January 23rd, 2009korean couples and their matching outfits
Because for two days I’m back indulging in one of my fave past time, that is watching Korean drama, I remember what I’ve noticed during our 7 hour stop-over in Seoul airport last November.
It was quite a long stop and to kill time, I was people-watching, while of course cautiously watching and following little C wherever she went. I met many Korean couples who were wearing matching clothes - tops, pants, shoes (whatever they could think of matching!).
There were those that wear exactly the same shirt print and color. Some wear matching styles or the same design but of different colors. I also saw a couple wearing the same pair of rubber shoes. It was really cute to look at. Too bad my camera wasn’t with me; I could have stolen some shots for you all to see. Nonetheless I got lucky when I googled “Korean matching attire” and found some pictures with couples wearing matching clothes.
You can tell they’re really in love. =)
Anybody who knows how this lovers’ fashion trend started and became popular in Korea?
Thanks to the sites where I took the pics from:
static.newworldencyclopedia.org
nmazca.com/yeoju/
www.chrisandjill.ca/blogs/
January 23rd, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Me and my boyfriend (long back) does that too. we may not wear the same design but of same color. And if not at least our clothes match. Like before going to churhc, we plan our clothes the night before and we agree on what to wear.
January 23rd, 2009 at 5:40 pm
aw that really is sweet! they look so cute! It reminds me of when posh and becks use to do this!
January 24th, 2009 at 5:10 am
Me and my wife have one too
It just kinda cute when couples are spotted wearing the same outfits on the streets.
January 25th, 2009 at 4:13 am
There are stores that sell clothes specifically for this, and if I remember right, you can’t buy one piece without the other (a friend tried to buy just the girl’s shirt and they wouldn’t let her). I’ve also seen cute themed clothes with images that link together…the one I remember had a happy girl on the telephone on the female shirt, and a boy on the telephone on her lover’s shirt. When they stood side by side, the phone cords seemed to connect. Adorable!
I moved to Korea in Jan 2008 and it was pretty popular then, so it’s been around for at least a year.
January 26th, 2009 at 8:24 am
awww…how cute. =)
January 26th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
While the pictures are adorable, if I were even to suggest that to my husband he would look at me like I was crazy, though he may if we were going to a concert or something and it was a band t-shirt.
Thats pretty interesting that it seems to be a popular thing in Korea.
February 18th, 2009 at 2:17 am
i am a white boy. And i plan on doing this with my korean girlfriend! I think that is so cute! I think that in america it will be alot different than if we did this in korea. I think that in america they will think we r a couple of high school students going to the sadies dance or something lol. Well. I am still gonna do it. I love it!
March 20th, 2009 at 6:01 am
I was in Korea from 2003-2006 and there were many matching couples then and from my conversations with my Korean friends the trend seems to well pre-date 2003.
April 5th, 2009 at 8:55 am
im korean and i watch korean tv and been to korea a couple times. i dont really know how it started but theyre referred to as couple-tees. as someone mentioned, they often have special things that make them connect. such as continuous images or even cords. they also have couple rings which i think they have in america too. you or your partner buys matching rings that you both wear. its sort of an extension of the broken heart necklaces that fit together.
April 6th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
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May 30th, 2009 at 2:37 am
I an American who has been living in Korea for almost three years and I have seen hundreds of these matching outfits. The Koreans call them “couple sets” (”couple set-uh”.) There are “He’s my Romeo, She’s my Juliet”, boy and girl Lego people, and my favorite: “She loves the cock” and “He loves the Cock”- complete with the I’m-with-stupid arrow. I believe “Cock” is a brand name here and Koreans are generally oblivious to the bi-curious message they are sharing with non-Korean English speakers.