The Incheon Tourism Association hosted the third annual Incheon Korean Music Wave concert at the World Cup Stadium on August 13, 2011. The Incheon Korean Music Wave concert included performances from the hottest K-pop artists in the industry.

The artists that performed at Incheon Korean Music Wave concert 2011 included Super Junior, 2PM, Girls’ Generation, F.T. Island, INFINITE, TEEN TOP, ZE:A, 2NE1, BEAST, KARA, SHINee, 2AM, f(x) miss A, T-ara, MBLAQ, CN Blue, SG Wannabe, Secret, 4minute, SISTAR, and more.

Prior the actual concert, there was also a red carpet event where the various girl groups and boy bands strutted down. Though most of the artistes were decked in performances, check out some of the gorgeous outfits they were spotted in :

Who would vote as the best-dressed? Comment below!

The Incheon Music Wave concert 2011 will air on MBC at a later date.

SHINee, F.T. Island, Big Bang and Dalmatian were all spotted in HumanPotential (also known as HUPOT) tees at various events. The colorful prints on these HumanPotential tees sure make their whole outfit pop. While SHINee’s Onew, Jonghyun and Taemin, and F.T. Island’s Jaejin chose to match the tees with an outerwear, Big Bang’s Taeyang and Dalmatian chose to wear those tees on its own, accessorizing other parts of their outfit instead.

Who do you think rocked their HumanPotential tee best? Vote below!

Taemin is wearing the True Freedom Tank Top in White which retails for ￦35,000 on HUPOT online store.

Onew is spotted in the Bitter Sweet Tee in White which retails for ￦33,600 on HUPOT online store.

F.T. Island’s Jaejin is seen in the Soul Tee in White which retails for ￦33,600 on HUPOT online store.

Big Bang’s Taeyang tweeted a picture of himself in the Soldier Tank Top in Black which retails for ￦35,000 on HUPOT online store.

Dalmatian’s Inati is seen wearing the 2STARS Leather Jacket which retails for ￦784,000 on HUPOT online store.

]]> http://kokokoreano.com/2011/07/15/shinee-f-t-island-big-bang-dalmatian-dresses-up-humanpotential-tees/feed/ 0 http://kokokoreano.com/2011/05/31/the-glitz-and-glamor-of-dream-concert-2011-red-carpet/ http://kokokoreano.com/2011/05/31/the-glitz-and-glamor-of-dream-concert-2011-red-carpet/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 14:14:22 +0000 Lynette Phua http://kokokoreano.com/?p=5099

The glitz and glamor of Dream Concert 2011 red carpet took place on 28 May, 2011, at the Seoul World Cup Stadium, just before the concert itself. While most of the ladies and guys showed up in monochromatic outfits or stage outfits (which were rather disappointing), IU and Goo Hara strutted down the red carpet in mini cocktail designer dresses which were absolutely adorable.

The stars who walked the red carpet for Dream Concert 2011 include the MCs Song Joong Ki, Super Junior’s Kim Hee Chul and KARA’s Goo Hara, 2PM, After SChool, 5Dolls, Miss A, K.Will, TVXQ, Rainbow, BEAST, FT Island, f(x), SHINee, Secret, SISTAR, IU, U-Kiss, Eru, G.Na, KARA, T-ara, 4Minute, After School and Jewelry.

Check out Who Wore What below :

Jewelry members, Eunjung, Baby J, Yewon and Semi, were seen in mini dresses and lots of leather and studded details. Their platform sandals were the ones that stole the limelight- Suecomma Bonnie‘s Studded Platform Sandals and what seem like Christian Louboutin‘s Balota 120 glitter-finish multi-strap sandals (available on Net-a-Porter for USD$1095).

KARA’s Goo Hara, one of the MCs of Dream Concert 2011, was seen in Valentino‘s Embellished silk strapless dress, with an exquisitely embroidered lace and bead-embellished bodice and organza rosettes through the skirt (available on Net-a-Porter for USD$11,000).

IU wore 3.1 Phillip Lim‘s Silk-blend organza and lace dress for the red carpet. Delicately contrasting black lace and nude silk-blend organza give 3.1 Phillip Lim’s dress an elegant contemporary spin (available on Net-a-Porter for USD$895)

T-ara, 4Minute, Sistar and Miss A were all seen in monochromatic mini dresses or black pants outfits with platform heels.

G.Na (Gina Choi) was seen in Gucci‘s black stretch cutout detailed jeweled dress with black platform peep-toes heels (available on Bluefly for USD$2319). With simple accessorizing and gorgeous curled hair, I’m absolutely loving this look on her!

After School, Secret, KARA, Rainbow and 5Dolls were seen in their stage oufits for the red carpet.

