Ok well maybe that's a little drastic so I take it back a little but seriously, shopping in Seoul has become quite the challenge. Since I have been here I have bought maybe 5 shirts, a pair of boots but everything else has been buying presents for other people which seems to go rather successfully but shopping for me, not so much. I know I stand out, I'm different, I get it but here I feel like a freak of nature! Most shopping in Seoul is boutique and indivudual stores which I love...Koreans dress so trendy and have such a cool style. So naturally my North American dressed self looks awkward in these stores but I do my best to blend in. When I find something I like that I won't look silly in the next problem is the size which is where I go wrong. First of all I have a chest so everything is tight around the back and front and everywhere! My arms are too long and shirts are too short and and and. Well that's just shirts...then there's bottoms. Skirts are too short for my tall self, pants are too short, pants don't fit my waist because again I have hips and a butt ugh and then the shoes...I apparently have ogre feet and my size is the largest you can find here, I'm only an 8. So I'm not really that tall, Koreans are also pretty tall and have long legs and so we're not drastically different but still...I'm a freak!
The only reason I'm annoyed is because like I said, Koreans have such a cool style that I wish I could mimic it....if only I was like my friend Taryn and could just wear anything and look amazing! so jealous!! Shopping has started stressing me out, just like packing does, and I hate that soooo I am going to make a very conscious effort to learn how to love it here so maybe I'll actually blend in a little more :) It will be my new years resolution to be more trendy and more like Taryn!!
Things that are popular to wear in Korea:
- short shorts and short skirts (even in the winter)
- leggings/tights/knee socks
- heels of all shapes and sizes and colours....makes me wish i could wear heels more often!
- puffy jackets for the winter, or blazers for anytime
- big long baggy sweaters with mickey mouse or the name of an American university on it
- baseball hats again with the name of an American university
- mupple outfits (ie. matching couple outfits)
- Converse and New Balance old school shoes
- slouchy hats and big tuques
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