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I look okay.

Hi guys, this is Mina Su Choi.

Welcome to my channel.

Today we're here in Sungsoo, which is the heart of K -fashion and beauty.

This is the most famous place for all the local designer brands.

And I'd say since I'm from Illinois, I would compare it to Michigan Avenue, that street in Chicago.

That's the shopping area.

I would say it's similar.

Songsoo is probably the most often place I come to these days.

And if we walk around the street, then you'll see a poster of my face.

Ohhhh...

Yeah.

Woo!

Success!

So after graduating in the States, I came back to Korea.

And I've been living here, working here, and entering the Korean entertainment industry.

And I've been wanting to learn more about the K -beauty and K -fashion.

So today we're exactly here to do that to learn more about Korean fashion

I think I honestly like because my school is in the cornfields

In case any of you guys know where UIUC is we're in Urbana -Champaign So we're so away from the city

So usually I wear like this most of the time

The PD -Nim did ask me to wear an outfit that would actually wear in school

So that's what I exactly wore

This is the exact bag I had in my last semester and the exact hoodie that I wore, the exact glasses and yeah,

this is usually how I kind of roam around in school

and a lot of other kids would usually do

that I don't usually dress up when I'm in school because it's usually home like class,

home class This is how I usually looked and most of the friends

that I was hanging out with also they dress more comfortably just like this

In Korea, I think compared to a couple of years ago is that these days people are dressed more comfortably, but it's more stylish.

It's more hip.

They look polished.

Honestly, before I entered this field, I wasn't really familiar with fashion at all.

I myself, I wouldn't really say that I resonated with fashion that much.

But as I'm entering this industry, I want to learn more about it.

And I want to learn why people like these types of clothes and what looks good on me.

And I want to ultimately find my own style through this.

So through these videos,

I hope you guys can join me in the new journey of learning the Korean fashion trends and how to style better. And yeah.

So today, we're going to go to a very special place called Matin Kim.

Mat & Kim is one of the trendiest local brands here in Korea right now.

The style I would say is more hip, more street wear and stylish.

So this is actually my second time going to Mat & Kim.

The first time I went was for my show.

I went on a show called Kill It.

It's like a fashion survival program.

I was breakdancing for my final mission.

So I needed to find an outfit that was going to suit that style.

Which is why we went to Mat & Kim to find like a hip outfit.

Mat & Kim is also a very trending brand currently in Korea.

So when people visit Korea, a lot of travelers would actually take a visit to Matt and Kim.

It's also very popular among 20s, especially college students.

I'm no longer a college student, but I want to know what the trend is right now amongst the young MZ Gen Zs.

So today we're going to go to Matt and Kim and see why it's so trendy right now.

And I'm going to attempt to be a Gen Z today.

I'm going to take a visit there and see what they have for me.

This is my first video, so I'm kind of nervous.

Yeah, I'm so nervous.

Now we're here at Matt and Kim.

Sungsoo.

Should we go check it out?

Okay.

Okay, let's go.

Get dressed this way.

Matt and Kim is one of the trendiest local brands here in Korea right now.

A lot of travelers would actually take a visit to Matt and Kim.

It looks completely different compared to the last time I came here because the last time I came here for Kill It, that was summertime.

And right now, I think all the clothes have changed to fall and winter because I don't have any fall outfits.

So today is gonna be a shopping day for me.

Oh, apparently the color of this fall is red.

So they're gonna have a lot of clothings with red points like this.

I actually bought a couple of red sweaters as well for this fall.

So just keep that in mind.

Ooh, according to my feng shui though, I'm not supposed to be wearing red

because I have a lot of like fire in me

so I should stick to more like toned down colors such as black, white, and maybe like dark blue or blue.

Hello.

So this is the Matt and Kim manager here in Sungsoo.

We actually met before.

The last time I came here for my fashion program, he helped me choose my outfits.

So I'm back here because I need some fall clothes.

Before I talk longer.

I'm gonna look around more.

This is the new FW line.

I've actually seen this camera bag style.

I've seen this in different brands as well.

So this is apparently trending these days.