BEAST, U-Kiss, TVXQ, and Eru chose black smart suits for the red carpet, while SHINee, F.T. Island and K. Will added some colors and designs to their black smart casual outfits. 2PM, on the other hand, were seen with military-inspired trench coats and boots.

So, who wore it best for Dream Concert 2011 red carpet? Know what designer your favorite star or group is wearing? Let us know in the comments below!

TVXQ, SNSD/Girls’ Generation, Wonder Girls, 2PM, Secret, Brown Eyed Girls, Miss A, BEAST, CN Blue, F.T. Island, 4Minute, T-ara, MBLAQ, After School have performed on 12 March 2011 at National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand for MBC’s 50th Anniversary Korean Music Wave Concert, and they are back in Incheon Airport on 13 March.

Check out the compiled post of their airport fashion from Seoul to Bangkok here. And their airport fashion from Bangkok to Seoul below :

First up, Miss A and 2AM

CN Blue and F.T. Island

Brown Eyed Girls

T-ara

SNSD/Girls’ Generation

Secret

Incheon Airport Fashion brought to you by Paparazzi Fashionista Hongki

TVXQ, SNSD/Girls’ Generation, Wonder Girls, 2PM, Secret, Brown Eyed Girls, Miss A, BEAST, CN Blue, F.T. Island, 4Minute, T-ara, MBLAQ, After School will be performing on 12 March 2011 at National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand for MBC’s 50th Anniversary Korean Music Wave Concert.

Airport fashion at Seoul, Incheon airport was a huge topic as TVXQ, SNSD, Wonder Girls, 2PM, BEAST, CN Blue, F.T. Island, 4Minute, MBLAQ and T-ara leaves for Bangkok, Thailand on 11 – 12 March 2011 in batches.

Check out the compiled pictures of the Korean idol groups’ Incheon airport fashion and VOTE for the best-dressed airport fashionista below :

BEAST

4MINUTE

F.T. Island and CN Blue

T-ARA

MBLAQ

2PM

SNSD / Girls’ Generation

TVXQ

Wonder Girls

The 25th Golden Disk Awards was held on 9th December 2010 at the Hwajeong Gym in Koryeo University, Seoul, South Korea. Many top Korean celebrities attended this award show and walked the red carpet.

Golden Disk Awards’ red carpet attendees include Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, BoA, BEAST, SHINee, CN Blue, Secret, F.T. Island, IU, Sistar, Supreme Team, 2AM, Miss A, Yoo Ah Yin, Min Hyorin, and more. Check out the pictures below and tell us who do you think is the best-dressed and worst-dressed!

Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, CN Blue, F.T. Island and Supreme Team kept things simple and safe with black mini dresses and black suits. Loving SHINee and Yoo Ah Yin’s outfit with different shades of grey and lots of layerings for this winter season. For the ladies, Secret’s bridesmaid-like dresses on the red carpet really did not work for me; Min Hyorin’s simple bustier cocktail dress with nude heels really stood out in my opinion.

Tell us what do you think!

Korean flower-boy band FT Island raised a wave of extreme popularity on their first visit to Taiwan, and their images during the six-day trip was also constantly changing. Offstage, lead singer Lee Hongki has the most perception of fashion and constantly plays stylist in their dormitory, often helping his members put outfits together.

During their concert, the five-member band put on a good show, emphasizing on FT Island’s real talent, and that they were not just any “idol boyband”. But when it comes to their title of “flower-boys”, all of them had positive reactions to that, stating that it was a compliment of their looks, and there are lots of goodies from being a flower-boy.

Hongki, who had a big popularity rise after his role in ‘You’re Beautiful’, announced proudly that “because of me, Jonghun has gotten lots of good stuff!” Jonghun agreed in response, “It’s true, when you go out with him you don’t usually have to spend any money. You get food and other stuff for free most of the time, so when I go out I have to bring Hongki with me.”

In FT Island, both Hongki and Jonghun admitted that they are the ones who love shopping the most.

Hongki likes dark colour schemes, and cannot resist anything with skull designs on them. Jonghun, on the other hand, prefers clean and classic styles.

Jaejin, the one who always gives a treat and is the most knowledgeable about saving up, actually does not spend much on clothes at all. He said, “I just wear whatever I see in front of me when I wake up everyday. So Hongki usually puts together something for me first.”

Seunghyun also exposed that Minhwan always wears the same clothes, because he washes them after he wears them, then wears them and washes them again in a constant cycle. The 4-D boy also said, “I like formal, branded clothing, and looking like a rich bachelor.”

However, Hongki stepped in to remind him: “But there is nothing branded in your closet!”

Despite their busy schedule, the five boys managed to do a photoshoot for this fashion column. With them clad in colourful Brook Brothers menswear, the photoshoot was fun and lighthearted, leading to the boys of FT Island lamenting that they want to go on vacation, after an entire day of accepting interviews in their hotel.

