All About Spring K-Fashion
K-Fashion has undergone various changes over the years mostly because of the pandemic. One of the most significant and dominant trends visible is the “effortless look”. It reflects the exhausted feelings of the people who are tired of wearing masks in their everyday lives. Numerous 20s to 30s women in Korea have a role model for fashion--a renowned singer named Kang Min Kyung--who is known for successfully showcasing the effortless look. Today, as a means to introduce you to K-fashion, I would like to talk about the current spring fashion trends in Korea.
Dress
Starting with colors, most of the tones that are seen are bright and pastel colors. Celebrities and influencers are frequently spotted in dresses, denim pants, blazer jackets, and sneakers.
Then we have dresses, where as an example, singer Kang Min Kyung of Davichi wore a floral dress, which is considered to be one of the basic items during the spring season. One side note is that this kind of dress is called “one-piece” in Korea. As spring is the season where flowers bloom, floral patterns are mostly seen on the streets. Before the pandemic and the effortless look trend, most people just simply matched heels with the floral dress. These days, people are mix-and-matching with simple sneakers. They prefer comfort and consider the effortless look as the new chic.
Similar to the floral dress, Min Kyung also wore a plain beige linen dress. The linen fabric has an excellent moisture absorbency and gives ease of comfort when worn. Due to this characteristic, it is widely used in the spring / summer season. To create a more casual mood, Min Kyung matched sandals with the dress. As the dress itself could be too simple, some people style their look with simple cross-body bags as well.
Moving on to denim, the spring breeze is instantly felt, just from looking at this photo. The biggest factor comes from the color itself: the color blue gives us a refreshing vibe. Min Kyung here wore a blue oxford shirt along with the light-blue denim pants and also a navy cardigan as a point for the whole look. This is an example of the tone-on-tone look, where blue is the main tint. Similar to the first look, Min Kyung wore sneakers, suggesting a more casual feeling.
Blazers
Next is the blazer jacket. Blazer jackets are also seen frequently in the streets of Korea regardless of gender. Many can think that the blazer jacket is only worn on occasions that are important or non-casual, but what you match with the jacket makes it casual or not. Usually, as it’s the spring season where temperature varies depending on the time of the day, people tend to wear t-shirts or tank tops inside and match them with blazer jackets. For a more casual look, people match light denim pants or semi-wide slacks with comfortable sneakers. Like it’s mentioned above, bright and pastel tones are picked by South Korean women as it can be seen from the photo by @m_mmmj22 here as well.
Grey Sweatpants/Joggers
Lastly, for a more street look, unlike the photos above, these grey sweatpants are a big hit in South Korea, regardless of gender. Even though it’s the spring or fall season, people tend to match bright or dark grey sweatpants with streetwear tops like cropped cardigan or cropped tops. To go along with the effortless look, people match sneakers and a simple hand or sling bag. In the photo below, @o_mopo25 matched a pastel-mint cardigan with grey sweatpants and completed the look with vivid color sneakers. This look is adopted by many streetwear lovers in Korea, and who enjoys taking extra steps to seem more fashionable.
Today, we’ve reviewed various looks that South Korean women like to wear during the spring season. Like explained, many look for clothes that could appear fashionable, yet comfortable, resulting in the effortless look. For this spring, how about adopting the K-fashion trend, and make a look that makes you fashionable, yet comfortable?