And a lot of like work jackets and like field jackets, that's also in trend right now.

So I think they have a lot of items like that.

Ooh, purple.

Purple is also a trending color.

Purple and red for this fall.

Aside from the trends, you have to wear what looks good on you.

I don't think I look back green and purple, to be honest.

But don't always follow the trend.

Follow what looks actually good on you.

Okay?

I get you?

Okay.

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I just asked her what's the most trending outfit when it comes to Gen Zs or people in their 20s.

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We have the most popular logo T.

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But this product is the third.

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Yes, but the point is It has a little bit of a detail in the interior line, so it's a bit rough.

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It's a basic item, but when you want to give a point, you can find it a lot. And a leather jacket.

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Ah, a leather jacket.

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Yes, when you get it, it's a pretty look.

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They said for this leather jacket, they decided not to accentuate the logo,

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but I saw that as a trend for a lot of different brands as well.

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They're trying to kind of erase the logo,

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so it doesn't look too apparent what brand it is and I think they're also following that trend as well.

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But right now apparently this leather jacket is in style and it's popular amongst early 20s.

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This one is two colors.

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Oh, this one.

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It's so hip.

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Apparently if you buy this all together, they're all different compartments so you can wear them separately.

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Layering is the new trend right now, so she apparently recommends this the most and this is one of the most popular items here.

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Wow.

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In the States, I don't have a lot of young friends.

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All my friends are...

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No friends, I'm sorry, guys.

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Most of my friends are working.

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So I think they're dressed more put together, more polished, something that's more work appropriate.

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When you come to the overseas, you buy a lot of things.

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The visitors are the products that are big in the MADENKIM logo.

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There are a lot of graphics.

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I'll show you a little bit of this.

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There's a lot of graphic.

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You can find these things too.

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A lot of visitors from abroad would prefer shirts that have the logo, like centered, like this.

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I often use waffle patterns.

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Yes, it's popular.

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You can find these things a lot.

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Actually, this is a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a fabric.

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It's a little bit of a little bit of a fabric.

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You like the style of clothing, but you can also find the wear.

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You can find the zip -up line.

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It's so hip -hé.

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So hip -hé.

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Then I'll use Jenji.

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Jenji?

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Can I wear it? Of course.

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The most beautiful product is the set -up.

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The dress is the sagging.

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Sagging.

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If you want to wear Jenji, it's sagging.

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I don't really like sagging that much

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because the bottom of your pants all like nasty right she's

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gonna dress me up like a zen z today the theme is first day of school

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i've graduated last year and i was one of the oldest kid

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that was an undergrad in my school so it's a little bit embarrassing

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but yeah you gotta live young and then wear young to to be young

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so let's go let's go get changed let's become young and gen z let's go

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Once you sag, you can't...

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In times of emergency, can you imagine you're sagging and you're running?

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You would trip and fall.

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Busy modern -human people are now, and they're all over.

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But I'm open to everything.

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And as someone that's a beginner in fashion, and someone that's wanting to learn fashion,

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I think I need to have an open mind about different styles.

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So I'm still gonna try it on and see.

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Maybe I might look good in it.

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Let's go.

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Let's go get changed.

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Let's become young in Gen Z!

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How do I look?

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First, I had my doubts.

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I wasn't sure if it was going to look good on me, but I kind of like it.

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I think it looks good on me.

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And the hair is the most beautiful.

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It's a good design.

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I'm a signature.

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I'll wear this one.

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Can you imagine you're sagging and you're running?

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You would trip and fall.

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I thought so, but you know what?

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In Korean, they have a saying called, What do you want to eat?

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You can only find the difference if you try it, if you taste it.

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So basically it means you need to try something to know if you like it or hate it.

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So that's I think this is like a best example.

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Are Korean students so cute?

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Yes, because it's comfortable for 4 or 4 years.

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I'm a daily look for my standard.

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Apparently she said this is like daily outfit for students these days.

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For Korean students.

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Man, I'm like really dressed up right now.

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I could go on a date right now like this.

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Wait, people dress like this and go to class?

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I've never seen anyone dress like this and go to class.

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But if you do, props to you.

