The Sports Chosun did a little . . .uh, research into the issue, and Korea Beat kindly translated it into English There’s also a discussion going on over at FeetManSeoul. The Grand Narrative has also talked about this topic in great detail, and found some research that says it’s not just underwear (PDF) that’s being hawked to Koreans using foreign faces. . .

Personally, nobody’s talking about what really interests me: Are the men in those underoos more likely to be foreign as well? Hmm, time to do some . . .uh, research.

우리 FMS하면 길거리 패션이에요, 뭐가 hot한지 말이에요. 그렇다고 우리가 서울 패션 위크를 빠져먹을 순 없죠, 안 그래요? 우리는 런웨이 쇼들에 가서 패션의 원산지를 봐요. 하지만 우리는 주로 어떻게 런웨이의 하이 패션이 길거리 패션으로 해석되는지에 더 관심이 있죠.

We here at FMS are about the fashion of the street, what’s hot right now. But we can’t miss Seoul Fashion Week, right? We go to the runway shows and keep up with fashion at its source — the runways of high fashion — but we are mostly concerned with how this will eventually translate into the styles of the street.

우리가 패션 위크에 참석할 때, FMS는 런웨이 쇼만 보는 것이 아니에요. 우리는 패션 리더들을 보고 무엇을 입고 있는지 봐요. 뭐가 길거리에서 인기인지 벤치마킹 하는 데에 패션 쇼 만큼 좋은 장소가 어딨나요? 그래서 우리는 관중들 중에 튀는 패션과 스타일을 가진 분들의 사진을 찍기 시작했죠.

When we attend fashion week, FMS looks at more than just the runway shows — we look at the fashion leaders and what they’re wearing. What better place than a fashion show to benchmark what’s hot on the street as well? So, we started taking pictures of members of the crowd whose fashion and style caught our eye.

우리는 주차장에서 홍석천도 만났어요. 그는 쿨하게 쉬고 있었죠.

We also bumped into Hong Seok-cheon in the parking lot, who was taking a short break from being absolutely cool.

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