Mainstream Love

In a country where you'd most probably think people would have more apprehensions in such public displays of affection given such purist history and conservative values, you’d then smile and give credit to how Koreans can be their creative selves in mainstreaming this so called couple love. Oooh yeah, baby!



The Couple Shirts.

Korean couples really know how to be K-POPish with these matching tops that sometimes not only match the colors, but the prints themselves. Just when everybody else in the world strives to be as unique and original as possible in their wardrobe, Koreans tell us that there is great fashion dug in looking alike. The concept will initially strike you as cute, since they are primarily put on couples, whom you would realize are simply trying to profess their love to their partners. It even looks more fun, especially when you’re in an allowable place like a theme park, which is always a good venue for couples to have dates or such.

I actually spent a Sunday with friends in Everland, a popular theme park in South Korea, and boy, I’d like to think that there were more couples than kids in that place. Couples in couple shirts, at that. Five more seconds of looking at them though, enough to notice how the purses and shoes even match-- I suddenly had to ask, “What are they really trying to get at?”. Nah, I'd like to think that was plainly brought by the fact that there is no way I could sport such look anytime soon. Haha.


I asked my housemate what she thinks of Korean couples sporting matching outfits, and she said that it really is a common thing, especially among younger couples in colleges and universities. She's sported matching colors with her husband before, but has never really gone beyond matching shoes nor socks. For her, they plainly give the impression that they are the fashionable breed of couple. And quoting my housemate on this, “It’s like, they just want to show that they are one as a couple.”

Well one thing sure, Koreans, in general, strike me as dangerously bold and appealing when it comes to fashion, really. And that Koreans are the most “mainstream-ed” people as of the moment. Mix mainstream and fashion with love, and you’ll definitely get that mainstream kind of couple love. ;-)