The Best Of Street Style From Seoul FW23 Shows: Day Three And Four

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The Best Of Street Style From Seoul FW23 Shows: Day Three And Four

By Charmaine Tan
March 20, 2023

Street style photographer Leong Su Shan brings Men’s Folio to Dongdaemun Plaza to lens the best-dressed models, editors, celebrities and attendees of Seoul FW23 shows.

Seoul Fashion Week is not one to lack in surprises, even when surprises are to be expected. From exploring environmentally-conscious materials and designs at M.RoF to architectural silhouettes and structural patterns at Iryuk, or even undertaking a complete re-imagination of past designs at Ajobyajo and an embracing of self-love with the colourful retro athleisure repertoire at Greedilous, there is a page out of every book leafed and fleshed out along the curious canvases of Dongdaemun Plaza. Lie Sang Bong integrated artist Gustav Klimt’s work in his erotically coloured collection, in a partnership with the Belvedere Museum in Austria, while Ordinary People’s travel-themed collection was sporty, classy and even couture, all at once — familiarity was never a lone sentiment found in any of these shows, even in those that spoke with an established language.

A strong sense of innovation still tied all the shows together, but the third and last day of this Seoul FW23 season was a rather intense show of strength in this Asian fashion capital’s equal technical and creative prowess; the contrast of established and young designers continued to make a strong statement about the state of dreams in the South Korean fashion landscape — they would always somehow turn into reality with exacting precision.

The streets outside reflected the same ambition, the garments lit vividly by the warming end-winter sun. Denim seemed to be the most popular material donned, while headphones-as-accessories and collegiate jackets tie in close at second place for number of recurring appearances. There were as many recognisable fashion cult items on display as there were pieces that came from unknown sources — either a unique item made by the outfit-owner’s own hands, or from a brand that is still thriving below the media’s radar — which continues to show the ironically fluid nature of hierarchy in Seoul’s fashion community. But the true highlight for this whole season, as with every fashion week in Seoul, is the nation’s expert grasp of masterful layering — scroll through this collation of street style photographer Leong Su Shan’s best dressers from the second half of Seoul Fashion Week to learn a thing or two about balance in dressing, an untethered execution of sartorial character, and fashioning hope.

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