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You're stylish and I like you.

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I went to big school, so it wasn't really common for people that go to classes to dress up.

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But if you were to go to New York, you would see a lot of students dress like this.

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You can only find a difference if you try it, if you taste it.

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You need to try something to know if you like it or hate it.

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Let's go on and try the second outfit

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Let's go What is this?

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I think I want to like this I think it's a bit more chic and feminine I think I would prefer this

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In Korea, there's a trending phrase called 어른 여자 It's when your style is more mature, more chic, more modern

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Then they will call that 어른 여자 And my chugumi, so my preference is 어른 여자 You know what I mean?

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So I'll put it like this

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Oh, I think it's so pretty

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You'll like it, the feeling

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And this jacket

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If you wear this, I'll put it in the styling

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Thank you I'm not sure if this is the right way to wear it

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How do you wear this?

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It's so different What happened?

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I've noticed that with a lot of clothing style these days, they have different functions to it.

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So there are different ways you can style that outfit.

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Which is, I think it makes that outfit really versatile.

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Well I think it's really cool how you can style

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it in such a versatile way depending on where you tie the knot.

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Apparently if you flip this over, then you could wear it as a long sleeve as well and layer it as well.

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So that's pretty cool.

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This is a date look.

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Date look?

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Apparently she said that this would be a date look.

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I don't think I've worn anything like this on a date look.

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What kind of person would wear this?

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I'd like to wear a date look.

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Here is a bit of a hip mood.

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Beanie?

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Beanie?

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In Korea, wearing beanie is trending as well because it would be a contrast to wearing something too feminine.

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If you're wearing something feminine, like this would be considered feminine, but to make it a tadpole hip, they would wear a beanie.

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So I'm going to try this beanie on.

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I don't usually wear beanies that often unless it's cold.

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This is really thin as well.

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I don't think it's going to give me any warmth.

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They're also going to give me a jacket, so I'm going to try that on as well.

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Maybe I should just change my entire wardrobe and become more hip.

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Because usually my closet, you guys should check on my closet later.

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It's like insanely simple.

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I don't have many colors.

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It's all like nashi.

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It's all like tanks, simple t -shirts.

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So anyways, I'm going to try on the jacket.

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This is apparently the best seller for this season, for the FW season.

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It's actually pretty lightweight and it's not very heavy.

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I think it's definitely different.

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It depends, but because in America there are so many diverse people, but typically what I think of a date night,

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you would look more classy.

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It would be like a dress, more slick backs, and I'd definitely say more feminine.

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but definitely younger generations they're wearing more like hip outfits

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and streetwares but i think if you're going on a date especially to a nice place

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i don't think i would wear this to be honest but if you're going on it like

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relaxed day like you're getting tacos together going to the Central Park or It's like a casual date.

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It's okay But

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if it's more like a put -together date then I'm not sure

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I think you could wear something more a bit more a bit more modern

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Apparently she This would be a date look.

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I don't think I've worn anything like this on a date before

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We have a styling term called

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It comes from the word which means to dress up and they put it all together dressed up, dressed up, super dressed up

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They would call that

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So they're going to show me a so I'm the most dressed up

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They're going to glamour me and everything

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So You've come to the store

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We have a brand with Trimmy Word so you can wear it I'll wear a trimie bird with a kukuku style

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Good The difference between Matt and Kim and Trimming Bird is

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that Trimming Bird is the details and texture and that's what I actually really liked about their outfit as well

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This is a bomber jacket Oh!

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Pretty!

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This is a bomber jacket I've been actually really wanting a bomber jacket so

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This is kind of looking like a good deal to me

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But we'll see

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Oh, it's so cute.

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It's so cute.

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I'll do a little bit of a cut.

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Oh, this jacket is so cute.

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But based on the brand's look books, I felt like maybe I'm not like hip enough.

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I'm not chill enough to try those young, like hip clothes on.

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The States, for me at least, when I went on dates, I would wear a dress.

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I'll wear a tight dress, a bit more feminine than more street wear.

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What I'm comfortable with since I did like

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Miss Earth and pageant, I'm more used to wearing dresses.

