Along with language, religion and cultural patterns such as dance, food, housing and aesthetics, apparel plays a vital role in the preservation and expression of cultural identity. Korea is a wonderful place and the fashion of the people out here are worthy enough to be spoken about. Korea is indeed a place where men as women are allowed to express themselves in attire they personally prefer and feel comfortable being in.

Living in Korea for some period of time people normally get influenced by that kind of style out here .Koreas do have a style of their own. Even within Korea the fashion keeps varying. The fashion in Seoul completely differs from that of Busan. In Busan people tend to be more dowdy. Korean guys prefer t-shirts a lot and that too stripped ones and the ones with lots of characters make them feel happy and comfortable in.

To an outsider Korean fashion is something that he or she would love talking about and admiring. Korean peoples clothing’s are completely rocking they loved wearing long and loose sweaters and tying a belt around it to make it look like a dress coupled with loud colors and tight pants. Talking about women’s fashion (both aesthetically and at a more visceral level) is that women really rock in short skirts and high heels here. With regard to fashion among guys Men’s style here is not all bad though. They’re headed in the right direction. They certainly know how to rock business suits and look amazing. They love wearing Jeans with some t shirts. And it’s not like the expats know how to dress either. We all look kinda scruffy and unpolished next to our Korean counterparts. More than once I’ve felt extremely butch standing next to my pretty petite Korean friends.

North Korean women are forced more towards the traditional side. Whenever we see clips of North Korea the women are always in traditional Korean dresses, where as the men are not, the men love wearing western suits instead of their own traditional Korean apparel. It is infact a wonder as to when men could wear western things, why couldn’t women not. Perhaps it’s a way to keep women in the traditional sphere of the domesitc home even as they work. In General Koreans love to dress and impress.

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