fashion is fetish is fabulous is fun is fantastic!
동물모자! 아직 인기는 식지 않았다. 사람들 머리 위의 앉은 동물에 관한 동서양의 문화차이점에 대해 이야기해보자. 미국, 고급 디자인 스타일의 동물모자다.
The trend continues. Let’s talk about the cultural differences between animals on one’s head in the East and West. An American, haute couture-style animal hat:

[From icanhascheezburger.com]
그리고 한국 건:
And a Korean one:
분명히, 한국 것이 훨씬 더 쓸만하다. 우리의 꾸준한 독자들은 검은 고양이와 이나영 파리바게트 광고(크리스마스 케익을 사면 웃기면서 귀여운 곰모자를 준다는) 게시물들이 작년에 올려진 오래된 것이란 것을 알았을 것이다.
Clearly, the Korean version is much more ready-to-wear. Our longtime readers will recognize these posts are old ones from last year, with the black cat and the post about the craze started by Lee Na Young’s commercial for Paris Baguette, which gave out these ludicrously cute bear hats with a purchase of a Christmas cake.
이 악명 높은 “곰모자 폭동” 과 그로 인해 발생된 일반적 사회 불안감은 폭동 경찰이나 서울 반테러단체들에 의해서도 중단되지 못했다.
알았다. 마지막 부분은 거짓말이다. 하지만 좀 그렇면이 있지 않은가. 파리바게트 곰모자 사기꾼들에 의해 동물모자 열풍이 생겨났다. 정말 어딜가나 있었다.
The infamous “Bear Hat Riots” and other general social unrest that resulted was barely put down by the riot police and special anti-terrorism units in Seoul.
OK. The last part was kind of a lie. But only kind of. Many ripoffs of the Paris Baguette bear hat resulted, and animal hat-craziness was born. And it was everywhere.
두꺼운 털모자들의 대한 욕구와 귀엽고 폭신한 것들을 입는 것이 일반적으로 허용되는한 동물모자 열풍은 지속될 것이다. 특히 진짜 추운 날은 동물모자들이 허용되어진다. – 왜냐하면 졸라 따뜻하기 때문이다. 동물모자 광풍이 특이한 한국 논리에 따라 한국에서 계속 정상적인 것으로 여겨지기를 기대한다. 영원히 식지 않는 커플티열정처럼.
Mixed with the continued desire for thick knits and the general acceptance of wearing really cute, fuzzy things, the animal hat trend will remain, especially on super-cold days when they can be partially rationalized — because they’re pretty darn warm. Expect the animal hat madness to continue as a normal thing in Korea, sort of like couple t-shirts, which is another thing that will simply never die, and exists according to its own, uniquely Korean logic.
—오리지널 Text by FMS
한국어 번역 by Jiyeon
7 Responses for "Korean Street Fashion: Animal Hats Still Going Strong"
I like the polar bear hat from last year. This year was disappointing though, because Paris Baguette is giving elf hats with a cake purchase this year, and they aren’t cute like the polar bear ones. I just saw polar bear hats for sale in Edae though.
I like these hats. They’re adorable. If I was in korea right now, I’d probably be wearing one.
I’d have to be 7 to wear the hat and mittens and not feel so insecure hehe…
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Actually, a friend of mine pointed out to me that there is at least a 400 year old tradition of putting animal hats on children near the new year, in Asia. Apparently it has something to do with fooling demons into thinking the kids are scary animals so that they will be left alone. I have some photos of 100 year old examples up over on my blog, here: http://www.driftingfocus.com/blogs/?p=311
OMG.. i have the urge to buy this on a korean online shopping mall the other time… but it is just too hot to wear it in singapore…
kkkkkkkkkk 웃음!!! “왜냐하면 졸라 따뜻하기 때문이다”
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
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