{"id":5738,"date":"2013-04-03T22:42:26","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T03:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fashionvandals.com\/?p=5738"},"modified":"2013-04-04T00:50:09","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T05:50:09","slug":"fashion-inspiration-g-dragon-k-drama-and-boy-bands-in-leopard-print","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/?p=5738","title":{"rendered":"Fashion Inspiration: G-Dragon, K-Drama, and Boy Bands in Leopard Print"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My last few purchases and fashion choices were heavily influenced by Korean men, and it all began with G-Dragon&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t3ULhmadHkg\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>G-Dragon&#8217;s a solo artist and member of the boy band, Big Bang. I don&#8217;t even know how I came across his rainbow comic wonderland of a video, <em>Crayon<\/em>, but with his cartoony charm and more loud costume changes than Lady Gaga, I instantly fell in love. His music? Eh, I can take some and leave some. But I latched on to his flamboyant style, full of hard-edged and delicate contrasts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Untitled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled-1\" src=\"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Untitled-1.jpg\" width=\"563\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tumblr_mjxo7x20iu1rs9li0o1_500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5772\" alt=\"tumblr_mjxo7x20iu1rs9li0o1_500\" src=\"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tumblr_mjxo7x20iu1rs9li0o1_500.jpg\" width=\"565\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tumblr_mjxo7x20iu1rs9li0o1_500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tumblr_mjxo7x20iu1rs9li0o1_500-300x259.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And yes, I went so far as to buy the &#8220;Wreckless&#8221; hat from his <em>One of A Kind<\/em> video.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Gs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5774\" alt=\"Gs\" src=\"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Gs.jpg\" width=\"568\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Gs.jpg 468w, https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Gs-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And check him our here (left), in <em>Vogue Korea<\/em>. This, my friends, is my favorite way to ombre.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/taeyang-gdragon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5783\" alt=\"taeyang-gdragon\" src=\"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/taeyang-gdragon.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"358\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My next obsession: the dudes of <em>Shut Up Flower Boy Band<\/em>. Retitled <em>Shut Up and Let&#8217;s Go<\/em> in the US (you can currently see it on Netflix), this 16-episode Korean show is a young adult soap opera emotional roller coaster where everyone looks fabulous, brooding, and just the right amount of disheveled. I&#8217;d liken this show to <em>Skins<\/em> or <em>Degrassi<\/em> if you were to erase all the sex and put all the lead characters in biker jackets and leopard print.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/13c07_minki_shutup1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"13c07_minki_shutup1\" src=\"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/13c07_minki_shutup1.jpg\" width=\"569\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tumblr_m8p1h3CYJA1rb5q0yo1_r4_500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5792\" alt=\"tumblr_m8p1h3CYJA1rb5q0yo1_r4_500\" src=\"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tumblr_m8p1h3CYJA1rb5q0yo1_r4_500.jpg\" width=\"569\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tumblr_m8p1h3CYJA1rb5q0yo1_r4_500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tumblr_m8p1h3CYJA1rb5q0yo1_r4_500-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was somewhere probably around episode six when I broke down and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aliexpress.com\/snapshot\/223798266.html\">snagged myself a leopard print<\/a> piece of my own, inspired by one of the lead characters. I&#8217;m not one to often buy something just because I saw it on a show, but I have a weakness for sleek looking punk dudes and their fashion sense.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/tumblr_m03a6as4Nz1qmbjlgo1_1280.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5828\" alt=\"tumblr_m03a6as4Nz1qmbjlgo1_1280\" src=\"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/tumblr_m03a6as4Nz1qmbjlgo1_1280.png\" width=\"572\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/tumblr_m03a6as4Nz1qmbjlgo1_1280.png 684w, https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/tumblr_m03a6as4Nz1qmbjlgo1_1280-300x184.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last on the list, and I&#8217;m kind of embarrassed to admit it, but I&#8217;ve been really diggin on this K-pop group, Infinite. Super corny just like any other boy band, I know, but even at their corniest, I still feel like they still have more style and swagger than any boy band here in the states (or I&#8217;m just trying to convince myself of some reason that makes it okay).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DeuejYoRbps\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tumblr_mgg9okYmzL1qc32n5o1_1280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"tumblr_mgg9okYmzL1qc32n5o1_1280\" src=\"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tumblr_mgg9okYmzL1qc32n5o1_1280.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stylistically, I think I&#8217;m just won over by the excess of leopard print, leather, and plaids&#8211;I&#8217;m a little predictable, I don&#8217;t deny it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5818\" alt=\"8\" src=\"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/8.jpg\" width=\"559\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thoughts on these style pics&#8211;did I cross the line from cool into corny? Also, are there any k-pop or k-drama fans out there?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My last few purchases and fashion choices were heavily influenced by Korean men, and it all began with G-Dragon&#8230; G-Dragon&#8217;s a solo artist and member of the boy band, Big Bang. I don&#8217;t even know how I came across his rainbow comic wonderland of a video, Crayon, but with his cartoony charm and more loud [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-container-style":"default","site-container-layout":"default","site-sidebar-layout":"default","disable-article-header":"default","disable-site-header":"default","disable-site-footer":"default","disable-content-area-spacing":"default","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[92,1590,1588,1581,1583,1578,1576,500,503,1587,1580,1579,1586,1437,872,948,1589,1584,1582,1269,1577,1585],"class_list":["post-5738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion-2","tag-asian","tag-big-band","tag-boy-band","tag-byung-he","tag-eye-candy","tag-flower-boy","tag-g-dragon","tag-goth","tag-gothic","tag-infinite","tag-k-drama","tag-k-pop","tag-korean","tag-leopard-print","tag-ombre","tag-punk","tag-rock-band","tag-shut-up-and-lets-go","tag-shut-up-flower-boy-band","tag-vogue","tag-vogue-korea","tag-wreckless"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5738"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5738"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5829,"href":"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5738\/revisions\/5829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}