals for coolness and comfort from a K-girl in Apkujung wearing strappy 3-inch heels and a miniskirt of the same length. Combine that with the other sexy accessorizing that Korean girls do, and you suddenly got a sexy package. Yes, Korean girls are generally pretty plain and I’ve heard it said that “Korean girls look better with their clothes on” – but that’s the whole point, isn’t it? Because Korean girls don’t come in all the same shapes and sizes that multiculti American girls do, and generally range from a size 0 to 4 or so, generally are between a narrower height range, and also generally wear a 6 or 7, you get a common, clearer palette to work with. Yes, standing in the buff, many Korean girls are pretty unremarkable (although I didn’t say undesirable!); but you add in makeup, heels, short skirt, straight “Magic” movie star perm, sparkly handbag, and a slightly skanky top with rhinestones and the cool sunglasses – as everyday wear for many young girls, not “clubwear” that many American girls only change into specifically to go on a night out – you got something to look at, something that catches the eye. And yep – the high-heeled foot is one of those things. On this particular girl, if you think about it, it’s her shoe that brings her into the zone of something sexy worth looking at; were she wearing a pair of flip-flop thong sandals, I wouldn’t have been taking these pictures. You can see in the two close detail shots to the right and left – merely close blowups of parts of the picture above – that her clean, cute feet and well-chose white shoes combine to accentuate what is a pretty unspectacular leg, besides the obvious fact that she has good skin.