Comments on: Do You Know “Decora?”

By: Aniitaz

Aniitaz — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:35:58 +0000

*w*
I love her outfit…just 4 a cosplay,,, but not 4 every day =]
I love pinkkkkkkkk~!

By: Gomushin Girl

Gomushin Girl — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:46:01 +0000

This kind of fashion is unusual to see on the streets ~ that’s why we stopped to talk to her! Koreans on the whole are not very likely to pick out unusual or unfamiliar styles as extreme as this unless they belong to a particular subculture. Punk, Decora, Cosplay, . . . all of these have people who like the style and generally wear it when they meet up with other members of the group. Except for some very dedicated punks, most people only dress in mode occassionally. Especially for students and office workers, daily wear is strictly controlled, so joining groups like decora is actually a really fun way for them to get a chance to try out a different style and feel like part of a group while they experiment.
She wasn’t attracting that much attention (althugh as the article notes, she sadly wasn’t in full decora gear), especially with her street coat covering up some of the pinkness. I don’t know what her parents think, but surely it’s a pretty innocent thing for a young girl to be doing, so I don’t imagine it’s that big a deal.

By: Adina

Adina — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:06:10 +0000

ohhhhh myyy goood! Whaaat is thaat? Is everybody runnin with those kinda fashion in the streets of Seoul? In germany this styling would be impossible without being watched as the “clown”.
But on the other hand, this shows a really open site for fashion in Korea. N a big self-confidence of this young lady… Respect for the courage of wearing crazy stuff on the streets.
But one question: How did the others react when they saw this young girl dressed like this? Did anyone look at her surprised, bemazed, deprecatingly, adoringly… n so on..?!
N I also wonder, how her parents might see that…

By: maximus

maximus — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:21:12 +0000

I take the “on-topic” point. I went to other subject.
Now, I wasn’t unpolite. Just expressing my point of view.

By: Gomushin Girl

Gomushin Girl — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:15:33 +0000

C’mon Maximus, play nice.
I know she’s a teen because I was there when the pictures were taken. We asked her age but we did not ask her dating status, ’cause, ya know . . . it’s kind of personal? And not really relevant, to say the least. For all any of us know each and every one of those rings is a couple ring for her punk boyfriend, local gangster, 노무현, and the sweet boy next door in his 교복.
And while I think critical thinking is great, and we should take efforts to analyze and understand culture . . .um, this is a picture of a girl in a fashion sub-culture, and I think any further analysis of Korean masculity would be hard to derive from this post, so let’s keep it polite and on-topic.

By: maximus

maximus — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:06:40 +0000

You are over reacting: I didn’t attack the korean pinky male wave. It’s up to them to use it and attract the ladies that are attracted to it. If it works in Korea, good for them. No judgements, it’s a cultural thing, works in Korea, let them men use pink. They can prove their “masculinity” in other ways, like keeping their wife at home, being the commander, not taking care of the kids, etc. .
My point was that she would not probably a teenager anymore, since to guess the age here is quite difficult. But since you are sure that she is a teen, not in the right mood/timing for a relationship, I totally take my comment back and say: “enjoy your teen years, pinky teen”. No offense to her.

Now, saying that they date by themselves, and don’t need an extra push from the mom-that-knows-somebody-that-would-fit-in-a-good-company-etc., it’s really hard to agree…

But this is a blog about fashion, so she is a good pre-teenager fashion outfit.

By: Gomushin Girl

Gomushin Girl — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:51:52 +0000

First, she’s in her teens, not her twenties . . .
and plenty of Koreans go on dates without chaperones! Means of introduction tend to be different than in the states or other places, but that doesn’t mean that couples can’t or don’t interact on a one-on-one basis! If that were true, every DVD in the country would shut down^^ And yeah, Korean guys wear pink more readily than those in the states . . . so what? Color trends are different here, and we can just happily assume that they’re confident enough in their masculinity to take on a color that (another culture entirely) has deemed “not manly”.

By: maximus

maximus — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:57:59 +0000

I don’t know her age, I assume she may be in her 20’s. And then, there is still people who doesn’t understand why Koreans cannot date by themselves, always need some push from somebody “assembling” couples…well, the guys are kinda pinky as well, so there may always be a match…

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By: Gomushin Girl

Gomushin Girl — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:38:30 +0000

I think the temptation to participate in Decora is one that mostly strikes the young, anyway . . . I don’t think you’ll see any 50year old guys running around like this. But part of the appeal of decora anyway is to be really . . .well, . . .kindof tacky. I mean, the entire look revolves around draping yourself in as many shiny baubles as humanly possible^^

By: DiDi

DiDi — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:25:41 +0000

The only reason she can get away with that look is because her face is cute/youthful. Most people would look extremely tacky. o.o