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But after trying out, I think maybe I should expand my style.

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Oh, that's really so cute.

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At first I thought maybe hip outfits or street wears wouldn't really make me, wouldn't really compliment my features, but I was definitely wrong about that.

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Also, I have this saying, but you don't know until you try it on.

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Yeah, I'm really happy to expand my style like this too.

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I think it's definitely changing.

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Depending on the people, the style is definitely shifting.

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My chugumi is a young girl, and this is a young girl.

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What a young girl who is buying food.

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I will pay for your dinner, friend.

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Kind of vibe.

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Chae Minha Su, a young girl.

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Finally.

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I should expand my style, but I was definitely wrong about that.

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Also, I have this saying, but you don't know until you try it on.

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Get dressed this way.

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What I felt about Korean style from today is definitely that it's not very feminine.

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But these days, what they prefer is definitely more like gender -neutral outfits.

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And that's actually the style that I've been preferring lately as well.

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So I'm very happy about today's outfits and styling.

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I'm gonna buy it with my own money that I earn from working.

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Because I'm all a 여자.

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So the outfit I'm going to buy today is the bomber jacket for the third style that I wore.

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And I thought this could also go really well with the second outfit, the gray layered top that I wore.

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So I'm also going to get that.

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It's difficult to wear, but you know what that means?

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If it's difficult to wear, it's versatile.

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So you can style it as a long sleeve and as an off shoulder.

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There are many ways to style this.

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So I'm going to get this as well.

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And I'm going to wear it with a bomber jacket.

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So guys, please let me know if there are any brands,

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any Korean local brand designs that you guys want me to check it out and want me to try on.

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Please let me know down in the comments and I'll take a visit there.

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Bye, bye guys.

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Bye.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Get Dressed like KOREAN GEN-Z @Matin Kim”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: wear, style, outfit, jacket, hip. This video has 312 sentences and 3090 words to shadow. The speech runs for 19:01. The speaker talks at a natural 162 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
outfit noun	/ˈaʊtfɪt/	A set of clothing (with accessories).
jacket noun	/ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/	A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
feminine adjective	/ˈfɛmɪnɪn/	Of or pertaining to the female gender.
logo noun	/ˈloʊ.ɡoʊ/	A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization.
bomber noun	/ˈbɑmɚ/	A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.
leather noun	/ˈlɛðɚ/	A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier…
purple noun	/ˈpɝ.pl̩/	A colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to magenta.
cloth noun	/klɒθ/	A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes…
clothing noun	/ˈkloʊðɪŋ/	Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to…
compare verb	/kəmˈpɛɚ/	To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [“to compare X with Y”]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it…
layer noun	/ˈleɪ̯ɚ/	A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
expand verb	/ɪkˈspænd/	To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.
depend verb	/dɪˈpɛnd/	To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition
stylish adjective	/ˈstaɪlɪʃ/	Having style.
versatile adjective	/ˈvɜː.səˌtaɪl/	Capable of doing many things competently.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
dress up verb		To put on special or fancy clothes.
put together verb		To assemble, construct, build, or formulate.
look around verb		To inspect a building or area.
look back verb		To think of (past events) in retrospect (in hindsight).
set up verb	/ˌsɛt ˈʌp/	To make ready for use.
try out verb		To test (something) to see how it works or whether it is suitable.
walk around verb		To walk with no planned destination; to meander.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

Should we go check it out?
In times of emergency, can you imagine you're sagging and you're running?
Can you imagine you're sagging and you're running?
I thought so, but you know what?
How do you wear this?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result	If you wear this, I'll put
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	I've been living · I've been wanting · I've been preferring
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	have changed · I've actually seen · I've seen
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	are dressed · would be considered

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 117 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: leather /ˈlɛðɚ/, cloth /klɒθ/, clothing /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/, thin /ˈθɪn/, warmth /wɔɹmθ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: stylish /ˈstaɪlɪʃ/, polish /ˈpɑ.lɪʃ/, chic /ʃik/, contrast /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹæst/, casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like outfit, jacket, feminine.

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Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

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Pronunciation to watch

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