As for the at-work photos, I think she took them after work — I don’t think she wears the boots to the office, but then again, perhaps she does? But they would seem to get uncomfortable, no? After all, them boots was made for walking and getting people gawking — not so much for sitting at a desk, hehe.

I kind of can see her fitting in at a trendy Chicago club or any young social scene really. But I do find it odd to see the same style of dress at her office job. She does say that it is quite progressive, but it’s still an odd composition (the photo).

And yes, I take beef with push-up bras. I mean, I love them because with them, I appear to have boobs, but dayaaaamn, are they ever uncomfortable at times. I find myself pushing them up, or pulling them down, or covering myself up because my shirt’s too low and my boobs look too big, etc, etc.

“Do I really want to become a “skinny bitch?” Why is it so hard for women to love themselves as they are? People who end up skinny that way do so because of women’s magazines and the mass media. In the end, being healthy is beautiful, right?”

Preach on, girl! Now, if only every girl could be as self-assured as you are.

Loved your post btw! Was a very refreshing read, you’ve great fashion sense, and I’m now thinking of getting a tattoo.

… In a more obscure place probably, because I’m not brave enough to flaunt it like you do. Which makes you all the MORE admirable, in my opinion.

I was going to say the same thing, but I remember that the last time I said something about someone’s body I almost got in a “Booty War”. HAHAHAHA

Anyways~ SENAN씨는 진짜 멋있네요~ SENAN씨의 칼럼을 기대할게요~ <3~~

(fms, keep recruiting these awesome peeps and spread the word <3)

I can’t wait to see more!

comments..

1. dont be a “skinny bitch”..just be a “sexy bitch”
2. can an un-ordinary looking girl be happy with an ordinary looking guy? that opposites attack thing never worked out for me.
3. ” We almost fought because so many people were openly staring at my tattoo. It was hurtful because they were staring at me like an animal at the zoo.”
-well interesting pictures are always more interesting when they are in a beautiful frame.
4. Hot pants can never be too short!!!!

Loving your stripper boots and rings.

Girl if you got it; you better work it. *two snaps*

As for my opinion about “normal” versus “alternative” — in Korea, having visible tattoos, piercings, and wearing risque clothing is much harder than wearing whatever’s in fashion and conforming. Someone like Senan would be stared at constantly, it would be hard to get many jobs, family would be an issue for most people, etc.

There are more “alternative” styles in Korea these days, but non of them strike me as having mainstreamed enough to be easy, like being “punk” in London or hardcore “gangsta” hip hop in NYC with one’s pants pulled down — both have mainstreamed enough to not even be called “weird,” yet they once were.

I think that even to hardcore mimick a style popular in music videos here would draw great social attention and cause social friction, so someone actually defining a style unique unto oneself would be even harder.

I once saw a woman with a nose and lip ring with orange hair with her boyfriend in my local neighborhood kimpap place. I was surprised to see such a flamboyant couple in my little ‘hood, which I thought was cool. None of the other customers did, and after the cool couple left, they all snickered, guffawed, and talked smack about them the moment they walked out the door. It was pretty mean. Imagine dealing with that everywhere you go, all day long. I don’t know if I’d call that an “easier” way to live.

I look at Korean fashion as this: The outer influences: the fast-forward nature of Korean society and it’s shallow, ephemeral, buzzword-based fashion trends that come about after a game of telephone, where longevity has no place, which Koreans seem to have engrained into them before they leave high school and start dressing themselves…. Then the inner, personal input side; the fact that Korean society has so many taboos that preclude the general population from having the kind of subcultural leanings that we from the west tend to have, a Confucian society where ‘dabbling’ is frowned upon, etc… combine the two, and I find the effect is that Korean kids sometimes look halfway in, as if they’re afraid or even embarrassed to fully commit any deep personal thought or swagger to their baseline trendoid aesthetic, because they simply fear the clock will run out on a popular trend or something.

But this – needless to say, this girl has a self-concept and personal style that is STRONG. Without the Korean social context, where here in the west, tattoos have become workaday things that many people get, you lose the impact of how great this is. Factor in the local context and it becomes something huge – the tattoos as a personal statement address various things at once – they fly in the face of outdated societal conventions, they create this cool distance between the individual and the rest of the herd, the general populace who fear permanence for no particular reason. As ‘accessories,’ they definitely mesh with her dress philosophy. Someone who takes their style to a different level. Just great.

I am looking forward to more from this poster.