Despite their average age of 18, the members of FT Island were exceptionally conservative when it came to how their girlfriends would dress. When asked whether they would like girls to be dressed in a fresh manner or in a moderately sexy style, Jaejin replied: “I’m really scared of girls who dress really stylishly, because it feels like it’s hard to get close to them. If someone dressed like that confessed to me, I would probably reject her immediately and run away.”

As for their girlfriends, the five boys once again had the same answer: “Nope, definitely no showing of skin!

Credits: UDN, translated by theretroradio@lj

F.T. Island members, Hongki, Jaejin, Jong Hun, Min Hwan and Seung Hyun, are well-dressed despite the blazing weather at the outdoor fanmeet in Thailand. If I were to rank them among all the Korean pop boybands in terms of fashion, F.T. Island would definitely make it to one of the top few.

Their smart casual outfits always have a twist of uniqueness in them. Even in monochromatic outfits, the details and accessories on them just makes the whole look impeccable.

Let’s start off by looking at Hongki‘s outfit for that day.

Though Hongki‘s outfit is all black and white, his cow-print moccasins make the look so unique. The neck-scarf and shirt is also very visually-appealing due to the contrasting colors (i.e. the white part of the scarf with the black part of the shirt, and vice versa).

And he matches the outfit with 3 red, black and green rings (which kind of remind me of the Comme Des Garcons Play collection) on his little finger.

Next up, Jaejin!

The main focus of Jaejin‘s outfit is the pair of paint-splattered, ripped white denims, and his combat boots. Combat, laced-up boots are really popular among the boybands like 2PM and SHINee now. F.T. Island members also wore combat boots here.

Jong Hun is the best-dressed of the day, in my opinion.

Jong Hun looks great in that checkered blazer, black vest, white hareem pants and cute slip-ons! And that huge brooch on the blazer totally caught my eye. Adding a badge or brooch (or many of them that complement each other) to a blazer, jacket or cardigan changes the style and the whole look totally.

A closer look at the blazer and the brooch:

Minhwan‘s look is always simple yet interesting.

Loving the contrast between Minhwan‘s drapey inner shirt with his white, well-fitted blazer. And of course, his combat shoes are gorgeous too.

Last but not least is Seung Hyun.

F.T. Island members look very well-coordinated together even though the dressing styles and looks are pretty different- their uniqueness and individuality really shines through.

Who, in your opinion, is the best-dressed for the day?

Credits: As Tagged

F.T. Island members, Lee Hongki, Choi Jong Hun, Choi Min Hwan, Lee Jaejin, and Song Seung Hyun attended the 16th Korea Entertainment Arts Awards ceremony and won the Male Singer award!

The guys appeared in blazers of different colors, designs, cutting and textures. Each of them are totally fashionistas. Anyway, I noticed that recently, the F.T. Island members’ fashion sense are getting better and better! Is it just me or did they change a new stylist? (This was F.T. Island stylist noona I saw)

All except member Lee Jaejin paired their blazers with drop-crotch hareem pants. Loving the black hareem pants paired with those black combat-looking boots on Hongki, Minhwan and Jonghun!

Seung Hyun’s whitish-beige hareem pants look kinda weird for me with those black boots.

Now for some individual shots of the guys:

Hongki is matching his blazers with brooches/badges very often these days.

How do you love this blazer collection I’ve introduced? *winks*

Love,

Lynette

Credits: Newsen

I bet you would have guessed it right! Yes, the most memorable event attended is the Sundown Festival- Seoul’d Out Singapore press conference featuring T-Max, Brown Eyed Girls and FT Island (Huge thanks to Red Spade Entertainment).

Why is it so memorable? To be up close with those idols, and able to see, in real life, that they really have such awesome fashion sense was just a great experience.

You may have seen the main press conference posts here, here and here, but I’ll share with you the fashion aspects during this press conference!

Here’s Lee Ji Soo in a stylish smart casual look. Lots of details on him- the embellishments on his blazer, the tag necklace, and his Nike high-cut sneakers with gold trimmings (not shown here).

Park Si Nae and Mario both turned up at the press conference in pastel colors. I’m in love with the choice of colors- very korean-ish. Park Si Nae looked really elegant and demure in her white dress with her minimalistic make-up and simple bun.

Interesting textures on the simple dress made her look really stylish, and the see-through capped-sleeves reveals her sexy side. Lovely!

T-Max were in monochrome outfits. Simple but with interesting touches.

Totally impressed with Brown Eyed Girls‘ choice of footwear! So hot!

But the one that impressed me the most was probably FT Island’s stylist Noona!

She sports a trendy assymetrical bob, completed her edgy look with scarf from Alexander McQueen, blazer with exposed zipper, extremely shredded jeans (up to her thigh) and fierce leather wrap peeptoe sandals. HOT!

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Any favorites?

Love,

Lynette

Credits: Missglitzy